Warhammer fans give thanks to your chosen god, the Skulls Festival of Video Games is back!

Dont miss out on this event and accompanying sale.

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/skulls/

The Skulls Festival of Video Games will run from the 3rd June 18:00 BST to 10th June 18:00 BST

PREPARE FOR BATTLE



The wait is almost over! We're excited to announce that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III will be available on PC on April 27, 2017!

Dawn of War III is now available to pre-order in three formats: Collector's Edition, Limited Edition, and Standard Edition. The Collector's Edition will include a premium disc book, a lenticular art card, the official soundtrack (digital download), three mounted cloth faction banners, the Masters of War skin pack, and a replica of the Gabriel Angelos' Godsplitter Daemon Hammer! The Limited Edition will include the premium disc book, lenticular art card, and official soundtrack. You can find more info on DawnOfWar.com !

Everyone who pre-orders Dawn of War III will receive the Masters of War skin pack, a collection of three cosmetic skins for Dawn of War III's Super Walker Elites - the Dark Queen skin for Lady Solaria (Imperial Knight), the Ghost Seer skin for Farseer Taldeer (Wraithknight), and the Big Kustom skin for Beauty (Morkanaut). You can see these skins in action in the Masters of War trailer!

We know it's been a long wait, but we're excited to finally be in the home stretch towards releasing the biggest, most spectacular Dawn of War yet!

Head to DawnOfWar.com to pre-order!

Claim your free Ridiculously Bloody Blood Pack DLC for Dawn of War II: Retribution today!

In celebration of Halloween, we are giving away the Dawn of War II – Ridiculously Bloody Blood Pack for FREE on Steam between October 28th and November 1st. As well, most of the Dawn of War franchise is 75% off too!

To claim your Blood Pack, head to the Dawn of War II: Retribution store page and click on the green "Add" button next to the Blood Pack DLC. That's it!

From all of us here, we hope you have a bloody good Halloween!

After years of secrecy, we’re finally ready to confirm that the game you’ve been waiting for will soon be a reality. It’s been so hard to hold in our excitement and we can’t wait to show you everything we have in store.
For now, check out the Official Dawn of War III Trailer for your first look!

We hope you’re as excited as we are, and we’re sure you have a lot of questions. Make sure you go to our Official Website for all the latest news and updates from the Dawn of War III team. Follow along as we slip deeper into the darkness of endless war on our social channels, and let us know what you think on our our brand new forums!

Today is only the beginning. Get ready for the biggest Dawn of War yet…

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution is turning five, and there's a brand new hero arriving in time for the party. The Necron Overlord has been requested by fans to be playable in The Last Stand mode for years, and we're proud to announce that he's joining the fight as the eighth playable champion to celebrate the anniversary!

Not only that, but starting today, March 10, and going until March 15, you can grab the Necron Overlord on Steam completely FREE! Then from March 15 onward, the Necron will be available to purchase as DLC. It's our way of saying thanks to our loyal community, we really couldn't ask for more dedicated fans.

As well as the Necron Overlord, we're also implementing a patch for Dawn of War II: Retribution that fixes some of the issues our community has found over the years. For more info on what's being updated, be sure to check out the Dawn of War Blog!

From all of us at Relic, thanks so much for all the WAAAAGH! You're all the reason we get to keep making great content like the Necron Overlord, and we're beyond happy to be able to give it away for free to our most loyal fans for the first five days of release!

Dawn of War came out the victors of the third annual Make War Not Love competition! Thanks again for all who contributed to the win!

Make sure you claim your Tau Commander which is downloadable on steam for free now! But only until tomorrow (Tuesday) 10AM PST!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/56493/


*The Sega content should be sent out via the email sign up as per the previous round.

The Sega companies are at war. Worlds are at siege, chaos spreads, consumes us all. Here there will be war. This time our enemies are that of Company of Heroes and the alliances at Total War for Attila. Will you fight with us? Here there will be WAR!

Make War Not Love 3, the third annual Relic vs Creative Assembly community event, will commence on February 14th at 6pm GMT/10am PST/7pm CET and run until 6pm GMT/10am PST/7pm CET, February 20th.

The criteria is as follows:

As many players as possible playing the game your loyalty lies with! The winners will be based on the % of increased matches played compared to the average. So the more friends you bring to play battles with you the better!

*This includes all Dawn of War II titles! So this includes Dawn of War II, as well as Chaos Rising and Retribution!

This will start on the 14th of February at 10am PST and finish on the 20th of February at 10am PST. Every 2 days (totaling 3 rounds) there will be a winner and content given away from Sega! There will then be an overall winner and you will win the Tau Commander!

Check out the official website for updates and stats!

Make sure you are following our @DawnofWar twitter and Facebook account for updates!

The Last Standalone, the popular cooperative survival game mode from Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, is now available to play for FREE on Steam until December 14th at 10AM, and is also on sale for 75% off!

Suit up and control a single hero to face off against waves of enemies with up to two other teammates. Play as one of the six available heroes and gain experience to level up and unlock new wargear and abilities. Customize your character’s abilities to create the ultimate build and fight off twenty waves of increasingly devastating enemies!

Have you ever been playing Dawn of War II - Retribution and thought to yourself, ‘you know what this game needs more of? Blood.’? No. Neither have we but here at Relic we like to indulge in the unexpected, especially when it gives us an excuse to make the Ridiculously Bloody Blood Pack just in time for Halloween!

Even at more than 10 years old, the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War franchise still has a strong, passionate player base, and we at Relic would like to celebrate and show our thanks! From September 24 10AM PDT through to September 27 1PM PDT, Dawn of War I and II, plus all expansions, are free to play on Steam. As well, for new recruits, or veterans looking to complete their collection, both titles and all expansions are 75% off until September 28 at 10AM PDT. As a special thank you to all our loyal players, and as a welcome to anyone new to the franchise, we’ve also added some bonuses to DoW I and II.

• The Temple of Cyrene is a brand new, official multiplayer map we’re adding into the Dawn of War I rotation. This map will be playable in DoW the Dark Crusade and Soulstorm expansions. The Temple of Cyrene sits on the blasted landscape of a world scoured clean by the Exterminatus of the Imperial Inquisition. Homeworld of Gabriel Angelos, Cyrene is now a ghost-world of ruined cities and ashen fields. Fight for supremacy amidst the remains of Cyrene’s once-mighty temples. Claim the three critical locations at the heart of the ruins or drive into enemy bases and deliver annihilation.

• In Dawn of War II, we’re giving away four free sets of Wargear; The Vanguard, Sniper, Sternguard, and Destroyer, to equip in the main campaign that were previously only available as pre-order DLC, or as rare loot drops. Now everyone will be able to equip items like the Veteran’s Grenades, Blade of Ulyus, Armor of the Destroyer, and many more to complete your sets!

We’re very pleased to announce that one of Relic Entertainment’s flagship titles, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II has introduced Steam Trading Cards to the experience, and is having a massive sale to celebrate! As players take up arms in the campaign or multiplayer modes, they will unlock Steam Trading Cards, chat emoticons, Steam profile backgrounds, and more! To celebrate, Dawn of War II will be on sale for 75% off until July 20 at 10AM PST. We can’t wait to usher in a new generation of Dawn of War players, as well as show veterans some love with new unlockables.

Developed by award winning Relic Entertainment, Dawn of War II ushers in a new chapter in the acclaimed RTS series - taking players to the brutal frontlines of war to lead an Elite Strike Force on a mission to save the galaxy.

Prepare yourself for the grim, dark future of the 41st millennium, where alien races battle mankind for galactic domination in a universe of unending war.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War has been updated to include Steam Trading Cards to enhance your experience! As players explore through the campaign and multiplayer modes they’ll unlock Trading Cards along with new badges, chat emoticons, and Steam profile backgrounds! To celebrate, Dawn of War will be 75% off until July 13th at 10AM PST.

Prepare yourself for the grim, dark future of the 41st millennium, where alien races battle mankind for galactic domination in a universe of unending war.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War has been updated to include Steam Trading Cards to enhance your experience! As players explore through the campaign and multiplayer modes they’ll unlock Trading Cards along with new badges, chat emoticons, and Steam profile backgrounds! To celebrate, Dawn of War will be 75% off until July 13th at 10AM PST.

Warhammer fans, good news!

The Space Marine Collection is on sale for 75% off on Steam from April 27-May 4.
The game has also been updated to now include Steam Trading Cards! Collect cards, earn badges, and do it all FOR THE EMPEROR!

A quick notice for all of our players: our Dawn of War servers will be down for maintenance from 3 pm PDT until 3:30 pm PDT. This downtime is for maintenance only, and does not include new content or a patch. As always, we have specifically scheduled this maintenance to fall outside of our peak player hours. We thank everyone for their patience during this time!

A quick notice for all of our players: our Dawn of War servers will be down for maintenance from 3 pm PDT until 3:30 pm PDT. This downtime is for maintenance only, and does not include new content or a patch. As always, we have specifically scheduled this maintenance to fall outside of our peak player hours. We thank everyone for their patience during this time!

Hello, fans! I wanted to take a quick moment to address our Dawn of War community and provide an update for you all!

First off, I'm very happy to announce that a minor patch that will be going out today. This update addresses a few technical issues, corrects some statistical anomalies and adds minor button functionality to our automatch completed game page.

In addition to this update, we also wanted to let everyone know that we will be building out our community team this year. We've shrunk in size here at Relic - from three people to one - and recognize that we need more assistance to better serve our Dawn of War community! We ask our fans for patience during this time, and are looking forward to introducing you to new staff as they come on!

Patch notes for today's update are as follows:

Dawn of War 2 Titles

Updated build:

ver. 2.6.10236 Dawn of War 2

ver. 2.6.10236 Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising

ver. 3.19.1.10235 Dawn of War 2 Retribution



1. WorldBuilder

We will be performing maintenance on the Dawn of War II servers on September 29th at 10:45 pm PDT (5:45 am GMT). The servers will be offline for approximately one hour and players will be unable to access online features during that time.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

We're excited to announce the launch of a new website and community forums for the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series. The site will be the home for all things DoW, including an all new set of forums.

Visit the site here.

The Relic community team and members of the development team here at Relic who have been working on the recent updates to the Dawn of War franchise will be active on the forums providing support and taking your feedback.

The forums will be where our primary focus is for technical issues and feedback, so please head on over. We will however continue to monitor the Steam communities, though not as much as we have been.

Thank you for your continued support of the Dawn of War series and we hope to see you at the official site soon!

In June we began the process of transitioning the original Dawn of War and its expansions from the GameSpy servers that hosted the games, ensuring that players continue to have access to Dawn of War’s multiplayer features after the shutdown. Moving the original game to a combination of Steamworks servers and our own Battle Servers allows us to continue to support the game.

We are committed to providing the same long term support to Dawn of War II and its expansions Chaos Rising and Retribution. Last month we began the process of moving these games to the same server systems that we are using for Dawn of War, Company of Heroes and Company of Heroes 2. We thank Dawn of War II players for their patience while we work to transition the Dawn of War servers.

The first step of this process was an Open Beta of the new Steamworks version of Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising. Today we are beginning that same process for Retribution. This Beta is open to all owners of Dawn of War II: Retribution.

To join the beta:

• Right Click Warhammer 40,00: Dawn of War II: Retribution in your Steam game Library
• Select “Properties”
• Click on the “BETAS” tab in the Properties Menu
• Select “openbeta” from the list of betas
• Download the new Beta

The Beta is a work in progress so please leave us feedback here on the Steam forums.

If you come across an issue that causes your game to crash we would appreciate if you would submit a bug report. This process is automatic and will launch after the crash. Doing so will allow us to discover potential issues more quickly.

The re-launch of the Dawn of War products comes with the introduction of the Battle Servers. This technology solves the connection and latency issues associated with peer-to-peer game play. Lagging players will no longer affect your multiplayer experience since each player connects directly to the Battle Server. This technology will allow you to experience multiplayer with a wider audience than was previously possible. As a result of the new Battle Server implementation we intend to remove LAN and peer-to-peer multiplayer.

Features removed:
• LAN / Direct Connect
• Ability to “Pause” during multiplayer.


These removed features are unfortunate side effects, but we strongly believe that continuing to support the multiplayer and online features of Dawn of War II: Retribution outweighs that loss.

We thank everyone in the Dawn of War community for their support of the game over the years, and are excited that we are going to be able to keep it running into the future.

Thank you.

- Relic Entertainment

Hello all –

On May 22nd, the original Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and its expansions underwent a major update in order to preserve multiplayer gameplay for all these titles.

Since their launch, Dawn of War and its expansions (Winter Assault, Dark Crusade and Soulstorm) have relied on the GameSpy service for multiplayer matchmaking. Since they are about to shut down their services for good it would otherwise leave these games without any way to play multiplayer. That is not an outcome anyone at Relic would want to see.

Dawn of War II and its first expansion (Chaos Rising) also rely on other external servers so we also intend to take this opportunity to migrate them over to Steam in order for a consistent multiplayer experience across the entire portfolio. This migration is in progress and we’ll have more details soon.

So, all titles in the franchise are being updated to use the same matchmaking and backend developed for Company of Heroes 2. This will not only mean multiplayer can continue on these titles, but the matchmaking experience will be improved. Matchmaking/login and so on will thus all be through Steam.

In the short term, there are likely to be some technical issues with the new setup. Recreating the multiplayer infrastructure for seven titles is no small feat, and there will be bugs. Ultimately, we felt that it would be better to get the update out in a slightly imperfect state in time to prevent an outright interruption in multiplayer play. So, bugs.

We are committed to tackling these bugs and getting all titles to be fully Steam enabled.

This update – and continued further support for DoW and DoW2 – is a big step for us at Relic. It’s a concrete signal of support for the Dawn of War franchise from us and from SEGA as a whole. Ever since SEGA acquired Relic we’ve been working on continued support for the Dawn of War back catalogue. It’s great for some of this to see the light of day at last.

I came to Relic in 2005 to work on the product that became Dark Crusade and went on to run narrative and campaign on both Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising. To be working on these titles again is a joy, and on behalf of all of us, I’d like to thank the fans who have continued to keep DoW in their hearts. You guys rock.

For the Emperor!

Philippe Boulle
Design Lead, Dawn of War Franchise

 

This weekend new troops are being sent to the Eastern Front as Company of Heroes 2 is having its first ever Steam Free Weekend.

Starting today and running until Sunday January 19th all Steam members will be able to play Company of Heroes 2 for free. No conditions, no catches, it’s the full Company of Heroes 2 experience and it’s a click away for all Steam members. Players will be able to experience the full single-player campaign, the single player and co-op Theater of War experience in Operation Barbarossa and of course the CoH2 multiplayer.

Veterans of CoH2 will not only have new allies and enemies to faceoff with in multiplayer this weekend, but as an additional bonus we are unlocking all of the game’s paid DLC commanders for four days of play. So if there’s been a Commander you’ve wanted to try on the battlefield then this is your chance.

As an additional bonus multiplayer automatch games will be awarding ten times the experience all weekend. Yup, that’s right 10x XP all weekend long for any automatch game.

Have a friend who you think would love Company of Heroes 2? This is the weekend to get them playing the game. And as an added bonus the game will be 66% off on Steam, allowing everyone who loves playing it for free to keep it for a very low price.

Welcome to Company of Heroes 2, we’ll see you on the front lines.