Company of Heroes 3’s Free Operation Sapphire Jackal Update Goes Live Tomorrow

Relic Entertainment and Sega announced that the first major free update called Operation Sapphire Jackal for the strategy game Company of Heroes 3 will go live tomorrow, March 29.

The new update gives players daily and weekly challenges both in its multiplayer mode as well as co-op modes. Players will expect challenges such as ‘Gain 50 veteran ranks with the Wehrmacht infantry’ or ‘kill 50 vehicles with anti-tank guns’. 

The Operation Sapphire Jackal update (also known as patch 1.1.0) also comes with a variety of changes such as bug fixes, gameplay adjustments, and quality-of-life changes. Here’s a rundown of all the changes according to the game’s official blog post.

• A small update to the Unique Player Color option. Allies will now be cool colors and enemies will be warm colors 

• Fixed several icons and portraits with the correct Company of Heroes 3 assets 

• All new voiceover for Gurkha Infantry 

• Audio adjustments for map pings 

• Added an option to enable Exclusive Control Groups. With this option, squads only occupy one control group at a time, like in previous CoH games 

• Fixed the Recently Played With list 

• Adjusted territory layout on (8) Mignano Gap and made minor adjustments to Strategic and Victory Point locations on (6) Gazala Landing Ground 

• Fixed several issues where bridges did not correctly have cover 

• Bloom was removed and we fixed blur or “haze” on the maps 

• And plenty of more additional changes and fixes for Audio, Art, Animation, UI/UX, and Maps 

As for gameplay changes, here’s what to expect.

• We’ve implemented a small set of targeted changes to address US Forces Pathfinders, the Afrikakorps Carro Armato M13/40 tank and Airplane Loiters 

• Pathfinders have had their utility and early power toned down 

• The M13/40 has also seen some reductions in power 

• Loiters have been toned down to be less oppressive

• Vehicles commanded to face in a different direction will turn properly instead of driving in circles 

• Many tooltips and descriptions have been updated to better reflect the abilities, units, veterancy, and upgrades for greater clarity and information to the player.

The update also comes with new cosmetics to earn either through the game’s premium currency called War Bonds or through the in-game currency called Merit which you can earn by simply playing the game.

Operation Sapphire Jackal will go live on March 29, 1 AM GMT +8.

Company of Heroes 3 is now available on PC through Steam.

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