The sun rises on a Dawn of War II trailer

25 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Apr 5th 2008 4:00AM
Filed under: PC, Strategy

THQ has unleashed a teaser trailer for Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II to imbue the masses with the righteous fervor of the Empire. The real-time strategy sequel was officially confirmed just a couple days ago and will apparently feature a fully co-operative multiplayer campaign. Don't go getting too excited just yet -- DoW II won't be out until Spring '09. In the meantime, for those who need a 40K RTS fix stat, there's always Soulstorm, which will grant entry into the sequel's multiplayer beta at some point in the future.

Tags: dawn-of-war, dawn-of-war-ii, dawnofwar, dawnofwarii, relic, thq

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Foetoid: Apr 5th 2008; 4:30AM

Excellent news. DOW is one of my favourite strategy games ever, beaten only in quality by the aging Starcraft (and future Starcraft 2). I was devastated to learn the only race i used in the tabletop game, Tyranids, weren't to be including because the game engine wasn't good enough. Bring on the Nids!

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force): Apr 5th 2008; 5:59AM

I don't collect Warhammer, but I looked through the various races, and I say Imperial Army FTW.

(Although the Tau's pretty kickass)

Ted: Apr 5th 2008; 6:14AM

CLEANSE THE HERETIC!
LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR!
etc.

Maverick Saturn: Apr 5th 2008; 7:32AM

Huh? Ready at dawn has fused thier company with thier game brand? When did this happen?

t_m: Apr 5th 2008; 9:16AM

What was the big orc thing?

I really must get around to playing DoW1... but i know the completist in me would insist on buying it with all the expansions.. and then i'd be playing until next year...

Intentless: Apr 5th 2008; 9:26AM

I'm a little rusty in my Warhammer but I'm pretty sure that was an Orc Warlord.

Foetoid: Apr 5th 2008; 3:35PM

Fortunatly, you dont need to buy the first 2. The 'Dark Crusade' expansion is standalone with an excellent campaign mode, as is Soulstorm. Soulstorm has 2 more races, but i think the campaign in Dark Crusade is better. Just get them one by one. By the original and finish the campaign, then Winter Assault (needs original) and follow on to Dark Crusade and Soulstorm. If you want to use the races from DOW and Winter Assault in multiplayer, you do have to buy them. If you ONLY buy Dark Crusade or Soulstorm, you can ONLY use the 2 new races each of them has for multiplayer, but you can always use all available races in skirmish. You're missing out man, get this game!

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force): Apr 5th 2008; 5:56PM

Dawn of War Platinum Edition includes the original game + Winter Assault + Dark Crusade for 30 bucks total.

Doesn't have Soulstorm included though.

Anonymous: Apr 7th 2008; 2:14PM

DAT'S DA ORK WARBOSS, YA STUPID GIT! E'Z GONNA TAKE US ON A RIGHT PROPA WAAAAAAAAAGH!!!

hydralisk456: Apr 5th 2008; 11:19AM

Praise the Emperor Relic is back! Soulstorm is okay but buggy, which is something you never got with the first two expansions.

Robobagins: Apr 5th 2008; 12:50PM

Soulstorm wasn't Relic.

Babel: Apr 5th 2008; 1:12PM

Just give me some of the sweet old Tyranids and I'll be happy.

Kujel: Apr 5th 2008; 2:11PM

I was a little disappointed by this trailer, I was hoping for a little more about any new features.

swmarc: Apr 5th 2008; 6:15PM

thats why its a teaser.

Foetoid: Apr 5th 2008; 3:38PM

Thats why he was praising that Relic is back. He was effectivly complaining about the botchy job done on Soulstorm. It's a damn shame IronLore went downhill, Titan Quest: Immortal Throne is one of my favourite games and i've played that game more over the last 12 months than any other (and i've finished every A+ Wii game too). It might have something to do with that fact that twice in a row when i got a Battlemage up to Legendary difficulty, the comp died and i lost the character. Not this time!

Geist: Apr 5th 2008; 5:13PM

Thank goodness. The series was really beginning to get stale and show its age. I mean, flying units? No.

Blazur: Apr 5th 2008; 6:15PM

Ironically, they'll be competing with StarCraft2 which is likely due out around the same time. If that turns out to be the case it's very likely to get buried.

Shawn: Apr 5th 2008; 8:11PM

the last I heard, SC2 will be out this Fall, giving DoW2 plenty of time with a Spring 09 release. Even still, there are plenty of Warhammer fans out there for this to sell pretty well. After that, Company of Heroes is supposed to get a full on sequel in the Fall of 09, talk about RTS goodness.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime): Apr 6th 2008; 2:10AM

compete with a brand they so heavly borrowed from. Love me some warcraft but warhammer did it first. Im a nerd for GWs universes. Man O War for arcade please and Space Hulk too.

Shawn: Apr 5th 2008; 8:09PM

Relic fucking rocks, can't wait for this! I'm just finishing up Winter Assault and Dark Crusade, which is incredible.

Lp47PS3: Apr 6th 2008; 9:23PM

Looks like a rip off to God of War.

Feoremar: Apr 6th 2008; 10:27PM

Anyone else notice how familliar a certain sound effect is in this trailer?

Sounds very familliar to me...sounds very...how could I put it...'Crafty', of the 'Third' kind. Kind of threatning, like a 'bear'. This calls for 'War'.

Anonymous: Apr 7th 2008; 2:11PM

You mean the stock sound effects that both they and Blizzard used, but that Relic will probably replace with their own sounds once the game is further along in development, whereas Blizzard would just keep it in there?

Is that the sound you mean?

ugg.tryptophan: Apr 6th 2008; 10:41PM

Holy crap! those are in-game models!

vannyx: Apr 7th 2008; 12:23AM

By the power of the God Emperor he has resurrected DOW to cleanse all those tainted by chaos. ( space marines Advance).

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