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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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Gallery: Warhammer 40,000 Dawn Of War II Chaos Rising

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

THQ announces latest financial results

by John Callaham Nov 4th 2009 @ 8:30PM

Yet another major publicly trade game publisher revealed their latest financial numbers today. THQ reported that for their fiscal year 2010 second quarter (which ended September 30) the company had $101.3 million in revenues compared to $164,8 million in the same time period a year ago. THQ recoded a net loss of $5.6 million for the quarter compared to a loss of $115.3 million for the same time period a year ago.

THQ admitted that it did not have any major game releases in its last quarter but still expects solid revenues in its current third quarter and the upcoming fourth quarter where two PC games (Metro 2033 and Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II Chaos Rising) will be released. No mentions were made of the status of the long-in-development Warhammer 40,000 MMO game. However in a conference call following the financial result, THQ exec said the the first person shooter Homefront (announced back at E3) will be released sometime in their 2011 fiscal year.

Filed under: Biz

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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Gallery: Warhammer 40,000 Dawn Of War II Chaos Rising

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

THQ to publish Metro 2033 in early 2010

by John Callaham Oct 22nd 2009 @ 12:00PM

It's a game that's been in development in Russia since at least 2006 but in early 2010 publisher THQ will finally release Metro 2033, a post-apocalypse first person shooter from developer 4A Games. The game itself is set after a massive disaster has devastated the Earth. In Moscow the survivors live underground in the former subway system of the city while radiation has mutated people and creatures above ground.

THQ is promoting the PC version with the promise of cool game physics effects provided by Nvidia's PhysX tech. It's rare that physics is used for more than eye candy and effects in a game but perhaps this title will be an exception.

Gallery: Metro 2033

Filed under: FPS

All Red Faction games 25 percent off on Steam this weekend

by John Callaham Oct 16th 2009 @ 8:00PM

A week of THQ games being put on sale via Steam is closing in on its end. Today the final sale was revealed with all of the Red Faction first person shooter titles now on sale until Sunday for 25 percent off their normal Steam price. That includes the recently released Red Faction Guerrilla. The third game in the series was released just a month ago but you can download the Steam version for $29.99.

Don't forget that the Dawn of War games, including Dawn of War II, are still on sale for 50 percent off via Steam until Sunday. Also the THQ Complete Pack is 10 percent off until Sunday as well.

Gallery: Red Faction Guerrilla

Filed under: Downloads, FPS

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.

Gallery: Warhammer 40,000 Dawn Of War 2

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.

Gallery: Warhammer 40,000 Dawn Of War 2

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

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