Hearts of Iron IV News

Hearts of Iron 4 multiplayer is under siege from hackers as Paradox investigates

Hearts of Iron IV fans are becoming increasingly concerned about the grand strategy game's multiplayer scene as unknown actors roam community servers launching DDoS attacks to crash sessions completely, preventing anyone from being able to play the WW2 game online with others.

A post yesterday by user SelfHatingTurk on the Hearts of Iron IV subreddit raised concerns over this issue, however there is a post on the official Paradox forum from Sunday also talking about the problem, with comments referencing discussions on the official Discord as well.

Paradox has already responded stating it was aware of the issue, but today Peter 'Arheo' Nicholson - the former lead on Imperator: Rome who is now part of the Hearts of Iron IV team - gave a more concrete statement: "We're aware of the current targeting of multiplayer hosts on HOIIV," he reiterates. "As of now, I have no ETA on any solutions. It's still the middle of our vacation period here, but those personnel who are available are investigating."

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Hearts of Iron IV is one dollar

If you'd like to play a WW2 game that lets you play the whole war - and we do mean all of it - then grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV is what you're looking for. Paradox's World War II strategy game is currently featured in its very own bundle at Humble, which puts the price of the Cadet Edition at a single dollar. That's right - the whole game, for $1.

The Hearts of Iron IV Cadet Edition includes the base game, plus the Poland: United and Ready DLC. There's also some nice wallpapers and a Paradox forums avatar thrown in for good measure. It normally retails for $39.99 / £34.99, so getting it for a buck is a terrific deal.

If you beat the average donation, which is $9.64 at the time of this writing, you'll also get three additional DLCs: there's 2017's Death or Dishonor, which is a country pack that adds national focus trees for Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia; and Together For Victory, which launched in 2016 and adds focus trees for the British Commonwealth nations. You also get the Hearts of Iron IV Radio Pack, which adds 35 new faction-themed songs to the soundtrack, with each major faction (Allies, Axis, and Comintern) getting a historical look for their UI.

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Get Hearts of Iron IV from Paradox and a bunch of DLC in the new Humble Bundle

If you're a true sucker for strategy games then you should take a look at the new Humble Bundle featuring Hearts of Iron IV and a bunch of DLC.

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Hearts of Iron: Humble Bundle

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Paradox Interactive has helped build one heck of a tactical bundle! Starting with Hearts of Iron IV: Cadet Edition at its lowest price ever (just $1!), enjoy the full Hearts of Iron IV experience with expansions like Hearts of Iron IV: Battle for the Bosporus, Hearts of Iron IV: Man the Guns, and Hearts of Iron IV: Waking the Tiger. Plus, your purchase helps support a Charity: Water and One Tree Planted!

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Hearts of Iron 4's final dev diary before the summer break looks at supply (again)

Like most of Paradox Interactive's employees, the Hearts of Iron IV team are about to disappear for the Swedish summer break, returning in the far, far future of August. Before they go, however, the team has one final dev diary to share on supply (again).

Since supply was last brought up, a few assumptions have changed. The upcoming No Step Back expansion and accompanying 'Barbarossa' update will focus on land warfare, and a big part of that will be overhauling the game's supply interface and systems. Managing spikes and supply hubs was proving difficult under past iterations, and the previous version of the supply map mode wasn't providing the clarity that was needed.

Now, there's a new supply map, and several tweaks have been made to the supply mechanics, such as divisions being allowed to draw supply from multiple hubs. Trucks are also less critical, although are still used to help a supply hub 'project' supply further afield. You can also set levels for how much motorised support you want to use for supplying armies, either on the supply hub or on the individual army. These will use up trucks from your supply, so you'll need to make sure you keep your equipment topped up.

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