Paradox Interactive announced today that BL-Logic, a studio composed of Hearts of Iron fans and modders, is currently creating Arsenal of Democracy. Democracy, according to the press release, is “Hearts of Iron II on steroids.”

"During the years of the Hearts of Iron II lifecycle, I made a list of improvements in the forums and these became the guidelines to the new game," explained project leader Lennart Berg. "So we went ahead and implemented these along with many more ideas until we had pretty much replaced and enhanced everything from the original. The end result, in our very humble opinion, is the ultimate World War II simulation.”

Paradox also listed some of the ways in which Democracy is an improvement over Hearts of Iron II:

• Increased resolution and windowed mode freely selectable
• Totally reworked combat mechanics, new missions and realistic combat behavior and losses
• Several new technologies
• New espionage interface and reworked espionage system
• One of the most detailed economy and production system found in any Hearts of Iron game
• Realistic logistics system
• Everything is moddable
• AI reworked and now poses a genuine threat, even to experienced players
• 4 new battle scenarios

Democracy will be released this December. Hearts of Iron III was released by Paradox in early August. It'll be interesting to see how Hearts of Iron II's two successors measure up.

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