Company of Heroes 2

cherryghost

Oh please God let this be true.

The rumours section of the latest issue of PC Gamer magazine says that, in addition to its work on yet another Dawn of War game, THQ's Relic is also gearing up for something to do with Company of Heroes.


They don't explicitly say what that is, but the chances of it being an expansion to a 2006 game are, well, remote. So after I get down hoping this is true, I'm going to hope it's a sequel, and not some action game spin-off.


We've contacted THQ for comment and will update if we hear back.

This'll make my year if it happens.

Sephiroth_dude

At long last,there were meant to announce something in august,please please let it be true

cherryghost

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

At long last,there were meant to announce something in august,please please let it be true

They were but the death of one of the directors put all their development on hold.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

it's great news if true. I *loved* company of heroes, although never played it online. for some reason I just couldn't get into any of the addons though. one of them was kinda ok.. but i forget which one, but they just weren't anywhere near the quality of the original campaign

Sephiroth_dude

Enderman wrote: »

They were but the death of one of the directors put all their development on hold.

oh dear didn't hear about that

Sephiroth_dude

Any news at all?

Sabre Man

News release from THQ:
The company’s five internal studios are developing games aligned to several of THQ’s key franchises, including the upcoming launch of UFC® Undisputed™ 3 and Darksiders® II, as well as Company of Heroes, inSANE, Saints Row, Warhammer 40,000, and the new title from Patrice Désilets and his team.

Source:
http://investor.thq.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96376&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1652344&highlight=

Sasquatch76

Just saw this on another site. Good news assuming THQ don't go bankrupt in the meantime!

Nabber

COH was/is an excellent game.
Hope they can out do themselves for COH 2

cherryghost

Good enough for me! Woo!

Sephiroth_dude

Great news

cherryghost

Another rollercoaster today. Rumour mill is in full swing that THQ is about to sack 170+ staff. I hope its just the Spongebob and Red Faction staff :P

Maximilian

I wish they would get off their asses and make another Homeworld.

Mickmac91

They've let go of all their kiddies IP's so hopefully theyll actually keep the good ones.

Don't know what that senior is still doing in charge tho, he was there when share prices were about 33 quid, theyre now worth 70c or so a piece.

And also, hope they announce dow3 first! It's deffo on the way, was playing with one of the devs a few weeks ago and a slip of the tongue kinda let him down! :P

Fun fun fun!

Sephiroth_dude

Mickmac91 wrote: »

They've let go of all their kiddies IP's so hopefully theyll actually keep the good ones.

Don't know what that senior is still doing in charge tho, he was there when share prices were about 33 quid, theyre now worth 70c or so a piece.

And also, hope they announce dow3 first! It's deffo on the way, was playing with one of the devs a few weeks ago and a slip of the tongue kinda let him down! :P

Fun fun fun!

did he say anything about company of heros?

Mickmac91

No, no mention of it.

He's the balance guy in charge of dow2 ATM, BC is his name, I don't think he'd have any involvement in coh2 at any rate.

Sephiroth_dude

Mickmac91 wrote: »

No, no mention of it.

He's the balance guy in charge of dow2 ATM, BC is his name, I don't think he'd have any involvement in coh2 at any rate.

aw nuts

maughantourig

Is the gameplay of company of heroes much like men of war?

cherryghost

Yes. Personally I think Men of War gets bogged down a bit and slow, compared to CoH, which I find very fluid.

Mavvvy

Best way I could describe the differance between the two games is, Men of War is great at throwing chaos and unpredictability at you ie. when your Stuart magically disables the turret on a Tiger.

While Company of Heroes has less micro, more production value in its design (although its getting a bit old now), and is more of a traditional rts.

Both great games for very different reasons.

Sabre Man

There's demo of CoH. You should try it. I've tried a demo of MoW but I quickly returned to CoH.

Dermighty

Sabre Man wrote: »

There's demo of CoH. You should try it. I've tried a demo of MoW but I quickly returned to CoH.

I played COH religiously for years but Men of War Assault Squad is so rewarding, and it's a much harder game too.

Sabre Man

CoH2 announced in PC Gamer, June issue

grizzly

I wonder if it'll be WWII again. A cold war era version would be cool.

I'm not sure if they can top the first one. It played so beautifully. The graphics and sound were perfect. They may break the spell by adding needless features.

Sabre Man

It's the Eastern Front 1941-1945.

cherryghost

If its not a broken formula, don't fix it. I expect better sound and visuals, but I reckon they won't change the gameplay mechanics much.

Sephiroth_dude

Yuss!

Ape X

I was rubbish at the original, but was still compelled to be pummelled religiously. Bring on the pain!

spoofilyj

Delighted thast they are finally making a sequel! I played through the original load of times, in fact I think I'll start a new campaign this evening.

I hope it retains all the good things from the original but improved visuals and sound and i hope they dont do a Red Alert 3 on it!

I also desperately hope there will be another World in Conflict.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

god yes.. another world in conflict would be amazing

also this is the first time in years that I've typed it properly first time and not had to edit my post after I typed world in fonclift \o/

Ape X

A first look at the game over on RPS. It's a good read.

cherryghost

Just FYI, game is delayed til what is looking like March 2013. So... delayed by a month.

Sabre Man

Hopefully the beta will start soon. Has anyone else preordered for beta access?

Sephiroth_dude

cherryghost wrote: »

Just FYI, game is delayed til what is looking like March 2013. So... delayed by a month.

Not surprised by this,what with thq being in financial trouble and what not

Sabre Man

The registration for closed beta is open. The closed beta itself should start in a few weeks. Is anyone else in?

madrab

How do you sign up?

Sabre Man

For the closed beta you must use a code from eg. Eurogamer Expo. Then you can sign up here: http://www.companyofheroes.com/beta.

For the open beta you will get beta access by preordering (eg. Steam).

There are also Eurogamer Expo beta codes being auctioned on Ebay for charity:
http://community.companyofheroes.com/forums/company-of-heroes-2-discussion/topics/New-COH-2-Closed-Beta-Key-Auction

1 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121022046840

2 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121022047132

3 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121022047830

4 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121022048084

5 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121022048310

Sephiroth_dude

Would love to get into it

Sabre Man

In the meantime if you're looking for a CoH clan for adults I can recommend Easy Company (http://ec-coh.com/news.php). It's a CoH only clan that has just celebrated its 6th anniversary. We have our own forum and TS server.

There's also a new CoH2 site at http://www.coh2.org/, where a lot of the top players are hanging out.

Dermighty

CoH and both expansions are €6.23 (for the lot) on steam

Sabre Man

The official trailer is up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BprB15p8Amc

Anyone in the Vancouver area can apply to test the game on-site: http://community.companyofheroes.com/forums/company-of-heroes-2-discussion/topics/Want-to-test-CoH2-at-Relic

I think the closed beta will start very soon.

grizzly

Sabre Man wrote: »

The official trailer is up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BprB15p8Amc

Anyone in the Vancouver area can apply to test the game on-site: http://community.companyofheroes.com/forums/company-of-heroes-2-discussion/topics/Want-to-test-CoH2-at-Relic

I think the closed beta will start very soon.

Between this and Rome Total War 2, 2013 is going to be a very good year for PC strategy gaming.

Sabre Man

grizzly wrote: »

Between this and Rome Total War 2, 2013 is going to be a very good year for PC strategy gaming.

And also Europa Universalis IV.

Sephiroth_dude

I like that trailer alot

Sabre Man

You ain't seen nothing yet.

Here's the first developer diary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr7HyQG-9Vc

And a new and detailed preview plus an interview with Quinn Duffy: http://mediauk.gamerzines.com/direct/PCGZine_73.pdf

Sabre Man

First look at the UI:
http://www.companyofheroes.com/news/first-look-company-heroes-game-ui

Outkast_IRE

I think everyone will be happy that RELIC has ended up in the hands of SEGA, they seem to be doing good work with Creative Assembly for total war.

McSasquatch

Happy indeed!

Sega are making some smart choices in the IPs they've picked up in recent years, and as a PC gamer it's nice to see so many of them be PC exclusives like TW and CoH.

Azza

Seen this on g2play.net for €29.99, standard version with no pre-order bonuses. Still cheapest I've seen it yet. Offer ends in about 10 hours time.

Outkast_IRE

Azza wrote: »

Seen this on g2play.net for €29.99, standard version with no pre-order bonuses. Still cheapest I've seen it yet. Offer ends in about 10 hours time.

Is there even a release date yet ?

Sephiroth_dude

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Is there even a release date yet ?

there isn't,not yet,I thought it was out in march but it TBC now.