Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Developer diary lays out what to expect from Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising

Posted Nov 16th 2009 2:30PM by Steven Wong
Filed under: Downloads, RTS, Video, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

It doesn't seem right that the Chaos Space Marines, the corrupt demon-worshiping archenemies of the Space Marines, never made it into the original Dawn of War 2 campaign. However, the upcoming expansion, Chaos Rising, will fix that oversight. Picking up one year after the Dawn of War 2's conclusion, players are taken a whole new world, one that's completely frozen over, to battle against their old nemesis. Along the way, players will jump aboard a derelict space hulk to uncover its secrets. The expansion brings new characters and abilities and all-new corruption system that adds a different style of gameplay and multiple endings as players choose whether or not to become evil.

Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising is expected to release in March, 2010.

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Chaos reigns in Dawn of War II expansion trailer

Posted Nov 2nd 2009 4:30PM by Steven Wong
Filed under: Downloads, Expansions, RTS, Trailers, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

This trailer gives an early peek at the upcoming expansion, Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising, which will add the Chaos Space Marines as one of the playable factions. The expansion is expected to release sometime in the spring of 2010.

"In Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising you will take command of the Blood Ravens and defend the sector against the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion. Purge the chaos filth and hold the chapter together as traitorous forces work from within to try bring down the Blood Ravens."

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Dawn of War 2 dev diary gives a few survival tips

Posted Oct 15th 2009 8:15PM by Steven Wong
Filed under: Downloads, FPS, Multiplayer, Video, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

In this video, Relic Entertainment provides a brief introduction to the newly released Last Stand multiplayer mode in Dawn of War 2. In it, three players come together and try to last for as long as they can against waves on oncoming enemies. The mode also has a few special surprises, including a race that has never been seen before in Dawn of War 2. Those looking to try out the Dawn of War 2 single player action can download the demo here.
Download HD Dawn of War 2 'Last Stand' Developer Diary (77 MB)
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Dawn of War II Last Stand update released

Posted Oct 15th 2009 8:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, Expansions, RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

As announced earlier this week the big free update for Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II is now live and can be downloaded via Steam. Once again this update to Relic's sci-fi RTS game adds The Last Stand gameplay mode where a three-player team has to go up against wave after wave of increasingly more enemies that are more difficult to defeat.

In addition to the new mode there are two new multiplayer maps in this update (the 2 player map Quest's Heresy and the four player map Hydris Chasm). There are also numerous unit changes and balance issued addressed in the update along with lots of but fixes.

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Dawn of War games 50 percent off via Steam

Posted Oct 14th 2009 5:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

THQ's week long Steam sale continues today after 24 hour sales on Titan Quest games on Monday and Company of Heroes games on Tuesday. For the latest one day sale you can grab all of THQ's Warhammer 40,00: Dawn of War RTS games for 50 percent off their normal price.

That means the original Dawn of War Gold Edition is just $9.99, Dark Crusade is also just $9.99, Soulstorm is just $14.99, and the most recent game, Dawn of War II, is just $19.99. It's good timing considering that Dawn of War II should be getting a massive free update very soon. You can also get all the Dawn of War games in a complete pack for just $54.96. By the way, Steam's THQ Collector's Pack, which has all of the publisher's games on Steam, is also on sale for 10 percent off its normal price.

Dawn of War II Last Stand multiplayer update release is "imminent"

Posted Oct 13th 2009 9:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Multiplayer, RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

The fans of Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II have been waiting for a little while but soon they will be getting the next major free update to Relic's sci-fi RTS game. The previously revealed "Last Stand" update is supposedly close to release (the word they used was "imminent") so we are going to guess it will be made available to download sometime this week.

The entire change log for the update has been posted on the game's community forums. In addition to the new Last Stand multplayer mode (where teams of three go up against increasingly difficult waves of foes) there will be two new multiplayer maps and a host of game balance changes, tweaks and bug fixes. The video above has more info on the "Last Stand" mode.

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Dawn of War II Chaos Rising concept artwork is all sorts of bad a**

Posted Sep 21st 2009 7:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: RTS, Screenshots, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Normally we don't post much in the way of concept artwork but we just had to show you this bit of just freakin' awesome work from the upcoming and just announced Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II Chaos Rising. Wow. You would think having high tech weapons would be cool enough but the Chaos Marines have devil dogs. Kind of an overkill but we love it.

Along with the above concept artwork, developer Relic and publisher THQ set over the first screenshots from the stand alone RTS expansion. They look pretty good too but we want to see devil dogs now. And massive axes too.

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Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising announced

Posted Sep 21st 2009 9:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Expansions, RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

As previously hinted, developer Relic and publisher THQ have just announced plans for Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising. It's the first stand alone expansion to the sci-fi RTS game that was released last February. The new game is due out in spring 2010 and will introduce the Chaos Space Marines as the new playable side in the series.

Chaos Rising will continue the storyline in the original Dawn of War II and you can even use your squad's items, experience points and more to fight the Chaos Marines in the new single player campaign. The level cap has also been raised from 20 to 30 and there will be new multiplayer maps and new units for the three playable sides in the first Dawn of War II game.

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Hints about upcoming Dawn of War II expansion pack?

Posted Sep 13th 2009 9:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Relic Entertainment has been generous with free updates to their sci-fi RTS game Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II. But are they prepping a full fledged commercial expansion? Relic News seems to think so. The long time fan site of all things Relic have been sent some interesting packages from publisher THQ.

The package contain a Games Workshop minature of a Chaos Space Marine, a big hint that Relic plans to introduce them into the game at some point. The package, as you can see above, has "MMX" on it which is likely not a reference to Intel's old MMX processor but the year "2010", a possible hint as to a release date.

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More info on next Dawn of War II DLC

Posted Aug 30th 2009 1:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, Expansions, RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Earlier this week the first details were revealed about The Last Stand, an upcoming downloadable content expansion for Relic's RTS game Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II. While the DLC will be all about three players fighting off waves of enemies in combat, that's apparently not everything the download will have.

According to the Steam web site, The Last Stand will add another two multiplayer maps to the game's already extensive collection along with other bug fixes and gameplay balance changes. The download is scheduled for release sometime in October and will be a free download. There's no word yet if a beta release for The Last Stand is planned.

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Dawn of War 2: The Last Stand trailer fights to the death

Posted Aug 28th 2009 6:30PM by Steven Wong
Filed under: Downloads, Trailers, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

This trailer prepares Dawn of War 2 fans for the upcoming free DLC, The Last Stand. In it, players work cooperatively using heroes to fend off waves of increasingly difficult creatures, all the while collecting gear and leveling up to make sure the group lives a little while longer.

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Dawn of War II: The Last Stand details revealed

Posted Aug 28th 2009 11:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, Expansions, RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Earlier this month we mentioned that the Penny Arcade Expo schedule showed a panel with Relic team members talking about an upcoming game mode for Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II. Now the first details on that game mode, The Last Stand, have been revealed via a GameSpy preview article.

In short, The Last Stand will be made available as a free download and will have you and two other player controlled Heroes dealing with wave after wave of enemies. Naturally the goal is to keep leveling up your character and fight off the waves for as long as possible to get the highest score. There's no word yet on when The Last Stand will be released.

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New game mode for Dawn of War II revealed in PAX schedule

Posted Aug 16th 2009 11:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Sometimes just looking at a schedule for a gaming convention can yield some news. In this case the just released schedule of events for September's Penny Arcade Expo has apparently revealed that a new gameplay mode for Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II is in the works.

The schedule reveals that on Sunday, September 6, PAX will pay host to a panel where designers at developer Relic will discuss creating the upcoming game mode The Last Stand. As described in the schedule's notes, the mode "will expand the game to include cooperative based arcade gameplay." Relic just released a major free content update that added eight new multiplayer maps, a new observer mode and more to the game.

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Dawn of War II sale brings it to the top of Steam's weekly top 10 PC games

Posted Aug 4th 2009 9:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Biz, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

When you cut the price of an already popular game by 50 percent you are certain to get a ton of extra sales. That's what happened with Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II. The sci-fi RTS game from developer Relic got a major new free update and a price cut on Steam propelling it to the top of Steam's weekly top 10 PC games sales list (in terms of revenue) for the week ending August 2.

Another Relic game, the WWII RTS title Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, benified from its own 50 percent sale as it appears on the Steam top 10 list at number 7. The rest of the list is as follows:

1. Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - Relic/THQ
2. Aion Collector's Edition - NCsoft
3. Left 4 Dead - Valve
4. Counter-Strike: Source - Valve
5. The Secret of Monkey Island - LucasArts
6. Killing Floor - Tripwire Interactive
7. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor - Relic/THQ
8. Team Fortress 2 - Valve
9. The Orange Box - Valve
10. ArmA 2 - Bohemia Interactive

Weekend PC game sales hit the net

Posted Jul 31st 2009 4:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, RTS, Strategy, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Has it been a long, hard work week for you? Do you also have a few dollars burning in your pocket just waiting to be spent. Well, let's see if we can't do something about that in our scan of the weekend sales deals for PC games:

Gamersgate has Tomb Raider Underworld on sale for 50 percent off its normal price for one day only. They also have some weekend long deals that we mentioned previously.
The Impulse service has a number of games on sale this week including Grand Ages: Rome for $29.99
Direct2Drive has Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II on sale this weekend for just $24.95
GoG.com has cut the price of all their PC chess games by 20 percent this weekend.
As we mentioned yesterday, Steam currently has all of Relic's THQ games on sale for 50 percent off this weekend. They also have a new DLC release for Railworks (the BNSF Officially Licensed ES44AC & SD40-2 add-on) on sale for $8.99 and a newly released adventure game, Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals, is on sale for 20 percent off its normal price until August 6.