Company of Heroes 3 delayed its release to February 23, 2023

The real-time strategy game Company of Heroes 3 has been delayed and will not be available on November 17 as planned, but will arrive on February 23, 2023. There is no great mystery behind this date change. According to Sega, Relic Entertainment needs more time to ensure that it delivers the best experience.

“Company of Heroes 3, the next game in the acclaimed RTS franchise, is delayed to February 23, 2023,” Sega says in a statement. “Company of Heroes 3 was scheduled to release on November 17, but Relic Entertainment is going to need more time to be able to work on the overall improvement, balance, and tuning of Company of Heroes 3 to make sure it meets all the requirements. player expectations and will deliver the deepest tactical experience in the series to date.”

In the same message Relic Entertainment has also recalled that since the game was first revealed in July 2021, the development team has listened to the opinion of the players through CoH-Development, a new community platform designed to receive comments on all the game areas. The study maintains that many of the comments “have already been received, processed and, in many cases, implemented.” Five of the features that have been developed thanks to the community are:

• Improvements to the new Dynamic Campaign Map, including updating the supply system, implementing a more aggressive AI, and speeding up movement thanks to improvements to ports and airports.
• Improvements in the visual appearance and aesthetic and artistic details during battles. Significant changes have also been made to the general lighting.
• Real-time gameplay improvements by making changes to camera positioning and providing clearer information on the minimap. The HUD design and overall UI theme have also been improved.
• Following the multiplayer pre-alpha, improvements have been made to Battalions, their upgrade trees, the units that comprise them, and their call abilities.
• Review and improvement of voiceovers to ensure they are accurate for the specific characters and native accents appearing in the game.

“Working with the CoH-Dev community over the past two years has been an invaluable experience and we are immensely grateful for all their contributions to Company of Heroes 3 thus far,” says Justin Dowdeswell, CEO of Relic Entertainment. “We want to deliver the biggest, most immersive game in our franchise history, which means we need a little more time to fix, balance and polish so we can ensure our players have a fantastic experience right from launch.”