Relic Entertainment: Last News

Company Of Heroes 3 developer Relic Entertainment has released its “first major update” for the strategy game, bringing new challenges and cosmetics along with a long list of bug fixes.The patch, titled Operation Sapphire Jackal, was released yesterday (March 28). According to patch notes it brings “a substantial number of bug fixes, quality of life improvements, gameplay balance adjustments, and all new features and content”.Those new features include the addition of challenges, which task players with completing daily and weekly in-game objectives to earn Merit, a new in-game currency.While Merit can be earned by completing challenges, the patch has also added a second new currency – War Bonds – that can only be purchased with real money.Both currencies can be spent on Company Of Heroes 3‘s in-game store, which the latest patch has updated with new cosmetics for every faction.In the below video, Steve Mele, Company Of Heroes 3‘s executive producer, shared that the update has also brought “over 1,300 bug fixes, changes and improvements” to the strategy game.“Some highlights include a small update to unique player colours, improved sound for map pings, updates to several unit portraits and icons, and even an all-new voiceover for the Gurkha infantry,” shared Mele.Mele added that while a “more robust” balance update is still in the works, a number of changes have been included in this patch including tweaks for overperforming Pathfinders and M13/40 tanks.Company Of Heroes 3 launched for PC last month.

Company Of Heroes 3 has been pushed back to 2023, with publisher Sega explaining that some “additional time” is needed to polish the game before launch.Though Company Of Heroes 3 was planned to launch on November 17, it will now launch on February 23, 2023.Addressing the delay, Sega shared that “Relic required some additional time to work on the overall improvement, balancing, and fine-tuning of Company Of Heroes 3 to ensure they’ll meet player expectations and deliver the deepest tactical experience in the series yet.”Since being announced in 2021, Relic has outlined several changes that its upcoming strategy game will bring to the series – including a turn-based campaign map, improved environmental destruction, and more detailed units.We got to preview Company Of Heroes 3 at this year’s Gamescom showcase, and found that it’s “shaping up to be a runaway hit for the series, with a phenomenal new campaign map and brutal skirmish mode.”“From a hands-on with the game, it’s hard to imagine Company Of Heroes ever going back to how it previously did things,” praised our preview. “A new campaign map handles Company Of Heroes 3‘s country-wide story: players will shuffle their forces across Italy, capturing and defending key objectives in their fight against Germany.

Relic Entertainment has released a new developer diary for Company Of Heroes 3 detailing the art and authenticity of the upcoming real-time strategy.The video shared by Relic details some of the upcoming art choices that will be present in Company Of Heroes 3. First, they discussed tanks and how they will change based on their environment.When a tank is moving around the battlefield, it will pick up dirt that will match the environment.

Relic Entertainment for 24 years, Age Of Empires IV‘s design director Quinn Duffy has left the studio.As reported by Aroged, Duffy confirmed his departure from Relic via his LinkedIn profile when he tagged the last month of his employment at the studio as December 2021.“I am very proud of the team’s work on Age Of Empires IV,” his post read. “At Relic, I had a passion for both history and the RTS [real-time strategy] genre.

Age of Empires IV was revealed on Monday (June 14) however, fans are upset that the cost has been raised to “impossible” prices in certain regions across the world.While the standard edition of Age of Empires IV will cost £49.99 in the UK, fans in certain regions will be paying even more for their copy.Despite the game costing $59.99 on U.S. Steam, the Australian Steam page for Age of Empires IV currently lists the price at AU$99.95.