The trailer for Company of Heroes 2′s most recent DLC ends on a sombre and slightly surreal note. Men trudge through mud, done down by the weather as well as the enemy. They are all fashioned from the same model, all have the same animation, cookie cutter quarry in a nightmare landscape. Intentionally or not, it’s a scene that uses the apparent limitations of the character models to great effect and makes a refreshing change to the explosive way that war is often depicted in a short sales pitch. For anyone who already owns the game, this isn’t a sales pitch at all though – the DLC is free and includes two new multiplayer maps, several solo challenges and AI battles. Along with base game improvements, there is also Steam Workshop integration for maps made in the recently released World Builder.

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