By Joseph Luster

Another new piece of DLC has arrived for Company of Heroes 3, giving players even more to dig into as we journey into the new year. The latest is Endure & Defy, which launched in late November via Steam for $24.99, and includes four new Battlegroups, one for each faction, and other fresh content for the real-time strategy entry.

The latest addition for the U.S. forces is the Italian Partisan Battlegroup, which excels at deception and sabotage. Tunnel networks and underground detonations will help collapse the enemy from within, while ground forces can be enhanced with the use of resistance fighters and saboteurs. On the Wehrmacht side of things we have the Last Stand Battlegroup, which includes the new Borgward Wanze for effective, improvised attacks.

Other Battlegroups include the Polish Cavalry for the British forces, with elite Polish lancer sections at the tip of the spear, and the Kriegsmarine, which bolsters the Deutches Afrikakorps with exceptional engineering and combat capabilities. All of the new additions are available for both multiplayer and co-op/skirmish battles against the computer.

Company of Heroes 3 has been around for nearly three years at this point, and while it’s had its ups and downs over that period, it’s been nice to see Relic Entertainment consistently supporting it. When the main game is solid, the level of enjoyment you get out of a title like this in the long term ultimately comes down to the player base. As long as you have some like-minded folks to play with once you’re ready to fully tackle multiplayer, you’ll find that the third entry has strong legs supporting it.

Publisher: Relic Entertainment
Genre: Strategy
System: PC
Available: Now

Back to the issue this appears in