Paradox Interactive’s next grand strategy title is Hearts of Iron 4, which sets you loose in the tense global climate of the late 1930s, and tasks you with guiding your nation to supremacy without being blown up by Germany.
That’s not as easy as it sounds, of course. A new video from the studio showcases a potential ahistorical outcome to a grand campaign, in which the UK is invaded by the German Reich after a failed invasion of Norway.
Previous Hearts of Iron games haven’t really focused on alternative histories, and played as more traditional wargames. In HOI4, you’ll have a lot more freedom to make all the wrong choices, as I found out when I got the chance to take part in a mass multiplayer game earlier this year.
We still don’t know exactly when Hearts of Iron 4 will drop. We do know that it’s not the only game Paradox is currently working on - they’ve just announced Stellaris, a space 4X strategy game.
