Relic Online was an online gaming system that

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uses for matchmaking in some Relic Entertainment games, replacing its previous use of

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(''Dawn of War'') and

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(''Homeworld''). Relic Online was developed by Relic/THQ and Quazal, and is completely separate from any GameSpy/WON systems. It has not been backported to older games such as ''

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'' and its expansions, but has appeared in Relic's ''

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'' series of games. '' Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts'' introduced new features to Relic Online such as arranged team automatches, with the changes being patched into the previous ''Company of Heroes'' games as well. Relic Online was notably absent in Relic/THQ's ''Dawn of War II'', however, which instead used a combination of

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and

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. It was subsequently replaced by Steamworks on April 23, 2013, which is also used for ''

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''.

Features

Known features include, based on ''

'': * The normal basic lobby/finding game systems * Better skill-based matching for games * Better NAT support * Better ranking system * Better friends lists * Better integration with the game itself

Games using Relic Online

* ''

'' (

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) * '' Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts'' (

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) * '' Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor'' (

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)

References

External links

Quazal and THQ Join Forces

Say Goodbye To Gamespy In CoH

relicrank.com
- The ''

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