Hearts of Iron IV News

Livestream: An Introduction to Germany - 1330 CET Wednesday!

Join Community Manager Josh in our latest weekly stream series! Whether you're a novice or a returning player, this could be the perfect series for you!

In this series we'll explain how to play Germany in single player, with a focus on tips, tricks, what to dos and explaining mechanics! Stuck on a certain aspect of the game? Join us in Twitch chat to ask your questions live!

This series is perfect for those of you wishing to finally take a dive into the Hearts of Iron experience, or for those of you who just want to chill and watch a World War unfold!

This series streams weekly on Wednesdays at 1:30pm CET over on the Paradox Interactive Twitch Channel

Set a reminder to tune in to the stream over on the right!

If you missed it, Catch week one of Introduction to Germany here: Week One

Midweek Madness: Free to Play + Deep Discounts!

Midweek Madness is upon us!

Along with this week's Multiplayer Event, we've got a variety of deals and discounts for you to sink your teeth into.

First up, Battle for the Bosporus is on sale for the very first time! We've got a discount of -33% on our latest country pack.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1348660/Expansion__Hearts_of_Iron_IV_Battle_for_the_Bosporus/

But we're not done there- if you've got a friend who you'd like to get into playing Hearts of Iron now is the perfect time- the base game is absolutely free to play for a limited time!

If your recruited friend likes what they see, they can pick the base game up for a whopping -75% off!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/394360/Hearts_of_Iron_IV/

And if that really wasn't enough, we've also got -50% discounts on every other Hearts of Iron IV expansion

All of this is live until March 12, so dive right in!

Remember as well to tune in to our Masters of the Mediterranean multiplayer event tomorrow, 1800-2200 CET, live on our twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/394360/view/3035961090223292808

Masters of the Mediterranean - Multiplayer Event 10 + 11 March

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Rome. Egypt. Byzantium. The Mediterranean has known many masters. Now the great powers of the atomic age look to seize this jewel for themselves.

Join the Hearts of Iron team for a multiplayer clash over who can call themselves truly 'the Masters of the Mediterranean'.

We'll be live 1800-2200 CET on the 10th and 11th March over on our twitch, bringing you all the action as it happens. Make sure you set a reminder for the stream with the button on the right!

In this two-day event, a team of Content Creators will attempt to defend their Mediterranean powerbase at all costs.

Challenging them will be Hearts of Iron developers, coming at them from all corners of the world as some of the most powerful nations.

Spearheading the 'Mediterranean Entente' will be:

Bokoen - Portugal

Mordred Viking - Greece

dankus_memecus - Turkey

Feedback Gaming - Spain

Alex the Rambler - Bulgaria

Pitted against them are the Major Powers, determined to see the Mediterranean as their own 'Mare Nostrum'.

Daniel (Senior QA) - Imperial Germany

Robert (Game Designer) - Japan

Drikus (Content Design Lead) - Kings Party United Kingdom

Olle (Programmer) - Trotsky's Soviet Union

Victory in this contest will be determined by the control of certain 'Super Victory Points'; strategic areas considered vital to control of the Mediterranean and her sea lanes.

Each state highlighted above has been given a points value - and whoever controls the most at the end of the two-day event will take home the title of 'Masters of the Mediterranean'.

We'll be casting the event live on our twitch channel, hosted by Count Cristo and our very own Community Manager Josh.

You can watch the event live at 1800-2200 on 10 + 11 March at https://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive

We look forward to seeing you there!

Hearts of Iron 4 cheats - a guide to the best console commands

Is it time to bust out some Hearts of Iron IV cheats? Grand strategy games provide an amazing strategic sandbox to play around in, but they can also be hard. If you're aiming towards a particular long-term goal, you will often need everything to go exactly according to plan, or your entire run will be ruined.

There are other reasons to play, of course, and there's a wonderfully vibrant Hearts of Iron 4 mods scene that will let you experience the game in new and exciting ways. But if you're wanting to take the vanilla game through its paces, you may need some help in other ways. Like most games, Hearts of Iron IV has a command console that will let you shortcut your way to various outcomes with the help of some console commands.

We've previously rolled out a similar guide for Victoria 2, if you want to read that. We can't take full credit - there is a useful resource in the form of the official Paradox wiki, as well as this handy guide on steam that we've used to help collate the important information. We've not listed every command available, but we've got the most interesting ones for gameplay.

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Hearts of Iron 4 has naval exploits that let you conquer Japan in... 1936?

You may not know this, but Hearts of Iron 4 is (probably) the most popular of Paradox's grand strategy games. There are caveats and exceptions of course - Crusader Kings 3 is a serious contender for that crown given that it's already sold over a million copies. But, generally speaking, more people play Hearts of Iron 4 more consistently than all of the other games.

Free from the railroading of past iterations, HOI4 provides a sandbox where the second world war can take on many forms, and you as the player have many options available to you in terms of how you leave your mark in this historic conflict. It inspires a community that's passionate about tactics, the WW2 setting, Hearts of Iron 4 mods, and finding exploits.

Many of the historical strategy games Paradox creates are prone to exploitation in one form or another. In Crusader Kings, marrying the right person at the right time can inherit you half the world in a single stroke, whereas in EU4 there are plenty of ways to inflate your holdings by grokking one mechanic or another. Hearts of Iron 4 is no stranger to these kinds of tactics, and a new one has surfaced that involves naval invasions.

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