Company of Heroes now in Open BETA
 

Hey,

I just logged into Fileplanet and found Company of Heroes has gone into Open BETA stages! I managed to get in, and am downloading now, but I recommend for anyone interested to get in quick, as keys are limited to a single batch. The Open BETA started yesterday.

Personally I think this game looks awesome. Made by the same people who made Dawn of War, it does look similar although from what i've heard it plays completely differently. For more info, check here http://www.companyofheroesgame.com/ , and the fan site here http://planetcoh.gamespy.com/

Enjoy, and I hope to see you on the battlefield!

The game simply kicks ass.

Really? Have you played it? My download is at 85%

I've been in the beta for a few weeks now. It's really the greatest RTS I've played in a few years.

I'm going through training and it's awesome!

Here are some screens of a few games I played earlier.

2 v 3

http://www.cnxstudios.com/images/coh/relic00000.jpg
http://www.cnxstudios.com/images/coh/relic00001.jpg
http://www.cnxstudios.com/images/coh/relic00002.jpg
http://www.cnxstudios.com/images/coh/relic00003.jpg
http://www.cnxstudios.com/images/coh/relic00004.jpg

I got my key and the game yesterday night and played a game online. It was pretty damn awesome. While the resource model was nothing ground breaking the whole idea of cover and how the units use that cover was really really mind blowing to me. It now truly pays to put units behind a wall. And now with that kind of cover using flanking moves is actually a viable move now instead of the typical cross your fingers and send'em in encounters in other RTS games like WC3. I think I just found the RTS game to fill in my time.

Is the beta still running by the way, because Fileplanet says it is now closed...