By: Joe Topolnisky May 31, 2007

The long-awaited DirectX 10 patch for Company of Heroes is finally here, delivering next-gen visuals to Relic Entertainment's hit Strategy title. Included with the new DX10 features are some gameplay tweaks and bug fixes. Here's a clipping from the patch notes courtesy of Bloggo's blog:

• DX10 Features
  • Edges of particles are softened where intersecting 3D objects.
  • Thousands of additional ‘litter’ objects in the world.
  • Improved user control over anti aliasing settings.
  • Alpha to coverage anti aliasing to improve quality of alpha test objects such as shrubs.
  • Lighting quality has improved by moving all calculations per pixel.
  • More precise point light calculations.
  • Point lights can now cast shadows.
  • 3D short grass on the terrain.
  • Vertical refresh synchronization is enabled by default to improve visual quality by preventing tearing of the display image, use ‘-novsync’ to disable.
  • Hardware PCF for improved shadow quality.

Just load the game's auto-updater to start downloading or keep an eye on the official website's updates page to grab it manually. I'll add some mirrors once they become available.

In the mean time, you can check out some comparison screenshots right here. Not bad! :)

Update: Here come the mirrors:

• WorthPlaying
• GamersHell
• FileShack
• FileFront

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