Company of Heroes (2006-2023)

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Released near the end of WWII fever in media, Company of Heroes (2006) was one of the first real-time strategy games that I played which had been set during the era and felt "realistic" to an extent. The gameplay of resource gathering, in-direct control, and unit management made me feel like a real commander of a squad, platoon, and even the aforementioned company. The sequel, Company of Heroes 2 (2013) takes the player to the Eastern Front of Europe to view the brutality and destruction present on the shores of Stalingrad or the outskirts of Moscow. Currently, the online sequel still has a thriving competitive and casual community, additional content to the game like the American and British forces of the Western Front has changed the foundation of these scenes many times. A Third game is due to release in February of 2023, taking place in the under-represented Italian Theater of war!