▁game ▁and ▁allows ▁them ▁to ▁commit ▁various ▁at roc ities . ▁ ▁Development ▁He arts ▁of ▁Iron ▁IV ▁was ▁announced ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁and ▁was ▁originally ▁sl ated ▁for ▁a ▁late ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁release . ▁At ▁E 3 ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁cre ative ▁director ▁Johan ▁Anders son ▁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 ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁This ▁was ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁resolve ▁several ▁issues ▁encountered ▁with ▁the ▁game . ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁game , ▁built ▁with ▁the ▁Cla use witz ▁Engine , ▁would ▁be ▁released ▁on ▁ 6 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁ 7 2 nd ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁Norm andy ▁land ings . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Currently , ▁the ▁base ▁game ▁has ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 8 3 ▁from ▁review ▁aggreg ator ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁transl ating ▁to ▁" gener ally ▁favor able ▁reviews ". ▁ ▁Game Sp ot ▁gave ▁the ▁game ▁a ▁positive ▁review , ▁writing ▁that ▁" He arts ▁of ▁Iron ▁IV ▁emb od ies ▁the ▁hard ▁truth s ▁about ▁all - consum ing ▁war ▁and ▁the ▁international ▁politics ▁that ▁guide ▁it ." ▁It ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁tutorial ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁weak ▁point , ▁and ▁that ▁" for ▁the ▁dedicated , ▁He arts ▁of ▁Iron ▁IV ▁could ▁end