Company Of Heroes 3 Has No Plans To Support Crossplay Between Pc And Consoles At Launch

I mean, they only said at launch, right? Maybe there’s still hope for crossplay support further down the line. After all, Relic did also tell me the other week they’ll “go where the players are” when it comes to supporting the game long-term, so you never know.
Still, even though I’ll be playing COH3 on PC when it arrives early next year, part of me’s quite intrigued to see how it runs on consoles. Sega say the RTS is being “rebuilt from the ground up for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S / X”, and it will also come with a newly designed controller scheme (including “intuitive button layouts”) and a revamped UI. I’ve really enjoyed what I’ve played of COH3’s dual campaigns so far. The dynamic Italian campaign is a refreshing mix of a turn-based, Total War-style overworld map and big RTS battles, while its more traditional North African operation is like the COH campaigns of old, zipping from one big RTS battle to the next in good old linear fashion. There’s a lot to dig into, although whether it will end up unseating the original Company Of Heroes from our best strategy games list remains to be seen. All will be revealed come February 23rd, when Company Of Heroes 3 launches on Steam, with the newly announced console versions following at a later, unknown date in 2023. For more of the latest news and trailers, check out our Game Awards 2022 hub. We also live-blogged the show as it happened right here.