Relic Stream schedule for October

Pershhhinnnggggggg!

more bugs incomiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing !!!

balance patch notes tomorrow:

https://twitter.com/companyheroes/status/652249620760915968

That is surprisingly fast.
Maybe it'll be just 5 lines?

Looks like one of the things TBA is:

DOW3. lol

I think it's too early for an announcement, but yeah it's coming for sure. Or at very least they have started working on it.

Total War: WARHAMMER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i4d3ignBNQ

Over 4 million views, the Total War: Warhammer/DoW3 hypetrain is coming

Free-to-play MMO spin-off (no single player) + DoW3, so two games not just one. The DoW3 game itself will probably be single player oriented and cost money to buy while DoW: Arena will be FTP with ingame currency/grinding such as Total War: Arena. For a strong hint to what is coming from Relic free-to-play MMO, go play the beta for FTP Total War: Arena.

I played the beta (which is 10 vs 10 MMO RTS, hybrid between MOBA and RTS).
They are more or less copying stuff from COH: Online and then adding the "Heroes leveling" from DoW. Also they are adding "World of Tanks" alike research system with different tiers of units/ratings.

There are not a snowball chance in hell, CA could make both Total War: Warhammer and Total War: Arena with such a relative flawless design in a Beta game without working with Relic from the data/ideas they have for DoW3 MMOs/COH MMOs and old data from DoW2/DoW1.

Free-to-play DoW: Arena with "Heroes/commanders" or COH: Arena will be coming using the game engine from DoW3. Only question is which MMO arena will come first.

Ofc I might be wrong, we'll see within the next 6-9 months or so. I think 2016-2017 is going to be a big milestone for the future of innovative rts with Relic/CA leading the way. So yeah I am excited

FYI, Relic + Creative Assembly studio info/links;

Dawn of War 3 domain registered
http://www.pcgamer.com/dawn-of-war-3-domain-registered/
Sega have registered the website domain www.dawnofwar3.com, presumably in advance of a new Space Channel 5 game announcement.

Communications Manager
http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?k=Job&c=qds9Vfwt&j=oP3w1fw9

"Please note that occasional international travel will be required to attend and organize press, public and community events. You will be expected to coordinate the studio’s presence for the majority of these trips, ensuring flawless execution and a meaningful experience for all involved."

"Be our primary spokesperson, and lead studio-wide education around interacting with media
Liaise with Sega Europe’s PR and Marketing team to organize events, including press tours and trade shows"

"We expect that we will close this position by Friday, November 6th, 2015."

Europe "community events" = ESL 2016 for COH

Relic's five-year plan for Company of Heroes 2 - 29/05/2014
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-05-29-relics-five-year-plan-for-company-of-heroes-2
"We've changed I'd say more in the last six or seven months than we have in the last six or seven years," Duffy says. "Ownership. Confidence. Sega leaves the studios to do what they're good at. We looked at it and were like, 'this is ours to own.' People who work there are engaged and excited. I've been there for 16 years, and I'm more excited about the next couple of years than I have been probably any time prior."

"Speaking of the bowels of Relic, the studio is currently around 120 people. That's some way short of its 2007/2008 peak of 180, but Duffy says it's growing: "We're in pretty good shape."

Of those 120, between 65 and 70 are working on COH2 content, but the number varies. Relic now develops using what Duffy calls strike teams that build a piece of content from start to finish "so they can invest in it".

120 minus 70 leaves around 50 people - plenty to be doing secret new things, Duffy says. "Teams come and go. Sizes change. We're very flexible."

More "connecting the dots";
Senior Narrative Designer
https://www.facebook.com/relicentertainment/app_62371051216
"The Senior Narrative Designer will be responsible for delivering every aspect of the narrative for an exciting, unannounced title."
"We’re building a game that is next generation – and we’re looking for someone who is excited to be a part of Relic’s future!"

"We expect that we will close this position by Friday, October 16th, 2015. The anticipated start date is late October."

2011:
"Dawn of War 3 in development, will be more "MMO-like" says THQ boss"
http://www.pcgamer.com/dawn-of-war-3-in-development-will-be-more-mmo-like-says-thq-boss/

last year 2014- 02/06/2014;
Company of Heroes dev reckons it's solved the RTS on console problem
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-02-company-of-heroes-dev-reckons-its-solved-the-rts-on-console-problem
"The one thing we would love is to get the Relic experience on a console," Duffy enthused. "They can do great graphics and great sound. The things I love about Company of Heroes on the presentation side would translate, no problem. But the tactical squad control and cover, those would be harder to mechanically translate to a control pad.
"It's exciting. We've got an idea."

2013; Former rivals Creative Assembly, Relic find 'kinship' on the battleground
http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/01/former-rivals-creative-assembly-relic-find-kinship-on-the-bat/
"What is absolutely amazing about us being under the same umbrella is we started to do a bit of information sharing," Bickham explains of Relic Entertainment. "
"Just the sense of similarity between the two studios is, in one sense, commercially that's a great thing because we're two smart, intelligent studios doing the right thing,"


Gamescom 2015: ESL presents esports:
http://www.turtle-entertainment.com/news/gamescom-2015-esl-presents-esports-across-over-15-games/

ESL livestreamed Total War: ARENA matchup!
http://www.eslgaming.com/news/get-ready-worlds-first-livestreamed-total-war-arena-matchup-2015
ESL; Total War: ARENA Closed Alpha Live Event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCakgwVoypY

Welp, GG CoH2.

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Nice... detective work. Although I would like your entire post to be true, I don't know if relic is competent enough. The game is not at a very good state to be presented to the entire world in big events. We had a couple of BugSplats during OCF, imagine those happening in huge gaming events...

DOWIII is old news, if it wasn't for THQ, they would have published it by now. But anyway, I would like to play a rich single player campaign like Dark Crusade or DoWIII.