'' Hearts of Iron IV '' was announced in 2014 and was originally slated for a late 2015 release . At E3 2015 , creative director Johan Andersson confirmed that the game would be pushed back from its original release window , with the new release date being scheduled for the first quarter of 2016 . This was an attempt to resolve several issues encountered with the game . In March 2016 , it was announced that the game would be released on June 6 , 2016 , which is the 72nd anniversary of the Normandy landings . Currently , the base game has a score of 83 from review aggregator Metacritic , translating to " generally favorable reviews "
E3 2015
E3 2015
Hearts of Iron IV