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enThu, 28 Mar 2024 11:04:29 +0000Sega sell Company of Heroes developer Relic and lays off more staff at Creative Assembly and Hardlighthttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/sega-sells-company-of-heroes-developer-relic-and-lays-off-more-staff-at-creative-assembly-and-hardlightNic ReubenThu, 28 Mar 2024 11:04:29 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/sega-sells-company-of-heroes-developer-relic-and-lays-off-more-staff-at-creative-assembly-and-hardlightMultiplayer CooperativeTHQ WirelessSEGA EuropeSingle PlayerStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyPCCompany of HeroesTotal War: WarhammerStrategy: Real-Time StrategyRPGRelic EntertainmentTHQSEGA HardlightCreative AssemblyThe Creative AssemblyBird view / IsometricSegaMultiplayer CompetitiveStrategy

Sonic Dream Team developer Hardlight and Total War studio Creative Assembly have been hit with a round of layoffs by publisher SEGA Europe, affecting around 240 roles across Creative Assembly, SEGA Europe, and Hardlight, via IGN.

Staff were notified by an email sent around this morning from SEGA Europe’s managing director Jurgen Post, alongside the news that Relic Entertainment, makers of Company of Heroes and Dawn of War, would be sold. As IGN point out, SEGA Europe studios Sports Interactive and Two Point Studios, makers of Football Manager and Two Point Hospital respectively, were not mentioned in the email.

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These are your 50 favourite strategy games of all timehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/these-are-your-50-favourite-strategy-games-of-all-timeKatharine CastleThu, 23 Feb 2023 19:00:22 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/these-are-your-50-favourite-strategy-games-of-all-timeInvisible Inc.Command & ConquerDune II: The Battle for ArrakisThe Settlers II: 10th AnniversaryXCOM: Enemy UnknownFTL: Faster Than LightWarcraft II: Tides of DarknessTotal War: Shogun 2Total AnnihilationCommand & Conquer: Red AlertHearts of Iron IVTotal War: Warhammer IIBestest Bests: Reader EditionStarCraft: Brood Warsupreme commander 2XCOM 2Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IIAge of Empires IVStarCraftAge of Empires IIIHeroes Of Might & Magic IIISid Meier's Civilization VCompany of HeroesSid Meier's Civilization IVWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of WarEndless Space 2Crusader Kings IIISid Meier's Civilization IISupreme-CommanderCrusader Kings IIBeyond All ReasonZero-KCommand & Conquer: Red Alert 2Supreme Commander: Forged AllianceTotal War: Warhammer IIIAge of MythologyJagged Alliance 2HomeworldAge of EmpiresSid Meier's Civilization 6Europa Universalis IVAge of Empires II: The Age of KingsStellarisSins of a Solar EmpireMedieval II: Total WarWarcraft III: Reign of ChaosStarCraft II: Wings Of LibertySid Meier's Alpha CentauriInto the BreachBattleTechSid Meier's CivilizationIndieStrategy

Earlier this month, we asked you to vote for your favourite strategy games of all time to celebrate the launch (and glorious return) of several strategy classics this month, including Relic's WW2 RTS Company Of Heroes 3, Blue Byte's The Settlers: New Allies and Cyanide's fantasy Warhamball Blood Bowl 3. And cor, I've never seen such love for individual expansions and total conversion mods among mainline RTS games and 4Xs. As with all strategy games, however, there can only be one victor - and you can find out what that single strategy game to rule them all is right here. Here are your 50 favourite strategy games of all time, as voted for by you, the RPS readership.

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RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2006https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rps-time-capsule-the-games-worth-saving-from-2006Katharine CastleMon, 06 Feb 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rps-time-capsule-the-games-worth-saving-from-2006Company of HeroesThe Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionBlockbusterThe ShipDefconMarvel: Ultimate AlliancePathologicJust CauseTomb Raider: LegendStronghold LegendsThe RPS Time CapsuleIndieDark Messiah of Might & Magic

The RPS Time Capsule returns for its first outing of 2023, and this time we're casting our minds back to the hallowed year of 2006. Little did we know it at the time, but this is the year we start to see the birth of certain game series that are still alive and kicking today (just about), as well as the nascent beginnings of now beloved studios honing their craft on some of their very first titles. But which of those games have earned themselves a spot in the eternal RPS Time Capsule? Come and find out which ones have stood the test of time, and which, after reading this article, have been consigned to the smog-filled trashfire of future Earth.

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Get Northgard for free in the GamesPlanet strategy salehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/get-northgard-for-free-in-gamesplanets-medieval-and-strategy-saleWill JuddTue, 13 Jul 2021 22:15:41 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/get-northgard-for-free-in-gamesplanets-medieval-and-strategy-saleCompany of HeroesPC Gaming DealsMount & Blade II: BannerlordCrusader KingsBattleTechSalesNorthgard

UK retailer Gamesplanet is running a medieval and strategy sale in honour of their 15th anniversary, including a pretty outstanding offer - get the excellent Viking strategy game Northgard for free when you spend more than £3.50 and use code NORSEGODS. There's plenty discounted in the sale too, including some of the best PC strategy games ever made, so take a look!

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Hands on with Company Of Heroes 3 - aka Total War: WW2https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/company-of-heroes-3-preview-pre-alpha-hands-onNate CrowleyTue, 13 Jul 2021 18:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/company-of-heroes-3-preview-pre-alpha-hands-onCompany of HeroesPreviewsSEGA EuropeRelic EntertainmentCompany Of Heroes 3hands onWorld War IIStrategy

The Total War series are the Kinder Eggs of strategy gaming: a layer of delicious, map-based strategy, with a dramatic RTS toy hidden inside. It's a tasty formula, and I've often wondered why more games over the years haven't adopted it. I'm not alone in this: David Littman, executive producer at Relic Entertainment, always wondered the same thing. But then along came Sega, gulping down strategy studios like a big mad whale, and Relic ended up in its belly - right next to Total War devs Creative Assembly. So he asked them about it.

“Turns out,” says Littman, “it’s because it’s really hard to do”. So there you go. But Littman was not deterred. Working away in the leviathan's guts, with the famous motto of the SAS in mind - “You’ve got to at least have a go, even if it's really hard” - Relic learned from their fellow strategy Jonahs at CA, and set about applying the knowledge to their landmark WW2 strategy franchise, Company Of Heroes. Now, the Sega whale, she is a-rumblin'. Sometime next year in late 2022, she will belch up Company Of Heroes 3, and it will have a brand new, Total War-style campaign map. I've ventured down the whale's gullet to have a go, and I think it looks promising.

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Company Of Heroes 3 is real and coming to PC in 2022https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/company-of-heroes-3-coming-to-pc-in-2022Imogen BeckhellingTue, 13 Jul 2021 18:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/company-of-heroes-3-coming-to-pc-in-2022Company of HeroesCompany Of Heroes 2SegaRelic EntertainmentCompany Of Heroes 3Strategy

It's been eight years since Company Of Heroes 2 came out, and now finally we have some news about Company Of Heroes 3. The third addition to the WW2-based RTS series is headed to PC next year, and will come the series' biggest campaign yet, as well as a new and improved tactical experience for long-time fans. You can read Nate's hands on preview impressions of Company Of Heroes 3 if you want meaty gameplay details, but we also had a chance to chat with some of the developers at Relic about bringing the old series back to life - and they told us that they want to keep players entertained with a new, non-linear approach.

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It looks like Relic are counting down to a new Company of Heroes gamehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/relic-are-counting-down-to-a-new-company-of-heroes-game-revealCraig PearsonTue, 13 Jul 2021 10:34:05 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/relic-are-counting-down-to-a-new-company-of-heroes-game-revealCompany of HeroesCompany Of Heroes 2Relic EntertainmentStrategy

Relic’s resilient RTS series Company of Heroes looks like it’s getting a new game, or at the very least a new expansion. The developer’s Twitch channel has kicked off a 24-hour countdown, showing off a map centered on Italy, with a large slice of North Africa and Albania on either side. Overnight it has slowly zoomed in on Italy. We’re probably a few hours away from Company of Heroes 3, set in Italy.

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The 50 best strategy games to play on PChttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-strategy-games-on-pcKatharine CastleFri, 06 Nov 2020 13:00:18 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-strategy-games-on-pcParadox Development StudioGas Powered GamesUbisoft Blue ByteNorthgardElectronic ArtsPS5Single PlayerWarhammer 40000: Dawn of War - SoulstormXbox Series X/SBattlefleet Gothic: Armada 2PC2KAnno 1800THQBestest BestsStardock CorporationShiro GamesSid Meier's Civilization 6Europa Universalis IVAction AdventureCommand & Conquer Remastered CollectionSegaHarebrained SchemesTotal War: Three KingdomsKasedo GamesStardockMimimi GamesUbisoft EntertainmentUFO: Enemy UnknownDistant Worlds: UniverseTextTHQ WirelessSide viewXbox OnePlayStation VitaMode 7 GamesEAXCOM 2Introversion SoftwareTindalos InteractiveFrontier FoundryThird personEndless LegendFocus EntertainmentAspyrAge of Empires II: Definitive EditionRPGThe Creative AssemblyAndroidMutant Year Zero: Road To EdenSid Meier's Alpha CentauriStarCraft II: Wings Of LibertyiOSMultiplayer CompetitiveMacUnity of CommandThey Are BillionsFuncomDune II: The Battle for ArrakisKlei EntertainmentFTL: Faster Than LightXbox Game StudiosTotal War: Shogun 2SlipwaysPS4Splash DamageCard GamesStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyHellbent GamesFocus Home InteractiveDesperados 3Heroes Of Might & Magic IIIMarvel's Midnight SunsXbox 360Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir ForestSix Ages: Ride Like The WindCrusader Kings IIIStrategy: Real-Time StrategyRelic EntertainmentIceberg InteractiveTHQ NordicThe Banner SagaStellarisBird view / IsometricPS1Firaxis GamesNintendo DSBattleTechIndieImperator: RomeTantalus MediaInvisible Inc.Frozen SynapseSimulationMultiplayer CooperativePuzzleOffworld Trading CompanyParadox InteractiveTotal War: Warhammer IIBlitWorksHumankindUbisoft1C CompanyIron Lore EntertainmentBeetlewingGears TacticsCompany of HeroesWarhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - DaemonhuntersBulwark StudiosWarhammer 40000: MechanicusStrategyBlizzard EntertainmentKitfox GamesNintendo SwitchVersus EvilNeptune's PrideSupreme-Commander1c-SoftClubDefconCreative AssemblyStoic2K GamesInto the BreachMohawk GamesAMPLITUDE Studios

Strategy games is an enormous genre in PC gaming, with real-time, turn-based, 4X and tactics games all flying the same flag to stake their claim as the one true best strategy game. Our list of the best strategy games on PC covers the lot of them. We like to take a broad view here at RPS, and every game listed below is something we firmly believe that you could love and play today. You'll find 30-year-old classics nestled right up against recent favourites here, so whether you're to the genre or want to dig deep for some hidden gems, we've got you covered. Here are our 50 best strategy games for 2023.

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Spawn Point: how to get into real-time strategyhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-to-get-into-rtsBrendan CaldwellFri, 22 Sep 2017 18:00:33 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-to-get-into-rtsCommand & ConquerGas Powered GamesWestwood StudiosNorthgardOffworld Trading CompanyIntroversion SoftwareSpawn PointUltimate Epic Battle SimulatorBrilliant Game StudiosFeatureCompany of HeroesBlizzard EntertainmentRelic EntertainmentSupreme Commander: Forged AllianceTotal WarDefconThe Creative AssemblyAge of Empires II: The Age of KingsMicrosoftStarCraft II: Wings Of LibertyTooth And TailMohawk Games

Hello. This is Spawn Point, a new not-quite-regular feature in which we take a genre, series or other facet of gaming culture, and try to convince you to give it a shot. It might be those hero shooters you’ve always wanted to get into, or that terrifying space game played by thousands of jerks. We’ll briefly explain the thing, followed by some ways for you to breach it.

First up, it’s... the real-time strategy.

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In Foxhole’s war the truck drivers are the real heroeshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/foxhole-review-early-accessBrendan CaldwellThu, 10 Aug 2017 18:00:17 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/foxhole-review-early-accessCompany of HeroesReviewsFoxholePlanetSide 2ClapfootFeature

For the third day in a row, our outpost was under attack. Some enterprising yanks had discovered they could take opportunistic raiding parties through an undefended snowy field and get within grenade-throwing distance of our forward operating base – a walled-in barracks full of tiny toy soldiers all sitting around grunting that they didn’t have enough rifles, ammo, or best friends to clutch to their breasts as they died in the snow. Someone lowered the iron gate for me and I drove the truck into the compound, during a mercifully quiet and shrapnel-free moment.

“Who wants b-mats!” I shouted, employing the shorthand for ‘basic materials’ I’d learned from wiser, fightier men. “Get your b-mats here!”

Everyone in the compound rushed to the truck.

“Oh YES,” said an engineer, as he unloaded the essentials he needed to build up defences and do his own job. “Buddy, you are the real MVP.”

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How Company of Heroes made a destructible battlefieldhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-company-of-heroes-made-a-destructible-battlefieldAlex WiltshireFri, 14 Jul 2017 20:00:47 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-company-of-heroes-made-a-destructible-battlefieldCompany of HeroesThe MechanicSegaRelic EntertainmentFeature

This is The Mechanic, where Alex Wiltshire invites developers to discuss the inner workings of their games. This time, Company of Heroes [official site].

The Tiger tanks come rolling in, the artillery comes thundering down. Walls are blown wide open, buildings collapse on themselves. In Company of Heroes, the battlefield is ever-changing, munitions cutting into the map new opportunities for flanking and to be flanked. Confident pushes turn to disaster as the enemy punches through rear guards, and last-ditch defences are saved as the cavalry smashes through barricades. Company of Heroes is a deeply dynamic RTS, something that’s all down to:

THE MECHANIC: Destructible environments

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Have You Played… Company of Heroes?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/have-you-played-company-of-heroesBrendan CaldwellTue, 28 Mar 2017 15:30:28 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/have-you-played-company-of-heroesCompany of HeroesHave You PlayedRelic EntertainmentFeatureStrategy

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time.

Pew pew pew pew pew! That’s nothing like any of the sounds that happen in 2006 real-time strategy game Company of Heroes. I just like pretending to shoot you.

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Humble Bundle-O-Rama: Clickteam, Company Of Heroeshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/humble-bundle-clickteam-fusion-company-of-heroesAlice O'ConnorWed, 05 Oct 2016 15:42:02 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/humble-bundle-clickteam-fusion-company-of-heroesCompany of HeroesFive Nights At Freddy's 3Humble BundleCompany Of Heroes 2Indie

Another Humble Bundle is offering friendly game-making tools for cheap. Following a GameMaker bundle last month, now they're back with the the Humble Clickteam Fusion 2.5 Bundle. As you might guess, the pay-what-you-want bundle is built around the game-making software Clickteam Fusion, also packing some games built with it - including Metroid 'em up Environmental Station Alpha, jumpscare 'em up Five Nights at Freddy's 3, multiplayer adventure The Yawhg, and citybuilding puzzler Concrete Jungle.

And now for something completely different: Humble also has loads of Company of Heroes games bundled up, celebrating ten years of the fine WW2 RTS series.

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The Making Of Company Of Heroeshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/making-of-company-of-heroesFraser BrownThu, 22 Sep 2016 18:00:16 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/making-of-company-of-heroesCompany of HeroesretrospectiveCompany of Heroes: Tales of ValorCompany of Heroes 2: Ardennes AssaultStrategyCompany Of Heroes 2Relic EntertainmentCompany of Heroes OnlineFeature

In 2001, Band of Brothers was still airing on HBO and Canadian developer Relic Entertainment was finishing up development of Impossible Creatures, its freaky animal RTS. Space and sci-fi had been its muse for years, but it found, in the increased cultural interest in World War 2, another setting and the impetus for Company of Heroes.

Relic celebrated the game's tenth anniversary this month. It remains one of the most acclaimed RTS games of all time, lavished in 2006 with glowing reviews and heaps of awards. I’ll mostly remember it as the reason I got chewed out by a lecturer for dozing in class, after a long night of liberating Europe.

We’ve talked four of the original developers into taking a trip down a potholed, tank-lined memory lane with us.

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Company Of Waaagh! It's The Humble Relic Bundlehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/humble-relic-bundle-dawn-of-war-company-of-heroesAlice O'ConnorFri, 29 May 2015 10:00:38 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/humble-relic-bundle-dawn-of-war-company-of-heroesCompany of HeroesBlockbusterWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of WarHumble BundleWarhammer 40000: Space MarineWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IICompany Of Heroes 2Relic EntertainmentWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution

If we seem cynical and suspicious of the many Warhammer 40,000 games we've seen in recent years, it's because we judge them against the high-water mark of Relic Entertainment's 40k games. Dawn of War with its real-time strategising, Dawn of War II with its added action-RPG-ish flair, and Space Marine with its head-stomping are as good as we've had 40k in recent years. So huzzah! For the next week you can get the lot for just a few quid.

The latest Humble Weekly Bundle focuses on Relic, with a load of Dawn of War, Space Marine, and Company of Heroes games depending on how much you fancy paying. CoH is good too.

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Wot I Think: Company Of Heroes 2 Single Playerhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wot-i-think-company-of-heroes-2-single-playerAdam SmithFri, 21 Jun 2013 13:00:51 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wot-i-think-company-of-heroes-2-single-playerCompany of HeroesReviewsWot I ThinkCompany Of Heroes 2SegaRelic EntertainmentFeature

The Western Front isn't as quiet as you may have heard from other sources but the Eastern Front is almost certainly a great deal louder. That's what Company of Heroes 2 would have you believe at any rate, with a flashy new engine and a great deal of clamour presenting its conflict. But does the long-awaited sequel add anything more than enormous flurries and drifts of snow? I donned my thermal underpants and went to war.

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Company Of Heroes Retaining Online Functions Via Steamhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/company-of-heroes-retaining-online-functions-via-steamNathan GraysonFri, 22 Mar 2013 14:00:18 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/company-of-heroes-retaining-online-functions-via-steamCompany of HeroesSteamworksRelic EntertainmentSteam

It's a dark time to be a mulitplayer server. From the day you're born, you're living on borrowed time, and that goes double if any sort of sequel has your cushy spot on the rack in its sights. Which brings us to the original Company of Heroes. It's coming up on its seventh birthday, Company of Heroes 2 is about to drop a fresh blanket of powder on the hot summer months, and a sudden publisher shift threw everything out of whack. It is, in other words, a prime candidate for the big server farm in the sky. But hark, against all odds, there is hope. Relic's keeping its relics up and running by switching services. So long, apparent Aztec wind deity Quazal. Hello, Steamworks.

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The Ice Tech Cometh: Company of Heroes 2 Re-Datedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-ice-tech-cometh-company-of-heroes-2-re-datedAlec MeerWed, 06 Mar 2013 15:30:39 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-ice-tech-cometh-company-of-heroes-2-re-datedCompany of HeroesCompany Of Heroes 2SegaRelic Entertainment

One of the many unhappy aspects of the death (sort of - the name still exists and I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see it return in some form later on) of THQ is that it had several projects really very close to completion when the axe fell. Foremost, perhaps, of those were Metro: Last Light and snow-bound WW2 strategy game Company of Heroes 2, but fortunately (we hope) both have found new homes. Metro's with Koch, and Company of Heroes 2 is with SEGA, as is all of Relic - making the house of hedgehog, who also own the Creative Assembly, an unlikely bastion of real-time strategy.

COH2 has a new release date - later than planned but not very far away. It is... Read the rest of this entry..

Nah, only joshing. It's in June this year.

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Divided We Fall? - THQ Properties To Be Sold Individuallyhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/divided-we-fall-thq-properties-to-be-sold-individuallyNathan GraysonTue, 08 Jan 2013 10:00:43 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/divided-we-fall-thq-properties-to-be-sold-individuallyCompany of HeroesSaints Row 4Metro: Last LightSouth Park: The Stick of TruthTHQ

OK, hold onto the floppier parts of your brain, because this is about to get a bit complicated. So remember how THQ went bankrupt and fell into bed with "stalking horse bidder" Clearlake Capital? Well, the primary intent of all that was to keep THQ in one piece while dealing with that nasty little "having basically no money" thing, but - at the 11th hour - there was a twist. Creditors decided THQ's all-or-nothing sales approach wasn't fair to them (it'd probably pull in less money, after all), and a US bankruptcy court judge agreed. So now THQ's gone from monolithic one-gulp meal to easily chopped up buffet, and rumor has it that a number of major players are interested in various series, games, and franchises.

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Next For Company Of Heroes: New Setting, Maybe F2Phttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/next-for-company-of-heroes-new-setting-maybe-f2pNathan GraysonWed, 12 Dec 2012 10:00:36 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/next-for-company-of-heroes-new-setting-maybe-f2pCompany of HeroesCompany Of Heroes 2THQRelic EntertainmentFeature

Company of Heroes 2 is coming along marvelously, but let's be honest here: it's not exactly the departure one might expect from the company of game developers that made the brilliantly daring leap from Dawn of War 1 to Dawn of War 2. Instead, we're getting more of what we loved, but with small tweaks, a heaping mountain of snow, and the sobering realization that it's apparently not a good idea to joyride multi-ton tanks across nearly opaque films of ice. During an interview with RPS, however, game director Quinn Duffy said that Company of Heroes definitely isn't stuck in a tiny, World-War-II-shaped box. In the future, he excitedly explained, the series could potentially go "anywhere."

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Hands On: Company Of Heroes 2https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/company-of-heroes-2-previewAlec MeerFri, 07 Dec 2012 21:00:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/company-of-heroes-2-previewCompany of HeroesCompany Of Heroes 2Relic EntertainmentPreviews

Last week I got to sit down and make my hands do things in Relic's next strategy game, the Eastern Front-set World War II war of men that is Company of Heroes 2. While previously we've been shown frozen landscapes with dramatic new snow effects, this time I got thrown into the mud.

I was in a war, you know. A big war, with explosions and tanks and dug-outs and men with flamethrowers and men with mortars and men with machine guns and men with rocket-propelled grenades. It was awful. So I'm only too happy to go back to it.

In my couple of hours with Company of Heroes 2, I swiftly established that it is very much the sequel to Company of Heroes. Perhaps more so than I'd been expecting, given the action-RPG stylings of Dawn of War 2 was a sharp turn to the left from Dawn of War 1's tried and tested real-time strategising. Company of Heroes is Real War though, so a careful sticking to strategic roots is to be expected.

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There's A Company Of Heroes Movie For Some Reasonhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/theres-a-company-of-heroes-movie-for-some-reasonNathan GraysonTue, 04 Dec 2012 08:00:43 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/theres-a-company-of-heroes-movie-for-some-reasonCompany of HeroesSony PicturesTHQRelic Entertainment

Once, I thought there was at least some cold, profit-maximizing business precision that guided whatever awfulness-seeking missile explodes games into not-great movies, but now I'm not even sure of that anymore. I mean, don't get me wrong: Company of Heroes is a work of absolute RTS brilliance, but it's not exactly a household name. And yeah, much as I think my most brilliant tactical masterpieces - for instance, a nuanced little number I like to call TANKS EVERYWHERE - are worth their own movie adaptations, the game's brand of top-down contemplaction doesn't exactly make for the best big screen material. Then again, this one's direct-to-DVD, so I guess that solves that. But obviously, making the leap to a new medium required Company of Heroes to take some liberties. For instance, when I say "making the leap," I mean that literally. Across the top of a train. Like Indiana Jones. See for yourself after the break.

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Wait, What? - The Humble THQ Bundle [Updated]https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wait-what-the-humble-thq-bundleNathan GraysonFri, 30 Nov 2012 09:00:41 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wait-what-the-humble-thq-bundleCompany of HeroesHumble BundleMetro 2033DarksidersTHQSaints Row: The Third

Update: I got in touch with the Humble Bundle folks to find out more about how this out-of-nowhere partnership came about. See what they had to say after the break.

Original: I was incredibly tempted to begin this post with a joke about how the charity slider on this Humble Bundle is redundant, because THQ is already basically a charity. That would be mean, though, so I opted to-- oops, I already did it. Hm. Shame backspace was never invented. Anyway, the latest bundle of densely packaged humility puts the spotlight on a decidedly non-indie THQ, but oh well. Indie's a pretty terrible word when it's used to write off great games because they weren't coded by a half-person team in a garage-bedroom constantly beset by subarctic winds and ravenous wolverines. So, right then, let's take a look inside.

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Headline With A ?: Company of Heroes Sequel?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/headline-with-a-company-of-heroes-sequelAlec MeerTue, 20 Dec 2011 15:14:03 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/headline-with-a-company-of-heroes-sequelCompany of HeroesrumoursRelic Entertainment

Could it really be that Relic are at last working on some manner of follow-up to their very well-received and very well-realised World War II RTS Company of Heroes? It could, claims PC Gamer's print edition, claims Kotaku, claims VG247. I cannot verify this, but on this slowest of slow news days I shall report it nonetheless. There are no details because this is mere rumour, but though PCG are in the habit of eating live babies they aren't generally in the habit of being scurrilous, so let's hope they're on the money here.

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Still Alive: Company of Heroeshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/still-alive-company-of-heroesAlec MeerTue, 31 May 2011 09:29:15 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/still-alive-company-of-heroesCompany of HeroesCompany of Heroes OnlineRelic Entertainment

Oh, old man Company of Heroes, so good to see you again. Pull a comfy chair up to the fire and tell us another war story. It must hurt, having seen your younger, free to pay brother pass away so unexpectedly last year, but at least we've still got you. And what's that? You're not ready to go gently into that good night yourself yet? You have a healthy new patch laden with six extra maps and a bewildering array of balance changes? Excellent.

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How To Sneak Into Company Of Heroes Onlinehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-to-sneak-into-company-of-heroes-online-chinaAlec MeerMon, 17 Aug 2009 21:42:59 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-to-sneak-into-company-of-heroes-online-chinaCompany of HeroesCompany of Heroes OnlineRelic EntertainmentFree games

Relic are meanies! Meanies! They go and make an exciting-sounding MMO-esque follow-up to Company of Heroes, complete with persistent online characters and ranks, and then they only go and restrict it to China. Meanies!

Oh, wait. They've just revealed a way for us Western-types to have a crack at it, and for free too. Cuddlies!

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Wot I Think - Company of Heroes: Tales of Valorhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/10190Alec MeerTue, 14 Apr 2009 15:06:16 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/10190Company of HeroesRelic EntertainmentWot I ThinkFeature

The second expandalone (YES I SAID THE DEVIL-WORD) for Relic's sumptuous World War II RTS hit our excited PCs late last week. I duly celebrated Easter by killing a lot of men in it. Is it the meaty expansion we've been praying for, or money-grabbing tokenism? My hammer of ultra-judgement falls on it below...

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CoH As "Persistent RTS"https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/coh-as-persistent-rtsJim RossignolWed, 02 Apr 2008 16:21:33 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/coh-as-persistent-rtsCompany of HeroesChinaRelic Entertainment

1UP are reporting some interesting tactics by Relic to get into the piracy-warped Chinese games market with the most excellent Company Of Heroes. Apparently they intend to turn the game into an “'experience for online gamers where players will be able to build their character up from private to general through new multiplayer cooperative missions, gameplay modes, and player-versus-player combat’ in a persistent RTS. Presumably, they have a quirky pay-to-play plan to match.”

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Opposing Fronts Demohttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/opposing-fronts-demoJim RossignolTue, 27 Nov 2007 15:13:12 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/opposing-fronts-demoCompany of HeroesFree games

I somehow missed this in my earlier web-dredging, but there's now a Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts demo available for your downloading pleasure. The WWII RTS beast weighs in at a hormonal 1.92gb, or 137 Peggles. The demo contains the tutorial and the first two levels. And by the way, if you've ever played an RTS and not suffered from the experience, then you should play Company Of Heroes. I mean seriously: try it now, it's one of the better ones.

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"F*@#ing Wankers" - COH Addonhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/fing-wankers-coh-addonAlec MeerThu, 27 Sep 2007 14:11:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/fing-wankers-coh-addonCompany of HeroesReviews

Well, lookie what's gone up on Eurogamer just this minute - it's my review of Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, the standalone expansion for what was anyone with a brain's RTS of 2006. Or, arguably, ever.

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