Sharpen your Curare tipped umbrellas, set your camera watches on standby, and sit back with another secret update from the Hearts of Iron: Road to 56 team. Having worked hard, were happy to bring you all the details about the United States' dastardly and dubious intelligence missions!

High-Risk Operations

We wanted to create intense and highly rewarding clandestine operations for the player to perform, spanning every era of the Cold War. As with all the content in EYES ONLY they are unique, powerful, and delightfully challenging to perform.
Operation: Gold From the very start of the game in 1946, the United States can infiltrate the Soviet borders and run tunnels underneath the feet of unsuspecting enemy soldiers. If successful, you will gain a 20% chance to infiltrate each enemy unit in the theater! Operation: Luna Should you find yourself behind the Soviets in Victory points. This mission allows the US to capture and study a Soviet Lunik probe. If your agents pull off this daring feat, you will be rewarded with a new Space Race technology. Operation: Coldfeet The USSR is plotting something in the far north. Launch a clandestine operation to investigate an abandoned base before it is consumed by the ice! Gather valuable intelligence and force up to two USSR submarine fleets back to port from the Arctic. Operation: Ivy Bells Tapping into underseas communication cables is no small feat, but with a little luck you will learn the secrets of Soviet allies. Turning their power against their nuclear-crazed overlords, you will reduce the USSR's arsenal by 0.5 for each deployed leaders power. Operation: Azorian Recently the Soviets lost contact with one of their experimental vessels, which they believe it to be safely buried at the bottom of the ocean. Perhaps the most daring mission of all, you can attempt to retrieve the enemy vessel. If successful, for one turn, you are guaranteed to break their encryption and lift the fog of war for enemy submarine fleets.

Domestic Programs

These are broad-scale initiatives meant to enhance the United States' power on native soil. While they might sometimes be ethically questionable, they can result in tremendous advantages and even lead to additional decisions and discoveries! Program: Shamrock & Minaret The US government can decide to engage in the mass intercept of domestic communications. This allows for the temporary halting of any Soviet counter-intelligence operations for several turns, and perhaps even opening up for the possibility to recruit certain feline spies.
Program: Mockingbird A free press is core to the values of the United States, but sometimes the media needs a little nudge in the right direction. Performing this program sets the People's interest to 5 and blocks the next enemy policy. Crossing this threshold ethically, you will get the option to launch a false-flag operation on domestic soil later. If we are taking risks, we might as well go all the way! Program: Stargate The Soviets have been rumored to be working on the creation of super-human abilities using paranormal phenomena and body-altering substances. Naturally, the US must not be left behind! If successful, it stops an enemy invasion in its tracks and may lead to an entire research program where the United States can engage in a clandestine effort to fully expand the limits of human potential. Program: In-Q-Tel The relationship between corporations and the Elites in America has always been a cozy one. Manage the spy game better than the Soviets, and those bonds can be made even stronger, potentially granting a significant Victory Point bonus.

Final Thoughts

We hope that you'll enjoy the tools contained within EYES ONLY and all the challenging options and strategies they provide. Remember to use them at the right time and the Soviets wont stand a chance. Date for release of the DLC will be announced soon for Q2 2020. -Agents Greatexperiment and Thinking Waffle ********************************************************

Upcoming Development

I) NEW tutorials are in productions and the official MANUAL is in print! Expect the first rollout in the coming weeks! II) KIM IL-SUNG: A Communist Ideologue and Supreme Leader will rise to power like the living Sun to establish a People's Republic like never seen before and the first Communist dynasty. Or will his life be cut short and his reign curtailed by US regional power? The rise of North Korea is in BETA testing. III) Finalize UX/UI overhaul and optimization:[olist]

Finalize decluttering of the screens by removing elements that are not in use or are not primary to the task at hand

Add further clarity to the screens by the use of color and highlighting to direct the attention of the player

Complete testing of the designs and validate that they have the impact we seek [/olist]