While of course E3 is ongoing, Chinajoy (a Chinese gaming event) is taking place in Shanghai. At the show are reps from Relic and they’re showing off Company of Heroes Online (a collaboration with Chinese company Shanda Interactive).
To start, the core of the game is the same Company of Heroes experience that most (if not all) of us know and love, sans the Opposing Fronts expansion content. (Editor’s Note: But, when asked about OF expansion content, Williams noted that all good online games have a roadmap for future development.) While new multiplayer maps and a few other ground-breaking surprises will be added to the game, players will also get persistent online game characteristics such as a selectable avatars with 50 levels of development and hero characters that gain experience from battle to battle and have consumable “charges” for their abilities, and a newly revamped Commander Tree with 48 different abilities. On top of that, microtransaction purchases will go beyond simple cosmetic options
For more info, review this article. There’s more to it than just CoH. They touch on the future of gaming and speak more on combating piracy.
Thanks to Planet Company of Heroes for the heads up.
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Posted by lordblack at September 28th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
It’s sooooooooooooooooooo beautyfull game in the world