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Graveyard of Empires Available NOW!

As we approach the end of our developer content, we stand at the precipice for Graveyard of Empires. Fresh opportunities await players from the lands along the Euphrates, to the Gulf of Bengal, and we are delighted to see how you will experience these new challenges!

To kickstart your journey, be sure to continue reading for the full release notes, the Release Trailer, as well as our Steam Sale that’s starting right now!


Get Graveyard of Empires on Steam: https://pdxint.at/GoEStore

Patch Notes​

If you missed the patch notes or changelog we posted today, you can find them here.

All Developer Diaries & Spotlight Videos​

If you missed any of our developer diaries or spotlight videos and want to catch up on all the new features in this expansion, you can find everything you need at the links below:

Version Rollback​

As always, you’ll be able to roll back your game to previous versions. The rollback option will become available shortly after the DLC release, so if you don’t see it right away, please be patient.

If you’re unsure how to roll back your game, you can find a helpful guide here.

Known Issues​

There are some issues we know about; we’ve detailed them in this post, and are working on resolving them.

Release Sale!
Accompanying the release of Graveyard of Empires, we will also be running a sale! So if you want to grab something you're missing alongside this release, you can get up to 70-75% off on select purchases.

BASE GAME
Hearts of Iron IV 70% off
Hearts of Iron IV: Starter Edition 70% off

Expansions
Hearts of Iron IV: Arms Against Tyranny 20% off
Hearts of Iron IV: By Blood Alone 30% off
Hearts of Iron IV: No Step Back 30% off
Hearts of Iron IV: La Résistance 50% off
Hearts of Iron IV: Man the Guns 50% off

Country Packs

Hearts of Iron IV: Battle for the Bosporus 50% off
Hearts of Iron IV: Trial of Allegiance 20% off

Music & Unit Packs

Hearts of Iron IV: Songs of the Eastern Front 50% off
Hearts of Iron IV: Eastern Front Planes 50% off
Hearts of Iron IV: Allied Speeches Pack 50% off
Hearts of Iron IV: Radio Pack 50% off
Hearts of Iron IV: Sabaton Soundtrack 50% off
Hearts of Iron IV: Sabaton Soundtrack Vol. 2 50% off
Hearts of Iron IV: Allied Armor 50% off
Hearts of Iron IV: Axis Armor 50% off



That's all! We hope you enjoy the expansion!
 
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Important Information
Hi everyone! I want to share some important information to clear things up.

The Götterdämmerung Expansion Pass is available for $36.99.
This Expansion Pass contains all of the following:
  • Instant unlock of three new 3D tank models and a music track
  • The Götterdämmerung Expansion
  • The Graveyard of Empires Country Pack
  • Prototype Vehicles unit pack (Coming in Q3 of 2025)
If you’re interested in the instant unlocks mentioned above, note that these are not pre-order bonuses, they are just exclusive to this Expansion Pass.

It’s also important to understand that this Expansion Pass on Steam is a package, not a dynamic bundle. This means that if you separately purchase the Expansion, Country Pack and/or vehicle pack, and later decide to buy the full Expansion Pass, you’ll end up paying more. This is not our choice, it’s solely based on Valve's requirements for selling Expansion Passes on Steam.

If you’re still unsure about what the full Expansion Pass includes, here’s a detailed breakdown:
  • Instant unlock of three new 3D tank models and a music track
  • The Götterdämmerung expansion (Nov 14th 2024) - $24.99/£21.99/€24.99
  • The Graveyard of Empires country pack - $14.99/£12.79/€14.99
  • Prototype Vehicles unit pack (Q3 2025) - $6.99/£5.89/€6.99
 
Will localized names be added to divisions at some point in the near future? The Iranian divisions are "1st Infantry Division", etc.
 
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Since they are now starting countries, Jordan and Syria should also have a port, because without a port they cannot have naval resource trade or naval supplies, and also they cannot deploy ships, and AI never build new ports.
 
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Not a bug per say but I feel that the descriptor text of the 'I'm just passing through' achievement should mention that you need to be playing as the Raj. Otherwise people might believe you could get it with any country (such as the UK which starts with owned states in all continents).
 
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Just started my Iran campaign, looks promising so far. Iran does not have a materiel designer though, not sure if that is intentional or not.

The discounts are very disappointing, was hoping to pick up something now or with the spring sale, but it's just the same discounts you've given 10 times before.
 
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Just started my Iran campaign, looks promising so far. Iran does not have a materiel designer though, not sure if that is intentional or not.

The discounts are very disappointing, was hoping to pick up something now or with the spring sale, but it's just the same discounts you've given 10 times before.
Theres no... designers? Gotta be a bug. I'd have to go back to see if its mentioned in a DD
 
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The Mefo Bill price controls, and thus Germany's core mechanic, have been bugged for 4 months. The price control doesn't work, the industry doesn't update, and the only way to fix it is by constantly reloading.

So we can't even play the last Germany DLC as intended, and now there's a new DLC, but this bug still persists.

Is it possible to find out when we will finally be able to play as intended?

The bug is confirmed:
 
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First thing I found that many formable nation decisions are not updated to cover new states.
That's a major bug that requires hotfix ASAP. Thanks for the warning.

As expected, this DLC was rushed. Corporate set a unrealistic deadline and they had to rush it to meet that deadline...
 
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He's borked his game or forgot that new patch means every mod is now out of date. They have a gun and a automotive designer in terms of material.

No mods

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First thing I found that many formable nation decisions are not updated to cover new states.
They added Assyria as a nation and didnt put it in the patch notes, and even gave them a massive formable! but for some reason Assyria doesn't start with a core on Hakkari, which is where their entire independence movement was centered. Also Kurdish Iraq uses the Iraq tag (and even cores all of Iraq somehow), raising questions on what happens if we have two Kurdistans and how the achievements work
 
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Corporate set a unrealistic deadline and they had to rush it to meet that deadline...
Totally disagree, GoE deadline has been known since Oct 24 with release of expansion pass which stated GoE will be Q1 2025. They had until the end of March to release this, going by their own stated deadline six months ago, and has been worked on by a team separate to GD.

Minimal content and half a year to deliver, if there's a failure here, it's not corporate.
 
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