Publisher Paradox Interactive today unveiled Hearts of Iron 4’s No Compromise, No Surrender expansion, which spearheads the grand strategy game’s new Expansion Pass 2, a bundle that covers upcoming content for the next year.
Setting its sights on Asia while slated for a late November 2025 launch, the expansion adds new focuses for Japan, China, and the Philippines, alongside new military doctrines, reworked core doctrines, and more.
Hearts of Iron 4 No Compromise, No Surrender Expansion and Expansion Pass 2 Revealed
Below, you’ll find a list of key features, as highlighted by the publisher in an emailed press release.
- Japan Focus Tree: Seize control of the Pacific, shatter Western dominance, and usher in a rising sun, red dawn, or other unique paths as you reshape the Pacific in an image of your choosing.
- Communist China Focus Tree: Drive out the old order, unite the people and lead the nation towards its rightful ascendancy as you balance enemies within and without.
- Nationalist China Focus Tree: Rally the republic, crush the warlords and bring your nation back from the precipice. Choose one of several paths towards victory against the hostile Empires in your war of resistance.
- Philippines Focus Tree: Defend the islands, defy the invaders and establish independence for your nation. Explore alternative histories and work with those you once considered foes; leverage your access to abundant natural resources, and lend your support to those who most benefit your situation.
- New Military Doctrines: Shape, manage, and ultimately reform the armed forces according to your battlefield requirements with unique doctrines that accompany a rework of the core doctrines system.
- Expanded Factions System: Wield greater control over allied countries with new and expanded Faction Rules and defined goals of your alliance.
- Additional supporting features and quality-of-life updates, such as new Naval Special Projects and updates to Naval Combat with improved carrier mechanics.
Hearts of Iron IV’s No Compromise, No Surrender expansion is slated to release on 20 November, 2025, for the price of $29.99/￡24.99/€29.99 or your regional equivalent.
It is also available as part of Hearts of Iron IV: Expansion Pass 2, which includes four other pieces of content.
Instantly unlocked upon purchasing the bundle, the Seaplane Tenders DLC adds unit art for – rather predictably – Japanese, Australian, and American seaplane tenders.
Launching in Q1 2026, Warships of the Pacific is a cosmetic pack that brings unit art for “new seafaring vessels; from nimble destroyers to mighty battleships, representing iconic warships from multiple nations across the globe.”
In Q2 2026, Hearts of Iron IV’s Expansion Pass 2 brings us Thunder At Our Gates. This theater pack introduces new features like military headquarters and navy captains, alongside new content for Australia, Siam, and Indonesia.
Lastly, and also coming in Q2 2026, the Peace In Our Time focus pack is developed alongside veteran modders from the grand strategy game’s dedicated community, introducing new alternate history tracks for Czechoslovakia.
They range from playing as a lone democracy to starting a socialist revolution, reclaiming the glory of the kingdom of Bohemia, and beyond.
Hearts of Iron IV’s Expansion Pass 2 is available for purchase now for the price of $48.77/￡40.99/€48.77 or your regional equivalent.
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