Europa Universalis 4 DLC Origins and the 1.32 patch are out today

Historical grand strategy game Europa Universalis IV's new expansion - Origins - releases today, and recently the development team did its customary sharing of the patch notes, if you want a reminder as to what's coming.

Accompanying the newest EU4 DLC is patch 1.32 'Songhai', and it contains over 450 changes according to the patch notes - so it's probably unsurprising that one of the strategy game's associate producers has called in an "important" one. This is also a great way to separate what's coming as part of the premium expansion, and what's coming as part of the free patch.

Historically, content in the free patch has tended to outshine content in the premium update, but in this case things seem to be a bit more even if you discount all the fixes and quality-of-life improvements. Patch 1.32 will introduce nine new government reforms for African nations, as well as eight additional estate privileges. There are also eight new formable nations, and the infamous Zulu nation can spawn during the course of the game as well. Add to this 52 new monuments, and some reworks of existing nations.

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