This month marks the 1st anniversary for Company of Heroes 3 on PC, and we plan to celebrate in style! Today we break down everything happening in the weeks ahead to mark the occasion.
PC Update
Our Year-1 Anniversary Update (1.5.0) is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, February 27th at 10am Pacific Time. It wouldn’t be an anniversary if we didn’t look back on the franchise’s history, and in that spirit, we have reimagined and updated several classic Company of Heroes maps from both Company of Heroes 1 and 2. We’ll share more details on which five classic maps (plus two co-op variants!) you can look forward to very soon. These will also include the first two community-made maps in the official map pool!
Need a glow up for your Player Profile? This update will introduce new Profile Customization which will allow players to personalize their profile appearance and stand out from others before heading into combat.
The Year-1 Anniversary update will also include multiplayer balance adjustments, some slight changes to a few existing Battlegroups, plus, an experimental call-in change which we’ll keep secret until our Balance Livestream (details below).
You can learn more in the coming days as we’ll be sharing several sneak peeks from the update. Be sure to keep an eye on our social channels!
Livestreams
As with all our updates, we will be hosting a deep-dive overview of all the changes and new content players can expect with our Development team. We’ll follow this up with a granular discussion with the Balance team as we review the patch notes the morning of the update. Mark your calendars and catch it all on our official Twitch page!
- Year-1 Anniversary Update Deep Dive
- Thursday, February 22nd at 10am Pacific Time
- Plus, a teaser for what’s to come in the 1.6.0 update!
- Year-1 Update Balance Discussion
- Tuesday, February 27th at 10am Pacific Time
Console Update
We promised a Spring update for our Console Edition players and we’re happy to announce that you can expect it to arrive by the end of March. This update will bring the Console Edition in-line with our Steel Shepherd update on PC.
While some PC-specific features will not be coming to console due to technical limitations and other considerations (Challenges, the in-game store, and Replays), we are bringing all the following content, features and improvements to both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X & S.
- First up, the Hammer & Shield pack will be granted to all Premium Edition owners, and it will be available for sale for everyone else. This will include:
- The Advanced Infantry Battlegroup for the US Forces
- The Italian Coastal Battlegroup for the Wehrmacht
- The Air & Sea Campaign Company for the British Forces in the single player Italian Campaign
- And a premium Cosmetic Pack
- In addition to this we have 5 new Maps coming to console, plus 1 rework:
- Villa Fiore (1v1)
- Day 101 (2v2)
- Benghazi (3v3)
- Monte Cavo (4v4)
- Sousse Wetlands (4v4)
- Rework: Pachino Stalemate (1v1)
- Along with new maps, this update will also include:
- A Main Menu & Front-End redesign
- A redesign of the First Time Player Experience
- New Player Profiles
- Several Art Updates and visual improvements
- Several Quality-of-Life changes
- Multiplayer Balance Changes
- And several Bug Fixes
You can expect all of this to come to the Console Edition of Company of Heroes 3 by the end of March.
Community
If we’re celebrating an anniversary, we need to get our players involved!
Our team is excited to announce a new Community Social Event – what we’re calling Frontline Mobilization. We’re challenging players to deploy 12-million units in Multiplayer or Singleplayer between February 27th and March 5th. If the community comes together to accomplish this goal, we’ll be unlocking special profile customization options for ALL players. This will be the first time we’re trying a social challenge like this, so show us what you got!
Also, for one week after the release of the Year-1 Anniversary update, players can complete three special Anniversary Challenges in-game. These will be in addition to the regular daily and weekly Challenges, but each will be worth a whopping 800 Merit each, for a total of 2,400 extra Merit to be earned during COH3's Year-1 Anniversary!
- Anniversary Competitor: Complete 5 Multiplayer or Custom matches on any of the new maps
- Anniversary Campaigner: Complete 5 Italian Campaign missions
- Anniversary Demolitionist: Destroy 50 vehicles in Single Player or Multiplayer
Coinciding with this month’s update, we’ll be hosting several Twitch Takeovers with some of your favorite members of our official Creator Squad. You can catch it all on our official Twitch channel starting on February 29th. Keep an eye out for channel takeovers by:
Don’t miss the community-led map making contest being organized by GBPirate. The CoH Worldbuilders 2024 Map Making Competition is well underway and features 7 player submitted maps that can be tested right now by all players on the Steam Workshop. The winners of the competition will be crowned in March, so for more details you can check out GBPirate’s YouTube channel or find the maps on the Steam Workshop.
The Company of Heroes 3 Resurgence Cup organized by AE kicks into high gear starting March 2nd. This 1v1 tournament with a $4,000 prize pool will feature an innovative 4v4 and 2v2 losers' bracket, where players can make a resurgence back to the finals! Catch all the action on AE’s Twitch and YouTube, with the finals taking place on March 10th.
Finally, we’ll also be debuting a special video segment from AE and Tightrope during our February 22nd livestream. You won’t want to miss it.
There’s a lot happening in the coming weeks, so be sure to follow all our channels to celebrate with us!