Dawn of War 2.

[Chazlene]

A lot of us here have played and enjoyed the original Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, so you'll be pleased to hear Dawn of War 2 has been announced.

From what I've heard it sounds more like World In Conflict, i.e units taking cover, drop zones rather than buildings, etc, although some of this is only speculation. Other features include having a smaller, more advanced army that you upgrade and improve throughout the campaign, similar to the Honour Guard units in Dark Crusade. So far the only two races that have been confirmed are Orks and Space Marines, which will once again be the Blood Ravens chapter in the campaign, so the story should carry on from Dawn of War 1. Dawn of War 2 should be released in early 2008, with players being able to participate in a Beta of the game if they buy Dawn of War: Soulstorm. All in all what I like most about the news so far is that all the new features are what I wanted the original game to have. Here is a link to the website, featuring a very short teaser video which is nothing special to be honest and three screenshots:

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

Thanks to Bloo for some of this Information.

[Squizzel]

the teaser video is lush......ork boss got owned

annoying how more than half that video is credits and saying how unsuitable for children it is

[Bloo]

Don't forgot the fact that during missions you will get loot drops like in RPGs!

[Squizzel]

you will? o.O

[Bloo]

A gametrailer video revealed that the eldar will be in DoW2, kinda obvious yeah, but I thought I'd mention it. No link, find it yourself.

[ez64]

Well they are as old as time so they should be in it

Loved and bought every DOW game, even played the model game DOW:40K (yes im sad).

[Chazlene]

Because I'm nicer than Bloo, here's the gameplay trailer (there's an advert before it if you choose Hi-Def BTW):

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34903.html

Look at the bridge collapsing near the beginning, it looks pretty awesome how the assault marines automatically jet pack off before it falls, and quite funny how the normal marines fall down still in a standing position firing.

[Bloo]

There is that one, but also another one that shows the eldar off. It begins with them saying Space Marines and Orks are not alone. Then cuts to an eldar warband.

[Bloo]

Right, now that i'm back i'll post TWO DoW2 videos.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gTLBcYLaDeo&feature=related

That wasn't in game footage by the way.

Possible hint that the 'nids are in, look in the bottom right, might be a spaceship there eh? (Or equally it could be a warpstorm, so chaos would be in).

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Exqaco_ug3Y&feature=related

That IS in game footage. Look at the start, the space marines are in cover, and pop out of it for a few bursts, also there are some marines in a building near the end.

[Chazlene]

That CGI trailer is awesome, I love the part with the Eldar Ranger.

The gameplay one is a bit naff though, and short.

[Vicious Horizon]

CGI Trailer is bloody brilliant, makes me want to play DoW again.

[Bloo]

http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/888/888046p1.html

A good preview about Dawn of War 2.
For the lazy, I'll sum it all up.

- You select a couple of squads per mission, and they're all you get.
- If a character (squad leader/commander) dies, he is ressed if another character walks nearby. Like the Age of Mythology heroes! I assume if they all die, it's game over.
- If a grunt ("lesser squad member") dies. He's dead. There are two ways to get more. Call in a drop pod of reinforcements (once per mission however). The other way is to capture a Strategic Point ("Shrine"), though there aren't huge amounts of them this time, only one per map (or one or two etc). Then you can res your grunts! It also provides Campaign Wide bonuses.
- Lots of consumable items. You get healthpacks which you can use to heal your troops, but they're in limited supply (Your enemy might drop some though). There are armour-piercing rounds, which are great for snipers. All consumables get refreshed at the end of a mission however. So you never begin with no healthpacks.
- Squads gain XP and you put it into one of three areas, health, melee and ranged. If you specialise it unlocks new powers. Health gives a Taunt ability (takes pressure off wounded soldiers and onto uninjured one), ranged gives the obvious "increases range and damage for a short time" buff.
- The campaign is co-op, but we all know that anyway right? It's also non-linear and all that.

And many more exciting facts!

[Calneon]

Sounds awesome.

[Bloo]

The 'nids are in Dawn of War 2.

Read it here.

Thanks to that silly news ticker thing.

[Isphera]

Bit of a necro - but there is a new preview from CVG. From the ticker

http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=202721

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