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Company of Heroes Will Be Free In the U.S.

Posted June 2, 2010 by M.H. Williams

Relic Entertainment’s Company of Heroes is going through a change for its fourth anniversary. Most notably, the title will soon be available for free in North America. This comes as part of the launch of Company of Heroes Online, a free-to-play online version of the game, which will include the entire single player game as well as an online persistent multiplayer mode.

Similar versions of the title are already available in China and South Korea, home of the RTS as an e-sport.

"In the past, our multiplayer experience was a quick game session that was over as soon as the match was over," said Relic Senior Producer Tim Holman. "With this game, you get an extended experience over time."

The title will not have a subscription fee for online play, instead going with a micro-transtraction model like most free-to-play MMOs.

M.H. Williams has been writing in some form or another for ten years and has been a hardcore gamer since the NES first graced American shores.  You can catch him on Twitter as @AutomaticZen, Google+ as himself, or on his personal Facebook page.