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Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising gets March 11, 2010 release date

by John Callaham Nov 28th 2009 @ 9:00PM

You can add one more game to the massive list of PC titles due out in the first quarter of 2010. This time it's for Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising. Thanks to a post in the game's official Facebook site, we now know that the stand alone expansion pack to the sci-fi RTS game from developer Relic and publisher THQ is due for release on March 11 in the US. Europeans get the expansion pack one day later on March 12.

That means that sci-fi RTS fans have yet another major release coming this March with Supreme Commander 2 due out on March 2 and Command and Conquer 4 set to ship on March 16. Will one or more of these games blink and be delayed to move out of the way of the competition?

[Via Relic News]

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Filed under: Expansions, RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

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

by Steven Wong Nov 16th 2009 @ 2:30PM

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.

Download HD Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising Developer Diary (265 MB)
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Filed under: Downloads, RTS, Video, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Chaos reigns in Dawn of War II expansion trailer

by Steven Wong Nov 2nd 2009 @ 4:30PM

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."

Download HD Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising Trailer (21 MB)
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Filed under: Downloads, Expansions, RTS, Trailers, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Could PC fans get a chance to play Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine?

by John Callaham Oct 29th 2009 @ 12:00PM

Last June during E3, THQ announced that their internal developer Relic Entertainment would be developing a third person action game called Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. So why didn't we report on this news at Big Download? Because the game was announced for the Xbox 360 and PS3, not for the PC. However, Relic has made some statements that indicate that they might be open to porting the game to the PC.

A web petition to have the game come to the PC has already been set up but currently it has just over 1,000 "signatures". However the hardware web site bit-tech.net got a Relic spokesperson to state, "If we continue to see a strong desire for a PC version of Space Marine, who knows what might happen!" So do you want such a game coming to our platform? If so perhaps more people participating in the petition could cause Relic to change their minds.

Filed under: Action

Download: Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor v2.601 Patch

by Steven Wong Oct 28th 2009 @ 5:45PM

This minor patch for Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor updates the game to v2.601 and addresses a number of gameplay issues.

Download Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor v2.601 Patch (27 MB)
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Filed under: Downloads, Patches, RTS

Dawn of War 2 dev diary gives a few survival tips

by Steven Wong Oct 15th 2009 @ 8:15PM

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)
Download the Dawn of War 2 Single Player Demo (333 MB)
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Filed under: Downloads, FPS, Multiplayer, Video, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Dawn of War II Last Stand update released

by John Callaham Oct 15th 2009 @ 8:00PM

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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Filed under: Downloads, Expansions, RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Dawn of War games 50 percent off via Steam

by John Callaham Oct 14th 2009 @ 5:00PM

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.

Filed under: RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

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

by John Callaham Oct 13th 2009 @ 9:00PM

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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Filed under: Multiplayer, RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Company of Heroes games 50 percent off of Steam today only

by John Callaham Oct 13th 2009 @ 1:30PM

If you still want to get Titan Quest via Steam for 50 percent off it's normal price, well you are too late. That one day only sale is done. Gone. Finished. However the week-long series of one day sales of THQ PC games on Steam does continue today with the Company of Heroes series.

Relic's line up of WWII RTS games can be downloaded via Steam for next 24 hours or so for 50 percent off their regular price. That means the original game is priced at just $9.99, the Opposing Fronts stand alone expansion is also available at $9.99 and the more recent Tales of Valor stand alone expansion is priced at $14.99. You can also get all three games for $34.99.

Filed under: Downloads, RTS

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