Company of Heroes 3 is coming on in 2022.

Company of Heroes 3 hands-on preview — War ain’t easy

The Italian and North African campaigns of World War II were brutal, and Company of Heroes 3 captures just how hard it is to fight a chaotic battle on both the tactical and strategic levels.

I played the latest beta of the real-time strategy game Company of Heroes 3 earlier this month, and it is looking a lot more polished than when I played it a few times earlier. After playing, I talked with executive producer Steve Mele at Relic Entertainment, the division of Sega that is launching the PC game on February 23.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.