Hearts of Iron IV By Blood Alone Expansion Now Available

Written by Brandon Hofer on September 27, 2022

News: A new expansion is now available that will allow you to see just how good you are with your military strategy.

Paradox Interactive’s strategy wargame Hearts of Iron IV has just released a new expansion titled “By Blood Alone”. This new expansion adds new ways to explore the limits of your military genius and long-term planning.

The centerpieces of By Blood Alone include the requested aircraft designer, allowing you to build the fighters and bombers of your imagination, and three new national focus trees, carving out room for an even wider range of diverging alternate histories, whether you successfully repel European conquest as Ethiopia or foment a communist revolution in wartime Italy.

Features of Hearts of Iron IV: By Blood Alone include:

New Italian Focus Tree: Alternate histories of Fascist Italy, including a socialist revolution.

New Ethiopian Focus Tree: Defy the odds to defeat the Italian invader or resist the conqueror from abroad using unique Government in Exile abilities.

New Swiss Focus Tree: Surrounded by France, Germany, and Italy, the mountain nation of Switzerland finds strength in its neutrality, balancing competing factions and overtures from the great powers.

New Peace Conference Options: Demilitarize zones of the map or entire nations, bid on the capital ships of defeated powers, or claim control of enemy resources or factories as reparations.

Aircraft Designer: Design and build your own planes, from nimble interceptors that prioritize speed to durable bombers crafted to unload tons of destruction from high above.

Unit Medals: A log of each division’s accomplishments lets you track their performance, and lets you award medals to those that have performed well.

Embargo Interaction: Embargo your enemies with new diplomatic interactions, preventing them from trading with you if they have generated enough world tension.

New Unit Models: More than 20 new pieces of unit art for Italian, Ethiopian and Swiss armies.

New Plane Models: 67 new plane models.

Music: 12 New Music Tracks

As usual, the release of By Blood Alone will be accompanied by a major update to Hearts of Iron IV, available for free for everyone who owns the game. Hearts of Iron IV: By Blood Alone is available now for a suggested retail price of $19.99/£15.49/€19.99.