Company of Heroes Online, WWE Online Canceled
by Xav de Matos, Feb 02, 2011 3:00pm PSTWe have now learned the reason Relic Entertainment and THQ announced an end to the ongoing Company of Heroes Online open beta; the game has been canceled. According to THQ's earnings report, THQ has "reevaluated its strategy of adapting certain Western content for free-to-play online games in Asian markets."
Although Company of Heroes Online also saw life stateside, THQ has decided to scrap the entire project across all regions in one fell swoop. Also cut due to this adaptation reevaluation? An unreleased, free-to-play WWE Online title, exclusive to Asian territories.
Hopefully this means Relic will utilize its resources to extend the Company of Heroes franchise into a full-fledged sequel.
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But, very much waiting for Company of Heroes 2.
To anyone who likes mods and want's to extend the life of COH, check out "Europe At War" v3.1 which is awesome. Has a huge tech tree and completely revised and more realistic mechanics, new unit abilites, etc.
Also "Joint Operations" or JointOps is a pack of maps that are designed to be extremely challenging and have up to 3 player co-operative SP like missions which also work with several mods including EAW
I also think THQ should scrap the Warhammer 40K MMO and fund a new IP or a Mass Effect style RPG set in the Warhammer 40K. I believe that Blizzard is the only company with the resources to do a WH40K MMO right and that THQ is wasting it's money.
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I think they milked the original IP too far. I couldn't get into this F2P version. To me it just didn't offer enough over the original multiplayer. I think they would really stretch the IP with a true sequel. As was already CoH: Pacific would be a good bet if they wanted to stay with WWII.
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