Company of Heroes

1001 Video Games

Company of Heroes appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Copy protection

As of September 2006, Company of Heroes is fairly unusual for a retail game of its kind. Unlike hundreds of other games on the store shelves, Company of Heroes does not require the CD-ROM to be present in the drive while playing.

Online servers

The game's online servers which were hosted on Quazal's infrastructure were to shut down in December 2013. They were since moved to Steamworks, in a separate build called the New Steam Version which was granted for free to all previous and future owners of the game.

Retail versions of the game can be redeemed on Steam by entering the serial key.

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2006 – #2 Best Strategy Game of the Year
• Computer Games Magazine
  • March 2007 - Game of the Year 2006
• Games for Windows Magazine
  • March 2007 - #2 Game of the Year 2006
• GameSpy
  • 2006 – #2 Game of the Year
  • 2006 – PC Game of the Year
  • 2006 – #2 Online Multiplayer Game of the Year
  • 2006 – PC Multiplayer Game of the Year
  • 2006 – PC Real-Time Strategy Game of the Year
  • 2006 – PC Real-Time Strategy Game of the Year (Gamers' Vote)
  • 2006 – Best Sound of the Year (PC)
  • 2011 – #4 Top PC Game of the 2000s
• PC Powerplay (Germany)
  • Issue 02/2007 – #3 Best Strategy Game in 2006

Information also contributed by PCGamer77.