The 1.8 patch for Dawn of War (colloquially referred too as ‘The Last Stand’ patch) is live on Steam, bringing with it (unsurprisingly) the Last Stand game mode along with a load of other tweaks too the game. The mode allows up to 3 players (playing as Space Marine Captains, Ork Mekboys or Eldar Farseers) […]
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Dawn of War 2 Content Bonanza
Dawn of War 2 seems to be getting all the loving lately – the initial release wasn’t overly hot, what with the awkward campaign and Games for Windows: Live bollocks, but several patches down the line and things are much improved. The recent ‘There is only War’ update dramatically rebalanced the game, the imminent Last […]
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Virals-R-Us : THQ made a Rhino Tank
Basically, it’s what it says on the tin. THQ, in cohorts with Games Workshop and Tanks-a-Lot, made a real Space Marine Rhino tank and then set about demolishing (admittedly worthy of such destruction) cars. [youtube 6PEU_201IfI] Need I say more? Find out how the Rhino was built here, if that sort of thing turns you […]
Valve have announced that all owners of retail, Steam and rival digital download versions of Iron Lore’s (R.I.P.) Soulstorm expansion pack for the original Dawn of War are entitled to participate in the Dawn of War II Multiplayer Beta test today, one week ahead of the public beta test being opened to the, well, public […]
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Dawn of War 2 Gold
Gamers Hell, amongst others, is carrying word that Relic have announced that Dawn of War II, the next proper entry into the Real Time Strategy series set in Games Workshop’s sci-fi universe where there is only war, has been sent off to the giant war factories of the Adeptus Mechanicus for duplication. The game is […]
Relic have released a new video for Dawn of War 2 that shows a battle between 3 chapters of Space Marines (DoW stalwarts the Blood Ravens, Ultramarines & the Space Wolves for the fans) and a massed Orc horde. Narrated by the Ravens Force Commander, the video further highlights the move from base-oriented gameplay to […]
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‘Make DLC, not DRM’ – DoW 2 Interview
Strategy Informer have posted an interview with Relic’s Jonny Ebbert, lead designer on Dawn of War II. Whilst mostly just covering the same groundwork about the game that others have before (The move from base-building to a more squad-focused game, Tyranids etc.), there are two interesting quotes that stand out from the rest. Read the […]
THQ have released a chunk of Dawn of War 2 footage with heavy focus on the multi-player mode (since it features base building, as opposed to the squad-focus of the single player campaign). Many a ‘splode happens, courtesy of the Company of Heroes engine and it’s closet artillery-mass-destruction fetish. Leap the hurdle for a ganders.
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Games for Windows Live now free
Microsoft today announced that Games For Windows Live (used in Games such as Gears of War PC, Halo 2 PC and Shadowrun PC) is now totally free, meaning you don’t have to pay to acquire multiplayer achievements or use matchmaking or cross platform play. Microsoft also announced that there will be a GFW Marketplace, similar […]