Company of Heroes 2 celebrates "Elbe Day" with free Steam weekend and 66% off promotion

SEGA has today announced a full week of celebrations and promotions for its award-winning strategy game Company of Heroes 2 in honor of ‘Elbe Day’ today, April 25th.

Elbe Day in 1945 marked the first contact between American and Soviet troops near the German river Elbe during the late stages of World War II. In honour of this historic encounter, the entire Company of Heroes 2 base game will be free for everyone on Steam to try out for the duration of the weekend. The game will automatically appear in every Steam user’s library until Sunday, April 27th, 2014, 9PM GMT.

Additionally, SEGA also announced that Company of Heroes 2 and all DLC will be seeing a 66% off sales promotion over the weekend, offering the game at £10.19 until Monday, April 28th, 2014 at 6pm GMT.