Company of Heroes 2 gets Case Blue DLC for Theater of War

Developer Relic Entertainment has released a new DLC for its World War 2-era strategy game Company of Heroes 2. The DLC, named Case Blue, is specifically for the Theater of War component of the game. It is available on Steam for $9.99, which roughly translates to Rs 627, and consists of both single player as well as co-op scenarios.

All of the new scenarios are based on real-life events from the German campaign on the Eastern Front of World War 2 in the summer of 1942. It has two solo challenges, two AI battles and one co-op scenario. The solo challenges are Tiger Ace and Destroy a Convoy, AI battles are Don River and Kharkov, and the co-op scenario is Voronezh.

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Case Blue was earlier part of the Digital Collector’s Edition and the Pre-Order Edition of Company of Heroes 2 before the game was launched. Thanks to this, those who missed out on the pre-orders can finally grab it from digital distribution platform Steam.

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Theater of War is a mini-campaign of sorts that lets players experience a new single player story from events happening in different parts of the world concurrently to the events taking place in the actual single-player campaign.

The game is a sequel to the original Company of Heroes and has the same setting as that of the original – World War II. The original game was praised for its intensive action and a high requirement of tactics. The game quickly gained a lot of fans in the pro-gaming circuit. While it did have a single player campaign that had some of the biggest events of World War II, its multiplayer was undoubtedly the main pull of the game.

If you’re still on the fence about getting Company of Heroes 2, check out our review.