Members of the community identify the screenshots' locations as being near the Russian town of Poshekhonye. 19 October 2020: SCS makes a blog post celebrating and thanking the community for the 8th Anniversary of Euro Truck Simulator 2 and as a reward, SCS teases the first screenshots in pre-alpha stages of the next map expansion after Iberia.After that, SCS released information about the DLC in their blog: SCS Software first hinted about the DLC in blog post about celebrating the 8th Anniversary of Euro Truck Simulator 2 posted on 19 October 2020. The team also stated that the DLC was 6-8 weeks before completion, which means April 2022 would have been the release month of the DLC. In a blog post about the statement of the DLC on May 30, development of Heart of Russia was refrained until the situation ends and heal, however there was no announcement of the 'cancelation' of the DLC. And, when the time comes for Ukraine to rebuild and heal, then we will endeavour to find a way for our Heart of Russia DLC to play whatever part it can in that healing process, for everyone.' ' We strongly believe that there is hope for the proud people of Ukraine to prevail and for the suffering to end for all. Development of the DLC was a 'sensitive thing' at that moment, although Pavel said that the team will 'complete it, close it, finish testing and have it ready,' but not release it. Daniel explained in the interview that one group is telling the community the logics that SCS should release the DLC because the 'trees, roads and the hills are not to be blamed', and then Pavel stated that the name 'Heart of Russia' was like an 'emotionally charged name', which would sound like SCS is 'provoking or hurting people' due to the current situation. In an interview for the Czech gaming website Vortex on March 14, 2022, SCS Software PR and Marketing Manager Daniel Němec and CEO Pavel Šebor announced the indefinite postponement of the DLC due to Russia's invasion against Ukraine. Pavel Šebor in an interview with Vortex

I can't find any excuse now, even if we donate all the income to Ukraine.' We had basically been in like a testing process We were just tuning it, and now we've got this DLC in the drawer that we can't release at the moment.

But it was definitely clear that we couldn't follow the planned track: To communicate further about the beauty of the territory of Russia. ' In the early days we were like, 'maybe it will be over quickly'. As of May 30, 2022, it is exactly unknown when the DLC will release.

There has been no single announcement of the development of Heart of Russia coming to a complete end, canceling the DLC. The development of the Heart of Russia DLC at this moment is currently delayed and is under standstill of development due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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