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Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters…

8 April 2011

Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Darkest Hour Team, released 8 April 2011 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game is

Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Darkest Hour Team and released in 2011. It was published by Paradox Interactive. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game launched on 8 April 2011, within three weeks of Portal 2, Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat and World of Tanks.

Released around the same time: Portal 2, Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat, World of Tanks.

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When did Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game come out?
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game was released on 8 April 2011 for Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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