Warhammer 40k Dawn of War II Gone Gold

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Gameinfowire.com is reporting (http://gameinfowire.com/news.asp?nid=13374) that Relic's upcoming RTS, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II has Gone Gold.

THQ Inc. today announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, developed by the award-winning Real-time strategy (RTS) developer, Relic Entertainment, has reached the gold master stage of development and is now entering manufacturing. Set in the grim, war-ravaged world of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 science fiction universe, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II delivers visceral combat, stunning visuals, and destructible environments throughout a non-linear single-player experience as well as a fully cooperative multiplayer campaign via Microsoft's free Games for Windows - LIVE service. Developed exclusively for Windows PC and powered by an enhanced version of Relic's proprietary Essence Engine 2.0, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is scheduled to be on store shelves at retail outlets nationwide on February 19, 2009.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II transports players into Games Workshop's vast Warhammer 40,000 universe, where an intergalactic war between ancient races has raged on for countless millennia. Featuring vicious front-line combat, destructible environments, a fully cooperative multiplayer mode, four unique playable races and a non-linear single-player campaign with branching storylines, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II delivers the ultimate sci-fi fantasy RTS experience. Disposable units will become a thing of the past as gamers feel the intimate brutality of war and develop a personal connection with fully customizable squads. For more information on Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, please visit http://www.dawnofwar2.com.

[Steve_Erhardt]

SO looking forward to this, it's not even funny.

Still, the game going gold NOW, and the multiplayer "BETA" only starting later this month is a little cart-before-the-horse, but whatever.

[ÜberJumper]

Yup, it's going to be awesome.

I'm expecting a zero day patch.

[Syl]

I'll pick it up eventually; but i don't think i'll be getting it day 1; i still have a lot of stuff left to do in the first Dawn of War.

[Glucose]

Multiplayer patches and fixes for the client are usually pretty small, and they have to log online to do it anyway. So making them patch when they log in probably won't be that big of a deal when ya think about it.

I hadn't seen their posted multiplayer video before. It looks like there will be a lot of tactical conditions, like your units being under suppression fire etc.

[lockwoodx]

I'm praying the patching process goes smoother with this title than the original DoW series.

[Wyrm]

Since my computer absolutely cannot handle this game yet, I'm sad that it's gold already. The good news is, that by the time I have a computer that can run it, there might already be an expansion or two out, and it will be cheaper.

[ÜberJumper]

Ohhhhh

http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=471

Details on Zero Day Patch! Looks like it might be big.

[lockwoodx]

Since my computer absolutely cannot handle this game yet, I'm sad that it's gold already. The good news is, that by the time I have a computer that can run it, there might already be an expansion or two out, and it will be cheaper.

Exactly. They did a great job with bundling the games with expansions so I'm gonna wait for a steam special.

[Sarconix]

I have all four original Dow games... but I am only part way through the first expansion. :p And now this is almost out... bah! I must exercise some restraint this time, so I will at least wait for the reviews (and the MP beta... downloading now from Steam).