THX announced today that its title, Company of Heroes 2, a strategy game coming early 2013 left the E3 show with multiple awards!
It recieved 7 Best Of E3 2012 thanks partly to its new game engine, the Essence™ 3 Engine.
It was nominated for 18 Best Of E3 2012 awards including Best PC and Strategy game in the official Game Critics Awards and Best Overall Game for IGN.
Michael Lustenberger, Vice President of Global Brand Management – Online commented, “The original Company of Heroes set a lofty standard and we are delighted that the sequel can now join it as a multi-award winner coming out of E3. What we showed press was just a taste of what is still to come with this title.”
The full list of awards and nominations Company of Heroes got, can be seen below:
Awards
Best PC Game – G4 X-Play
Best PC Game – Machinima
Most Valuable Game – PC Gamer
Best Strategy Game – Gaming Excellence
Best Strategy Game – Neoseeker
Best Strategy Game – Comics & Gaming Monthly
Best Sound – Flesh Eating Zipper
Nominations
Best PC Game – Game Critics Awards
Best Strategy Game – Game Critics Awards
Best Overall Game – IGN
Best PC Game – IGN
Best Strategy Game – IGN
Best PC Game – G4’s X-Play
Best Strategy Game – G4’s X-Play
Best PC Game – Machinima
Best Strategy Game – Machinima
Best Strategy Game – Neoseeker
Best Strategy Game – GameSpy
Best PC Game – Destructoid
Best Strategy Game – Neoseeker
Best PC Exclusive Game – Gaming Excellence
Best Strategy Game – Gaming Excellence
Best Strategy Game – Comics & Gaming Monthly
Best of E3 – Multiplayer.it
Best Sound – FleshEatingZipper.com
Company of Heroes arrived in 2006, and quickly built up a great standing with strategy game players. It is no surprise that this game is also expected to do very well indeed, if not better than the first.
Gamerankings.com for example gave the original game a 93.82% based on 56 reviews.
On Metacritic.com, the same thing happened again, with the game getting a Metascore of 93% based on 55 reviews.
For more information on the game, visit the official site
