Release date set for Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game+ trailer released!

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Paradox Interactive has today confirmed release date for their next project under the “Europa Engine projects” label; Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game. The game will release on the 29th of March for download through all major digital download partners.

Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron II game featuring a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century, from the outbreak of the Great War up to the onset of the Cold War. Darkest Hour will introduce a new artificial intelligence that is now able to react to hundreds of different situations simultaneously, along with a dynamic diplomatic system that will allow the player to have a real impact on the course of history.

View the trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NEedyX2WGU

Read the extensive dev diary series here:
http://tinyurl.com/5uo8jvf

Main Features:
- Play different campaigns from the onset of the Great War to the outbreak of the Cold War
- Brand new game map redesigned for improved detail on both a strategic and tactical level
- Unprecedented diplomatic system that gives the player a real impact on the course of events
- New artificial intelligence system that is now able to react to hundreds of different situations simultaneously

Read more:
Product page: http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/darkest-hour
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Darkest-Hour/143379419030864
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarkestHourTeam
Forum: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/

[video=youtube;8NEedyX2WGU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NEedyX2WGU[/video]​
 
Nice trailer, though a bit short of new features. Imho, plenty of great mods nearly form the start should have been highlighted in the trailer, as well automatic production/trade screens (a huge improvement over the original). Can't wait for the release date.
 
Nice trailer, though a bit short of new features. Imho, plenty of great mods nearly form the start should have been highlighted in the trailer, as well automatic production/trade screens (a huge improvement over the original). Can't wait for the release date.

I had to work under the 1 minute 30 seconds limits. In addition I have been doing the trailer since October, when the mods were not that ready for showing. Of course I could have added some clips when I updated the clips to a newer version, but oh well.

You people better like the trailer, you can't imagine how long it's taken to do that 69 seconds.
 
I had to work under the 1 minute 30 seconds limits. In addition I have been doing the trailer since October, when the mods were not that ready for showing. Of course I could have added some clips when I updated the clips to a newer version, but oh well.

You people better like the trailer, you can't imagine how long it's taken to do that 69 seconds.

Nice trailer. The song is also used in "Return to Castle Wolfenstein"

From who is it?
 
Nice trailer. The song is also used in "Return to Castle Wolfenstein"

From who is it?

Uh... well, the song is hoi2-war by Andreas Waldetoft, Paradox's music composer. I doubt it is used in RtCW (which was published 3 years before HoI2), but it might have a similar tune.
 
Man, that trailer so doesn't do the game justice. :p
 
YEAH !!! This game will be awesome, trailer makes me crazy, I can't wait to play this game. So close and so far to release date. Will there be a possibility to make a pre-order do show support? And how much money do I have to save to buy this AWESOME GAME?
 
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Love the trailer! Congrats on the release date, I will definitely be buying this!
 
I had to work under the 1 minute 30 seconds limits. In addition I have been doing the trailer since October, when the mods were not that ready for showing. Of course I could have added some clips when I updated the clips to a newer version, but oh well.

You people better like the trailer, you can't imagine how long it's taken to do that 69 seconds.

Worth the effort though.