

The Chinese version was co-developed and published by Shanda while the South Korean version was published by WindySoft and developed entirely by Relic Entertainment. Relic also released a Chinese and a South Korean version of the game.

The game uses the same graphics engine as the retail release of Company of Heroes. The game has no link with the original Company of Heroes multiplayer system and is a stand-alone game, unlike its predecessors. The open beta for the game started on 2 September 2010, and the game was cancelled on March 31, 2011. The second stand-alone expansion pack to Company of Heroes, it was released on April 9, 2009.Ĭompany of Heroes Online Company of Heroes Online logoĬompany of Heroes Online was a free massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ. Publishers Weekly reviewed it as a good look into war, and engaging, though lacking in introspection and sometimes off-topic.Main article: Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

The book was a New York Times bestseller. Durant was portrayed by Ron Eldard in the film Black Hawk Down, based on Bowden's book. The introduction is written by Mark Bowden, author of the book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. Durant became a prisoner of Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid for 11 days. MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shughart volunteered to try to protect the pilot from the mob while Durant was severely injured, he survived, but Gordon and Shughart did not, and were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for their bravery. In the Battle of Mogadishu, the MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter code-named Super Six-Four that Durant was piloting was shot down over Somalia by a rocket-propelled grenade on October 3, 1993, and he was attacked by a mob and had to fight for his life. In the Company of Heroes is a book by Michael Durant and Steven Hartov about Durant's experiences in the Battle of Mogadishu, Korea, the Persian Gulf, Thailand, Panama, and Iraq.
