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Company of Heroes Gets New Steam Version with Working Multiplayer on May 7

Relic Entertainment has confirmed that it's going to release a new Steam version of Company of Heroes 1, plus its expansions, which feature a multiplayer mode tied to the Steamworks infrastructure, instead of the old Quazal one. Company of Heroes 2 is set to appear later this year but, until then, many fans are...

23 April 2013
11:41 GMT

Company of Heroes 2 Gets New Set of Pre-Order Bonuses with Free Skins and Powers

Sega and Relic Entertainment have just posted a brand new series of Company of Heroes 2 pre-order bonuses, announcing that fans can take advantage of even more goodies if they pre-purchase the upcoming strategy title. Company of Heroes 2 was set to be published by THQ but now the game, made by Relic Entertainment, i...

5 April 2013
09:49 GMT

Sega Can Afford to Buy Relic Entertainment, Analyst Says

Japanese company Sega can certainly afford to buy Relic Entertainment, the studio behind franchises like Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War or Company of Heroes, at least according to analyst Michael Pachter. THQ's franchises and internal studios are going to be sold at a bankruptcy auction later today and Sega has ...

23 January 2013
10:24 GMT

Humble THQ Bundle Sells 885,284 Units, Worth More Than 5 Million Dollars (3.82 Million Euro)

Video game publisher THQ says that its own Humble Bundle launch has managed to move exactly 885,284 units to gamers and that it has drawn close to 5.1 million dollars (3.85 million Euro) in revenue for the company. The full Company of Heroes package, with two expansions, Darksiders, Metro 2033 and Red Faction: Armag...

13 December 2012
08:51 GMT

Relic Co-Founder Returns to THQ

Video game publisher THQ has announced that Ron Moravek has joined the company as an executive vice president of production, in charge of assisting the team working on the new digital business side of the company. Moravek was one of the co-founders of developer Relic, best known for the Company of Heroes strategy ti...

24 July 2012
09:41 GMT

Company of Heroes 2 Gets New Screenshots

THQ and Relic Entertainment are betting big on Company of Heroes 2, the next installment in the very successful real-time strategy series, and they have now released a set of screenshots that show off some of its gameplay. The first Company of Heroes and its subsequent standalone expansions, Opposing Fronts and Tale...

23 May 2012
14:41 GMT

Company of Heroes Complete: Campaign Edition Makes the Mac App Store

Aspyr Media has released Company of Heroes Complete: Campaign Edition on the Mac App Store with a hefty price tag of $49.99 (39.99 EUR) and real-time strategy gaming goodness. Company of Heroes is said to redefine the RTS genre by “bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynami...

1 March 2012
14:11 GMT

Company of Heroes: Campaign Edition for Mac Announced

THQ's real-time strategy series Company of Heroes is coming to Mac OS X on March 1st. The “Campaign Edition,” as it is dubbed, will include the single-player campaign from the original game, as well as the single-player campaigns from the Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor expansions. Aspyr Media ma...

23 February 2012
08:11 GMT

THQ Lays Off 240 Employees, CEO Cuts Salary

Video game publisher THQ has announced, via a regulatory filing, that it will be laying off about 240 employees in the coming months while Brian Farell, who is the current chief executive officer at the company, will agree to take a pay cut of 50 percent to his base salary. The 240 people to lose their jobs are link...

2 February 2012
10:14 GMT

THQ Exits Kid Game Business, Will Focus on Core Franchises

Video game publisher THQ has announced that it plans to exit the kids-oriented video games business that it has been traditionally linked to and focus on the future development of a number of core game franchises, concentrated on both retail and digital distribution. THQ says that it plans to continue selling some o...

26 January 2012
18:41 GMT

Diablo III Will Be Launched on Home Consoles, Says Blizzard

Video game developer Blizzard has officially confirmed that it is working on a home console version of its upcoming Diablo III, with an executive from the company telling the audience that the project was proceeding at a good pace.Micah Whiple, who is one of the community managers working at Blizzard, has answered qu...

10 January 2012
10:17 GMT

Rumor Mill: Relic Is Working on New Company of Heroes Game

A rumor included in the most recent issue of the magazine PC Gamer suggests that developer Relic Entertainment is working on a new game in the Company of Heroes universe, although it is not clear whether the company is preparing a true sequel or plans to simply expand the game that was first launched during 2006.The ...

21 December 2011
08:06 GMT

Dawn of War III Will Have Mega Armies, More Customization

The Dawn of War series from developer Relic and from publisher THQ has been one of the more successful strategy series of the last few years and it seems that with the team already working on the third game in the series there are plenty of ideas about how its level of success can be maintained. Speaking to Euroga...

13 July 2011
15:31 GMT

Weekend Reading: The Possible Small Scale Future of Strategy Gaming

There are two big strategy-minded titles that are arriving during the first two weeks of March, with Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution bringing six way conflict to players at first and then to Total War: Shogun 2, taking fans of historical warfare back to Japan for another round of swords versus bo...

12 March 2011
07:01 GMT

New Relic Real Time Strategy Game Will Be Announced in August

Danny Bilson, who is the executive vice president of core games at publisher THQ, has announced that the developers at Relic are working on a new real-time strategy title and that an official announcement about it will be made at some point during August. A Twitter message from the executive says, “@gogators...

17 February 2011
04:45 GMT

Company of Heroes Online Is Being Shut Down, Beta Ends on March 31

Publisher THQ and developer Relic have announced that Company of Heroes Online will be ending its beta phase on March 31 of this year, apparently with no plans of actually launching the free to play strategy game after that. THQ is not saying why the promising idea is not being further developed, but it might be a...

3 February 2011
05:20 GMT

Company of Heroes Online to Be Released in the United States

THQ has announced that it will launch the free-to-play online version of its World War II-themed real-time strategy Company of Heroes in the United States. The publisher is trying to translate the immensely successful micro-transaction Asian business model to the Western shores using a widely popular and critically a...

2 June 2010
15:51 GMT

THQ Preparing Dawn of War MMO and Red Faction Sequel

THQ has given a presentation related to its plans for the future, probably aiming to squash some of the rumors saying that the publisher is cash strapped and plans to slash quite a few of the games that are under development. And there are some real gems in that presentation. For the fiscal year of 2012, which goes ...

6 April 2009
04:52 GMT

Company of Heroes Tells Tales of Valor

THQ, which has recently announced cutting five studios and significantly reducing staff at two others, is trying to get a new hit out as quickly as possible and revealed that developer Relic is creating Tales of Valor, a stand alone expansion for Company of Heroes, the real time strategy title set in World War II whi...

4 November 2008
12:21 GMT

THQ Offers STALKER and Company of Heroes on GameTap

THQ and GameTap are announcing a deal which will bring the most interesting and successful titles from the game publisher to the download service. The agreement also targets games published under the ValuSoft brand and it will most likely be finalized in the near future.THQ has, especially in recent years, emerged as...

24 July 2008
14:06 GMT

Hilarious Murphy's Laws Variations for Company of Heroes

Company of Heroes is a huge game developed by Relic Entertainment and as far as I know, it's the most patched game ever. Some of them were ridiculously large, over a gigabyte in size. I played the game only when it was released, back in 2006 and liked it. I managed to patch it once or twice before I got bored an...

23 June 2008
06:49 GMT

Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts Cheats (PC)

Company of Heroes is set during World War II where the player commands two U.S. military units during the Battle of Normandy and the Allied capture of France. Depending on the mission, the player controls either the Able Company or Fox Company, both of which are from the 101st Airborne, though even some may indicate ...

7 December 2007
09:59 GMT

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - Gold

Yup, the title is correct, dear PC gamers and fans of the RTS genre, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts has just gone gold, meaning that it's probably already in manufacturing plants, being stamped on discs as we speak. The game launches in North America later this month, sporting some impressive online features...

13 September 2007
08:12 GMT

THQ Rolls Out 'Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Platinum Edition'

THQ has revealed to the press yesterday that Relic Entertainment's epic "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War" RTS series is now available in one comprehensive set with the same title and a Platinum Edition stamped on it. The collection contains all three of the franchise's award-winning titles, plus a content-pac...

30 May 2007
17:31 GMT

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - The Liberation of Caen

If you're a WW II fan, then you surely haven't missed the first installment of Company of Heroes, developed by Canadian-based real-time-strategy developer, Relic Entertainment. The game was set during World War II where the player follows an U.S. military unit, known as Able Company, as they fight their way...

6 April 2007
09:37 GMT


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