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News video games 19 January 2021, 18:34

author: Milosz Szubert

Company of Heroes 2 64-bit Patch Improves Performance and Stability

Relic has released a new update for WWII strategy game Company of Heroes 2. Its main focus is to officially add support for 64-bit operating systems.

IN A NUTSHELL
  1. Company of Heroes 2 received a new update;
  2. It introduces official support for 64-bit systems, enabling Relic's game to run better and more stable;
  3. The patch also introduces a number of changes in the maps.

In June this year, Company of Heroes 2, the sequel to the WWII RTS developed by Relic fourteen years ago, will celebrate its seventh birthday. It still enjoys considerable popularity, largely due to the multiplayer mode. This is evidenced by the numbers - according to Steamcharts, yesterday at the peak moment more than 8 thousand Steam users played in it. No wonder that the creators continue to support their work. This is confirmed by the fact that in recent hours it received another update.

First of all, the latest patch for Company of Heroes 2 is designed to adapt the title to modern computers. Therefore, it officially introduces support for 64-bit operating systems, which are now used by most players. From now on Relic's game is to work run better and more stable on these systems.

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Company of Heroes 2 is still supported.

And what about Company of Heroes 2 fans who still have 32-bit operating systems? Fortunately, they do not have to give up the game. With them in mind Relic released a special beta, called 32-bit Legacy. To gain access to it, we must right-click a title in our Steam library, select Properties, and then the Beta tab. Then expand the list of available beta versions, select "legacy_32bit" and confirm. The program will automatically download the appropriate files.

In addition, the latest patch for Company of Heroes 2 introduces several changes to the maps. It also adds a few new, player-created ones and removes a number of older ones from Automatch mode. The full list can be found here.

The new update for Company of Heroes 2 should download automatically when we fire up Steam. If that doesn't happen, try restarting the platform. In case the game doesn't work properly after installing the patch, verify the files first.

  1. Company of Heroes - official website

Milosz Szubert

Milosz Szubert

A film expert by education. Has been working at Gamepressure.com since January 2017. A fan of tennis, basketball, comics, good books, history, and strategic games by Paradox. Recently a self-taught Game Master (apparently he's quite good at it). For several years, he edited films on the Notatnik Kinomana channel on YouTube.

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