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This week's highlights are all in the spirit of the Steel Shepherd Update and Hammer & Shield release, with videos and sneak peeks to watch, as well as some amazing community content shared by our players.
NEWS
1.4.0 Update
We’ve announced our largest update of this year! The Steel Shepherd Update and Hammer & Shield Pack will both be available for PC on Tuesday, December 5th.
The Steel Shepherd Update includes
- an improved front end design & main menu
- new multiplayer maps
- single player and multiplayer balance updates
- Replays and a new replay HUD
- and much more.
With Hammer & Shield, you can look forward to
- new Battlegroups for the US Forces – Advanced Infantry - and the Wehrmacht – Italian Coastal
- the Air & Sea Company for the single player Italian Dynamic Campaign
- and a premium cosmetic package.
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Livestream Announcement
After our recent livestream, where we touched on the 1.4.0 Steel Shepherd Update and Hammer & Shield Pack, we will now be hosting another livestream to delve even deeper into these topics. Join us as we invite the developers from each team to join the conversation!
- When? November 30th, 2023
- Time? 10 AM PT
- Where? Twitch
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Amazon Prime Gaming Drop 8
The Night Fighters Victory Point Cosmetics Bundle is available until December 15th. This exclusive package includes
✔️ Victory Point for all factions
✔️ Cosmetic sets for the USF for Scout Squad & Sherman
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DEVELOPER SITREP
Steel Shepherd Preview
In this preview, we are giving you a quick rundown of what's coming up in the Steel Shepherd Update and the Hammer & Shield Pack.
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New Battlegroups Overview
Learn more about the upcoming US Forces - Advanced Infantry Battlegroup and Wehrmacht - Italian Coastal Battlegroup with Ironcast. Available as part of the Hammer & Shield pack for Company of Heroes 3.
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Sneak Peeks
We’ve already shared a bunch of sneak peeks of the changes coming in Steel Shepherd.
Here’s the full list so far.
We’ll be sharing more sneak peeks next week, so be sure to follow all our social channels at the links below!
Map Making 101 Tutorials - Reminder
A little reminder to check out our Map Making 101 tutorial.
All 8 episodes are now available, showing you how to create maps from scratch, and even how to design your own single player scenarios in Company of Heroes 3. If you’re interested you can watch them here.
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Take a look at these awesome screenshots shared by Cesare from his upcoming UKF Italy 1943 mod.
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You can submit your content for consideration by using the hashtag #CoHCommunity on our socials or by sharing screenshots, links and videos on our Discord or Forums.
That's it for this week. Tune in on CoH3 news on any of the links below.
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