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Developer Diary | Graveyard of Empires

Generals, Long time no see..


Today we’re really excited to introduce you all to our latest country pack, Graveyard of Empires. Over the coming weeks, we will have a number of developer diaries showcasing the latest countries receiving new or updated focus trees. We will also have a number of streams so you can really get to grips with what to expect of all the latest content and we shall also be doing an AMA with the developer team.


Have a look at what’s coming:
(If you subscribe to the idea of linear time; opinions vary and changes may occur)

Graveyard of Empires DD Calendar

To give you a quick overview of what to expect in this country pack, let’s start by taking a high-level view of each country.

India
The Raj is the jewel of the British Empire, rich and strategically vital. However, a growing independence movement threatens to disrupt the war effort and dissolve the empire. A large focus tree emphasising the struggle of Indian Independence offers many alternate historical paths, including not just the revival of the East India Company as a corporate nation, but also the possibility of freedom for the Princely States, and the formation of Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Iran
Iran is a potential great power, hemmed in by the imperial pressure of the Soviet Union and the British Empire. A significant new focus tree will allow you to resist the imperial incursions that historically weakened Iran, as well as offering potential for a new and modern Persian Empire.

Iraq
Take control of this British client state and try to chart your own path, choosing to side against your overlord. Manage the many competing ethnic and religious factions in Iraq and develop the strategically important oil fields.

Afghanistan
Historically known as the Graveyard of Empires, isolated from the wider war, Afghanistan offers many alternate paths. Continue the historical path of neutrality and isolation, or choose the road of rapid industrialization and building a new power in the mountains of Central Asia.

Art & Achievements
While, at this point, some of this Diary is still in draft mode and has images like this…
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I do want to quote marblemadness, one of our marvelous artists: “…we’ve greased our elbows and dug deep into the sand to excavate the best art we could find, so I really hope you enjoy what we have to show!”
And leave you with a nice teaser..
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Expansion Pass - A Reminder

With this Expansion Pass we’re trying something a bit new. They are our way of both giving you a roadmap for the content that’ll be arriving over the next few releases, and letting you sign up to get that content at a 20% discount.

Expansion Pass 1 includes:
  • Instant unlock of three new 3D tank models and a music track
  • The Götterdämmerung expansion (Released Nov 14th 2024) - $24.99/£21.99/€24.99
  • The Graveyard of Empires country pack (March 4 2025) - $14.99/£12.79/€14.99
  • Prototype Vehicles unit pack (Q3 2025) - $6.99/£5.89/€6.99

 

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@PDX_Per : I just updated the Calendar image in the above post. For Feb 25 it said "Video," but should have said "Dev Diary." That's fixed now.

Reserved for further Dev replies~
 
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Great, can't wait to read those DD!
 
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Really hoped the devs would cooked well for the INC and the Muslim Congress in the tomorrow's devdiary.

Like, there should be an option to have India stayed together as a civic nation, no matter how hard it takes.
 
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Generals, Long time no see..


Today we’re really excited to introduce you all to our latest country pack, Graveyard of Empires. Over the coming weeks, we will have a number of developer diaries showcasing the latest countries receiving new or updated focus trees. We will also have a number of streams so you can really get to grips with what to expect of all the latest content and we shall also be doing an AMA with the developer team.


Have a look at what’s coming:


To give you a quick overview of what to expect in this country pack, let’s start by taking a high-level view of each country.

India
The Raj is the jewel of the British Empire, rich and strategically vital. However, a growing independence movement threatens to disrupt the war effort and dissolve the empire. A large focus tree emphasising the struggle of Indian Independence offers many alternate historical paths, including not just the revival of the East India Company as a corporate nation, but also the possibility of freedom for the Princely States, and the formation of Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Iran
Iran is a potential great power, hemmed in by the imperial pressure of the Soviet Union and the British Empire. A significant new focus tree will allow you to resist the imperial incursions that historically weakened Iran, as well as offering potential for a new and modern Persian Empire.

Iraq
Take control of this British client state and try to chart your own path, choosing to side against your overlord. Manage the many competing ethnic and religious factions in Iraq and develop the strategically important oil fields.

Afghanistan
Historically known as the Graveyard of Empires, isolated from the wider war, Afghanistan offers many alternate paths. Continue the historical path of neutrality and isolation, or choose the road of rapid industrialization and building a new power in the mountains of Central Asia.

Art & Achievements
While, at this point, some of this Diary is still in draft mode and has images like this…
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I do want to quote marblemadness, one of our marvelous artists: “…we’ve greased our elbows and dug deep into the sand to excavate the best art we could find, so I really hope you enjoy what we have to show!”
And leave you with a nice teaser..
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Expansion Pass - A Reminder

With this Expansion Pass we’re trying something a bit new. They are our way of both giving you a roadmap for the content that’ll be arriving over the next few releases, and letting you sign up to get that content at a 20% discount.

Expansion Pass 1 includes:
  • Instant unlock of three new 3D tank models and a music track
  • The Götterdämmerung expansion (Released Nov 14th 2024) - $24.99/£21.99/€24.99
  • The Graveyard of Empires country pack (March 4 2025) - $14.99/£12.79/€14.99
  • Prototype Vehicles unit pack (Q3 2025) - $6.99/£5.89/€6.99

I was wondering if anything will be added to Syria, Lebanon and Israel/Palestine??? And if y’all are gonna add Davud Monshizadeh (SUMKA leader and SS soldier) as an advisor for Iran????
 
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Will there be a revival of the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire as the British Raj or a Caliphate as Iraq? It would be interesting if a path for the British Raj allows you to get claims in former Hindu cultured countries in SEA.
 
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The Turkish tree could use with some focuses being decreased as the gameplay is a bit too slow. WW2 starts by the time you can do some serious meddling in the Balkans which means that your neighbors will be guaranteed by the UK already.
 
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Is the teaser just a blob or is the image not loading for me? Also, hoi 4 dev diary hype.

Edit: also hopefully we get more provinces in south Asia and the middle east, because they're so big right now it makes moving divisions around feel like a death stack slog. (And hopefully they don't cut down on these nations research slots).
 
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