

Much of the expansion’s content has already been revealed by Paradox through a series of dev diaries. The DLC’s logo appears in a distinctly Russian typeface, and the trailer ends by addressing the viewer as ‘Comrade’, just in case there was any lingering doubt that this expansion will focus on the Eastern Front. The teaser trailer (watch it below) is fairly light on content, cutting between several shots of a tank manufacturing plant, while Soviet choral music plays in the background. Although billed as a celebration of Hearts of Iron 4’s fifth anniversary on June 6, an exact release date hasn’t been revealed. Revealed today during publisher Paradox Interactive’s PDXCON Remixed livestream, No Step Back will be the next expansion for the WW2 grand strategy game, and have a Soviet theme.

The British and Americans would oversee the transition to democracy in countries such as Italy, Austria and Greece.After weeks of dev diaries exploring its content and features, Hearts of Iron 4’s upcoming DLC finally has a name, and a trailer to boot. The Soviets were to administer those European countries they liberated but promised to hold free elections. Germany would be divided into four zones of occupation administered by the three major powers and France and was to be thoroughly demilitarized and its war criminals brought to trial. With victory over Germany three months away, Churchill and Stalin were more intent on dividing Europe into zones of political influence than in addressing military considerations. What was then called the Crimea conference was held at the old summer palace of Czar Nicholas II on the outskirts of Yalta, now a city in the independent Ukraine. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin-and the war had progressed mightily since their last meeting, which had taken place in Tehran in late 1943. It was the second conference of the “Big Three” Allied leaders-U.S. On February 11, 1945, a week of intensive bargaining by the leaders of the three major Allied powers ends in Yalta, a Soviet resort town on the Black Sea.
