Company of Heroes 2 and Ardennes Assault are free to download and keep forever on Steam this weekend.

Relic's superb World War 2 real-time strategy game and its standalone single-player campaign are free to download and keep via Steam now until 3rd June 2021.

2013's Company of Heroes 2 is widely regarded as one of the best RTS games around. "While Company of Heroes 2 sometimes makes you feel like you're fighting the game as well as the enemy, if you take time to understand the systems at work beneath the carnage and pick and choose your battles wisely, you will ultimately be rewarded by a deep and enjoyable RTS," wrote Stace Harman in Eurogamer's Company of Heroes 2 review.

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Relic has released a 64-bit update for Company of Heroes 2.

The update should result in greater stability and overall performance for the vast majority of players, Relic said in a blog post.

It also enables crossplay between Steam and Microsoft Game Pass / Windows Store users.

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Company of Heroes 2 is free to download from Steam right now.

Pop over to Company of Heroes 2's Steam store page and you can nab the game for nothing as part of its fifth anniversary giveaway. Company of Heroes 2 came out in June 2013, so this particular anniversary is half a year late, but when free games are involved we're willing to forgive inaccurate anniversaries.

Company of Heroes 2 is Relic's World War 2 real-time strategy game. Our reviewer Stace Harman enjoyed it very much indeed, giving it 8/10.

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UPDATE: Oops! This story originally stated that Endless Space 2, Total War: Warhammer 2, Dawn of War 3, and Company of Heroes 2 would be free to play during the Make War Not Love event - which they are not. This has since been corrected. Apologies!

ORIGINAL STORY: Sega has launched its fifth annual Make War Not Love event, offering the chance to win some freebies by playing a number of its biggest strategy games on Steam.

This year's Make War Not Love kicks off tomorrow, February 14th, at 9am GMT. It runs until 9am GMT on Monday February 19th, and is focussed on Endless Space 2, Total War: Warhammer 2 and its predecessor, Dawn of War 3, and Company of Heroes 2.

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