THQ officially announces Dawn of War 2

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Source: http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/726/thq-officially-announces-dawn-of-war-2

Relic Entertainment and THQ have today announced Dawn of War II, the highly anticipated sequel to the Real-Time Strategy game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Set for release in spring 2009, and powered by an enhanced version of Relic's proprietary Essence Engine 2.0, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II will take players to the brutal frontlines of war where they’ll experience intense action and visceral combat through a non-linear single player experience and a fully co-operative multiplayer campaign.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is set in the grim, war-ravaged world of Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 universe – a dark, futuristic, science-fiction setting where armies of technologically advanced warriors, fighting machines and hordes of implacable aliens wage constant war. Dawn of War II ushers in a new chapter in the acclaimed RTS series, as ancient races – including the dauntless Space Marines and savage Orks - clash with ferocious melee and ranged combat across fully destructible environments in what will be the most visually-stunning Warhammer 40,000 setting ever created.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is being developed exclusively for Windows PC, and THQ is pleased to announce that owners of the recently released Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm will be able to participate in an invitation-only multiplayer beta program for Dawn of War II, set to take place at a future date.
 
I just hope 'non-linear single player experience' doesn't just mean another load of skirmish maps like Dark Crusade and Soulstorm...
 
Cant wait. DOW is the only RTS that has ever really kept me hooked.
I love the whole lore and set up of 40k and still think it would be the best MMOFPS if someone would invest in it.
 
I just hope 'non-linear single player experience' doesn't just mean another load of skirmish maps like Dark Crusade and Soulstorm...

Sounds like its gonna be a lot like Dark Crusade and Soulstorm.....SUCKS!!!! :p Wish they would make a DoW mod for SupCom.....now that would rock.
 
I just hope 'non-linear single player experience' doesn't just mean another load of skirmish maps like Dark Crusade and Soulstorm...

it better not be i loved the first 2 single player campagins they were really what sucked me into the game in the first place and i only got the add -ons so i could play all the races online and at lans :(
 
i hope they get rid of single player and just make a good mplayer game.

Seriously dow mplayer sucked, never completed the addon packs though.

Dow had like 10 levels with some silly story about a sword or something. It was too easy and took 5 hours to do. Mplayer was good though
 
Cool :)

Hopefully the networking will be better than DoW as Gamespy seems really bad and also the whole netcode seems laggy/buggy :(

Wonder if they will have Tyranids in this one :confused: :D
 
Wonder if they will have Tyranids in this one :confused: :D

They only left them out of the last one because they couldn't do them properly.

So Tyranids are a given.

Ideally for me this game would be a cross between Company of Heroes and Supreme Commander.

I cant handle RTS games without tactical zoom now. There is no going back for me now that I have tasted 'The next evolution'.

This game would be perfect if they implement the unit intelligence of CoH's and the upwards map scaling of SupCom.

Obviously DoW2 needs the comedy and character of its units, so something of a blend between both of these RTS masterpieces and of course the original DoW would see me preordering.

If it wants to become classic then it will definitely also need a physics system, which is again what must be a given in modern DX10.1 and beyond!
 
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fully destructable terrain? hmm.
hopefully that would mean an implemented physics system, i want to blow my way through mountains to attack turtle'rs from behind
 
Non-linear? God I hope it means being able which order you can tackle missions in and not more skirmish battles :rolleyes: If I wanted to play skirmish I would play skirmish.
 
I really hope they bring out another COH and use the Essence Engine 2.0 in that aswell:D
 
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3 Screenshots now up...

http://www.dawnofwar2.com/us/screenshots/
 
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