Sega and Relic Entertainment have released a dev diary for the upcoming Company of Heroes 3, that talks about the attention to detail that the developers are employing in the game, with staggering art and a focus on ensuring an authentic experience.

To create a truly authentic experience, the Relic team took inspiration from their conversations with historians, watching countless hours of WWII documentaries, and reading technical diaries from that time. For Company of Heroes 3, the studio has also created a unique system called “Paper Doll”, where items in the game are designed in a more modular way, so each outfit or tank can easily be customised to look different from one another and therefore feel more authentic.

The video also gives an in-depth perspective on how animations, vehicles, armour, and unit behaviours have advanced and how environments have changed for CoH3.

“Units now really react to their environment, like when planes are flying overhead or when an enemy is close their stance will change, which really creates a living battlefield”, says Tristan Brett, Art Director on Company of Heroes 3.

You can watch the video below.

As for when you can play it, that is unknown, the game is coming to PC sometime in 2022, but there is no more specific date beyond that.