
Realms of Ruin's matches move very quickly, taking under half an hour - or even half that time, if you play well enough. The two factions I was able to play as - the Stormcast Eternals and Orruk Kruleboyz - and the multiplayer map are the same as those you’ll be able to play for yourself during the open beta. Even so, there’s a clear focus put on using a small handful of troops to the best of their abilities, learning their unique advantages and disadvantages inside-out to emerge victorious.Īhead of Realms of Ruin’s open beta, which launches this Friday July 7th, I was able to spend a couple of hours with both the first mission in its single-player campaign and three one-on-one multiplayer matches. It’s not quite the unit-spamming mass carnage of classic RTS like Age of Empires, but sees you fighting on more fronts than the single-character perspective of video games like Vermintide. You oversee command of up to 16 separate squads, each comprising a handful of units from one of four Age of Sigmar factions, but each squad is designed to feel unique and individual. Upcoming real-time strategy game Realms of Ruin - the first such RTS for Warhammer’s fantasy universe since it rebooted as Age of Sigmar almost a decade ago - aims to split the difference somewhat. Manage cookie settings Matt and Wheels take a first look at Realms of Ruin's gameplay Watch on YouTube Company of Heroes is currently available on PC.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. You can look at some images of the Trading Cards and in-game Steam Workshop hub below. Company of Heroes and Company of Heroes 2 and their expansions are all 75% off, while all of Company of Heroes 2's paid-DLC and in-game store items are discounted by 66% Relic and SEGA are also currently holding a Steam sale for the entire Company of Heroes series through 10AM PT on June 5. " Company of Heroes players are still blowing us away with their creativity and support. We count ourselves very lucky to see the energy we put into building this game given right back to us by the players."


Justin Dowdeswell, a General Manager at Relic Entertainment, had the following to say about the game's modding community: The Eastern Front mod is also now officially available on Steam. Steam Trading Cards have also been added, which should entice completionists to come back to the game. It has been over ten years since Relic Entertainment and SEGA released Company of Heroes on PC, but that hasn't stopped the developers from releasing an update for the game today on PC that adds official modding and Steam Workshop support for the WWII RTS game.Īs part of these added Steam Workshop capabilities, an in-game Workshop hub where one can play, share and manage their subscriptions to custom scenarios has also been added.
