Hearts of Iron

Hearts of Iron
Developer(s)	Paradox Development Studio
Publisher(s)	Microsoft Windows NA: Strategy First, Atari SA (Platinum) SWE: PAN Vision AB UK: Koch Media Mac OS X UK: Virtual Programming NA: MacPlay
Producer(s)	Johan Andersson
Designer(s)	Henrik Fåhraeus Joakim Bergqwist Johan Andersson
Programmer(s)	Johan Andersson Henrik Fåhraeus Patric Backlund
Artist(s)	Dick Sjöström Stefan Thulin Marcus Edström
Series	Hearts of Iron
Engine	Europa Engine
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Release	Windows NA: November 27, 2002[1] EU: February 28, 2003 Mac OS X EU: October 1, 2003[3] NA: October 7, 2003[2] Hearts of Iron: Platinum NA: September 21, 2004
Genre(s)	Grand strategy
Mode(s)	Single-player, multi-player

Hearts of Iron is a grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Strategy First. Based on the Europa Engine, it was originally released in 2002 for Microsoft Windows. A Mac OS X version was released by Virtual Programming the following year. In 2004, Atari, SA published Hearts of Iron: Platinum, an updated version that sought to improve several aspects of the game.

Hearts of Iron allows the player to take control of a nation in the world and guide it through World War II and the years immediately before and after it. Hearts of Iron is the first game in the eponymous series of grand strategy wargames. Despite receiving mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, Hearts of Iron was followed by three additional games: Hearts of Iron II, Hearts of Iron III, and Hearts of Iron IV.