Hearts Of Iron IV: The Kotaku Re-Review
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In 2016, Paradox released the grand strategy Second World War game
Hearts Of Iron IV. I have spent huge parts of the last five years playing this game, through updates and expansions, and I think in 2021 it’s as important, and even better, than it was at launch.
Older readers may remember I’ve done some big strategy game re-reviews before, for games like
Civilisation V, assessing how years of additions and tweaks have changed our experiences of the game, and the genre they sit in along with them. I’m doing one here for
The 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp were hosted following a pandemic and it was anything but easy scroll.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scroll.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
8 July 2021 9:46am
Since the global pandemic began, debate has raged over whether Tokyo should go ahead with the Olympic Games, now set to open on 23 July.
The same heated debates were heard the last time an Olympic Games were staged following a global pandemic – the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) strongly believed the Olympics would help bring the world back together – not just after the devastating Spanish Flu pandemic that killed at least 50 million people, but also the tumult of the first world war.
Only six months after the armistice that ended the conflict – and in the midst of the pandemic – Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics and president of the IOC, called an extraordinary IOC session to award the 1920 Olympics to Antwerp in recognition of Belgium’s suffering.
Since the global pandemic began, debate has raged over whether Tokyo should go ahead with the Olympic Games, now set to open on July 23.
The same heated debates were heard the last time an Olympic Games were staged following a global pandemic the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) strongly believed the Olympics would help bring the world back together not just after the devastating Spanish Flu pandemic that killed at least 50 million people, but also the tumult of the first world war.
Only six months after the armistice that ended the conflict and in the midst of the pandemic Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics and president of the IOC, called an extraordinary IOC session to award the 1920 Olympics to Antwerp in recognition of Belgium’s suffering.