• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Dark Crusade (WMV, 5.9MB) - right-click to download
Thursday 4 May 2006
THQ and Relic have confirmed that work has started on the second expansion pack for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, and we have the very first footage.
Known as Dark Crusade, this update is set in the middle of the bitter battle for the remote planet of Kronus and once again pits commanders of Orc, Space Marine, Eldar, Imperial Guard and Chaos units against each other. But something
was probably the most successful transfer from tabletop to desktop since Wes Cherry thought about making a Windows version of Solitaire for PC, although it was probably about . After numerous clumsy conversions of Games Workshop's world of Warhammer, Relic's realtime strategy game converted more gamers to the delights of Space Marines than a holy water cannon. So the announcement of an expansion pack, called Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War - Winter Assault, is as inevitable as the backfiring of
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is one of the most spectacular-looking realtime strategies we've seen for an age and, based on its showing at E3, it'll be as rewarding for normal folk as it will for full-on Warhammer spongs.The game allows you to control one of four races in either head-to-head or cooperative multiplayer action (for two to six players via LAN or the net), as well as offering an epic single-player campaign.
It's the cinematic combat that really impresses though - you've never
THQ have released a batch of new shots of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, the realtime strategy based on the infamous Games Workshop fantasy epic.Set in Warhammer's archetypal dark, futuristic universe, the game's hardened forces collide with one goal in mind: the complete extermination of their opposition. Along with single player campaigns, multiplayer modes for two to six players support both head-to-head and cooperative action via LAN or the net.For the very latest Games Workshop news, you
