Chris InglisRelic Entertainment and SEGA Europe Ltd. have announced that Company of Heroes 3, will release on PC via Steam on November 17, 2022. Company of Heroes 3 will bring fans and newcomers to the series with the biggest and deepest single-player experience in the franchise’s history. CoH3 will offer four playable factions at launch and two unique single-player experiences, with the Italian Dynamic Campaign and the North African Operation.
My experiences with the Company of Heroes series goes back to the launch of the original game in 2006, when the game came shipped with a new graphics card I bought at the time. Then spent a lot of time in 2013’s Company of Heroes 2, playing co-op with mates. Now, 16 years on from the original, Company of Heroes 3 is looking to be the biggest RTS game of the series, and one of my most anticipated releases of 2022.
While the previously announced Italian Dynamic Campaign offers a branching, open-ended experience, the North African Operation is a more classically designed, narrative-led single-player experience. A wealth of new mechanics has drastically changed the battlefield in North Africa, where tank-riding enables coordinated rapid-strike assaults that overwhelm the enemy. Powerful Italian units can be called upon in Mission Alpha, such as the Guastatori combat engineers and the L6/40 Light Tank. Players can also enjoy new core gameplay innovations like side armour, enemy vehicle recovery and vehicle-towing, which lets you reposition your hard-hitting artillery like the German Flak 36 and British 17-Pounder.
Launch Edition
Company of Heroes™ 3: Launch Edition – Metal Case will be available at Australian retailers on November 17. This physical launch edition includes (on top of the base game):
- Limited-Edition Packaging
- Metal Case
- Devil’s Brigade Embroidered Patch
- Double-Sided Map
- Collector’s Book
- Devil’s Brigade DLC Pack
Those eager to get their hands on Company of Heroes 3 won’t have to wait until November to play it. Head over to CompanyOfHeroes.com now and sign up for Relic’s community feedback program, COH-Development, to gain access to one mission from the newly revealed North African Operation. Players that have installed any of the previous two Pre-Alpha builds of CoH3 will see the Mission Alpha automatically appear in their Steam Library. Players can try out the Mission Alpha and take command of the infamous Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK) as they attempt to repel the British from their entrenched positions. The Mission Alpha is free to play on Steam for one week from Tuesday, July 13 to July 20.
Company of Heroes 3 will launch on Steam on November 17, 2022 and to find out more about the game, head over to CompanyOfHeroes.com.
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