Company of Heroes 2 Gameplay Footage Revealed.

CoH 2 Gameplay Footage Revealed.

Right now, THQ is in the news for all the wrong reasons. With the launch of the humble THQ Bundle late last week, there have been many rumours surrounding the death of the giants. We hope, for the good of the industry, the people at THQ and for us gamers that it doesn’t collapse. However, most people seem to be only concerned about the release of Company of Heroes 2.

The trailer highlights tanks sinking on thin ice, squads of infantry being ambushed by snipers, and strategically planted mortar strikes being used to deadly effect. It’s all the usual fare for the follow up to the massive, critically acclaimed real time strategy game, and it looks like Relic Games are ramping it up pretty damn well. Company of Heroes 2 still retains it settings in the world War II – era, this time focussing on the eastern Front of the war, which Wikipedia tells us was “a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945.”

It saw plenty of battles, loss, strife, and all that emotional and logistical baggage that comes with a tension of this magnitude. And holy mole, all I can say is that it looks like it’ll fit in with what I have come to expect of the franchise.

I can’t wait to use the Soviet Red Army as my faction of choice. Expect familiar campaigns like Operation Barbarossa and the Battle of Berlin. The game uses a modified version of the same Essence Engine that made the Original and its expansions possible, adding new line of sight technology called True Sight which will help “better emulate troop visibility in real combat”.

Definitely, looks like it’s the RTS title to look out for in 2013, along with Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm.