And this gives them an opportunity to play new content. We've got guys who've play against the AI with their friends for years and years and years. We've never really supported our long-term co-op or comp stomp players. 'We'd like to make these pretty substantial packs of co-op scenarios, challenges and AI battles, which are scripted battles on existing maps. 'That means new commanders, later war units and new battles players haven't experienced that take place in different parts of the war,' Company of Heroes 2 game director Quinn Duffy told Eurogamer.

In 1942, for example, the battle lines will look different than they did in 1941. The idea is that you're carried geographically across the front. Relic intends to build on the Theater of War with downloadable content post-launch, taking players through the years of the conflict. The Theater of War is designed to give experienced players a challenge, so is tuned particularly tough, but you can adjust the difficulty level.

The other challenged us to destroy a number of German encampments dotted across the map within a set time limit. One saw us defending a control point against increasingly powerful waves of German attacks. At a recent event we played a number of these missions. Each revolves around battles from a particular year of the war, and features unique units and special abilities that reflects the strategy used by the armies at the time.Ĭompany of Heroes 2 comes with the Theater of War 1941 pack, which features Soviet and German missions (each faction has nine unique missions included). It's a series of additional single-player and co-op challenges and missions set on the Eastern Front. Relic Entertainment has unveiled the Theater of War mode for World War 2 real-time strategy game Company of Heroes 2.

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