Oops. Looks like that forum post was a (fan) made-up blurb from about six months ago. :( Anyway, here’s hoping it isn’t too far from that – considering that Dark Crusade and Soulstorm already have some elements of it, it seems like the only things to really debate would be which races will be included.
Um, that blurb was basically a description of Starcraft 2. :P
Meta-campaign for Starcraft 2 confirmed, then?
:P
Yeah, they would have to go at least one other race besides Eldar, Marines and Tyranid, or you’d look like a starcraft clone.
The official yadda-yadda:
AGOURA HILLS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 3, 2008–THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced that Warhammer(R) 40,000™: Dawn of War(R) II, the highly anticipated sequel from one of the industry’s premiere Real-Time Strategy (RTS) developers, Relic Entertainment, is scheduled to bring the 41st Millennium’s savage warfare to life like never before in spring 2009. 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. Set in Games Workshop’s (LSE: GAW) highly popular Warhammer 40,000 science fiction universe, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is being developed exclusively for Windows PC.
In addition, THQ is pleased to announce that gamers purchasing copies of the recently released Warhammer(R) 40,000™: Dawn of War(R) - Soulstorm™ will be able to participate in an invitation-only multiplayer beta program for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II set to take place at a future date.
“The original Dawn of War and its subsequent standalone expansions have established the series as one of the industry’s leading RTS franchises,” said Brad Carraway, vice president, global brand management, THQ. “Dawn of War II will re-define RTS gaming to gamers worldwide, delivering brutal frontline action and tactics, and allowing players to get straight to the action with unprecedented fast-paced RTS gameplay and a full co-op campaign, all in stunning cinematic detail.”
“We started with everything fans loved about the original Dawn of War and then added more than they ever could have hoped for in the sequel into Dawn of War II,” said Tarrnie Williams, general manager, Relic Entertainment. “Leveraging our critically acclaimed Essence Engine 2.0, gamers will develop and lead an elite strike force through Games Workshop’s war-torn universe, engage in devastating combat among the ruins of fully destructible battlefields, and be immersed in an ever-changing single-player and co-op multiplayer campaign.”
About Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is set in the grim, war-ravaged world of Games Workshop’s (LSE: GAW) 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. Developed by critically acclaimed RTS developer Relic Entertainment, Warhammer 40,000: 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 across ruined worlds on a mission to claim the galaxy and preserve their own existence. Powered by the re-vamped Essence Engine 2.0, the next evolution of Relic’s proprietary game engine made famous in the award winning Company of Heroes, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II will deliver fast-paced RTS action with ferocious melee and ranged combat in fully destructible environments. Immersing players in an in-depth non-linear single-player campaign and a fully-co-operative multiplayer mode, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is set to deliver the most visually-stunning Warhammer 40,000 setting ever created. For more information on Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, please visit www.dawnofwar2.com.
-Julian
The website gives a 403, and no word of Tyranids? Very suspicious!
They’re not going to announce all the (presumably) four races to begin with. They’ll say two, and leak out the rest over development.
Press release here:
http://www.thq-games.com/uk/news/show/3432
KG
I hope it’s not just four. There’s no way they won’t do Chaos, and I think they’d pick Eldar before Tyranids.
And after Dark Crusade, Dawn of War’s original race set seems dull.
C’mon, man. You know it’ll be four. In fact, we may be even lucky to get four.
KG
WAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
Okay, it can be four if the other two are Necrons and Tyranids. It can be three if the third is a race of eons-dormant zombie robot Tyranids. Hell, it can be one.
I hope for SM, Orks, Eldar and Tyranids.
I hope they do Tyranids, to cut down on the massive forum complaining that will result otherwise. But yeah, I’m very excited about a possible Company of War! I loved the flavor of Dawn of War, and the gritty small-scale mechanics of Company of Heroes. So we’ll see.
Blizzard may as well just fold up shop on that Starcraft 2 project. DoW2 w/ Tyranids will pwn it.
;P
My personal bet will be Tyranids and Chaos.
But I have a nagging feeling Tyranids will be saved for the first expansion pack. Which will be a fucker, but…
(I’m gonna write a ludicrous post of groundless speculation over at RPS in a bit, with my odds for each race. Including ones no fuck has heard of, probably including Relic)
KG
Please, please, please Relic, give us skirmish (against the AI and in multiplayer) against the AI using a point system. Random maps if you can, if not, static maps ok too. But point system, finally, please!
God I hope so.
What do you mean? A point system ala the Battlefield series? DoW already has Take & Hold type victories if you don’t want to play annihilation.
I think he means a point system ala tabletop 40k. Instead of building units each side starts out with an army totalling a certain amount of points. Various rules dictate how many of those points can be spent on commanders, infantry, vehicles, etc.
So I think he wants a straight up quick battle skirmish mode with no buildings and no resources.
Ah, gotcha. Never played tabletop 40K. That sounds like something the mod community could easily implement, if it’s not already out for the current DoW series.
I’m not so sure it could be done easily as a mod - it’d require changing the skirmish menu itself to specify points limits and then having an intervening menu allowing army selection.
At the same time, I can’t see Relic doing it either.