The game was released on Jin North America and Europe. In January 2013, Sega acquired Relic Entertainment and along with it the Company of Heroes intellectual property from THQ. Company of Heroes 2 runs on Relic Entertainment’s proprietary Essence 3.0 game engine, which THQ claims allowed the developer to bring “new technological advancements” to the game. As with the original Company of Heroes, the game is set in World War II but the focus is on the Eastern Front. It is the sequel to the critically acclaimed 2006 game Company of Heroes. Company of Heroes 2 is a real-time strategy game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sega for the Microsoft Windows platform.
