Obviously I can't talk specifics about what we are working on. But what Podcat said in the diary is still true https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/hoi4-dev-diary-new-year-update.1453130/
Covid has impacted everyone differently, and every team in the gaming industry has been impacted to varying degrees (still waiting for Elden Ring trailer *grumbles*)
As for the "The other games feel more loved by their devs." Part, every developer loves their product. Some might feel more attached than others of course: that is natural, but no developer sinks so much time into a project and not care for it. We are usually the ones who love the game the most, but also their biggest critics
Until that point that we can show anything off, in the word of the backbone of the Orc economy, the humble peon:
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