The fan-favourite and legendary release of Dawn of War and Dawn of War 2, originally developed by Relic Entertainment in 2004 and 2009 respectively, have just turned 20 and 15 years years old! To celebrate, weve put together two Anniversary Editions, collecting the original game with all its DLC and expansions, as well as a host of fun extras for fans. To celebrate 20 and 15 years of these seminal titles, the Anniversary Editions will be a free upgrade for all existing owners of Dawn of War 1, and Dawn of War 2! Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Anniversary Edition now includes: - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising - All additional DLCs such as exclusive multiplayer army skins, and campaign and Last Stand wargear previously only available as DLC packs.
With a focus on fast-action RTS gameplay, Dawn of War II brings to life the science fiction universe of Warhammer 40,000. Experience intense melee and devastating ranged combat. Use vicious melee sync-kills to obliterate your enemies. Outsmart your opponents using dynamic and destructible environments to suppress, flank and destroy your foes. Six Playable Factions Play as the transhuman warriors of the Space Marines, the savage and rowdy Orks, the mystical Eldar, the fiendish powers of Chaos, the ever-consuming Tyranids, and the mechanized force of the Imperial Guard. Three Epic Campaigns Guide an elite strike force of Space Marines through the original Dawn of War II campaign and its Chaos Rising follow-up. Then play as any of the six factions in Retribution, the finale of the whole campaign. Throughout, a full rpg-style progression and wargear systems allow you to grow your heroes from new recruits to hardened veterans of endless war. Plus, all three campaigns are fully playable with a co-op partner! Intense Multiplayer Take on the world in 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3 multiplayer matches. Choose for 3 heroes for each faction, leveling them up in match while building your army. Destroy the enemy in annihilation mode or battle for control in Victory Point mode. Last Stand Co-op Choose from eight playable heroes and group up with two co-op partners in Last Stand mode. Unlock wargear and customize your loadouts as you fight to survive through 20 waves of enemies from across the franchise.

Complete your Dawn of War collection with the ultimate limited-time offer for DoW fans. Get all major Dawn of War, Dawn of War 2, and Dawn of War 3 content with the Dawn of War Franchise Bundle. If you already own any Dawn of War franchise content, this smart bundle will adjust the price down, so that you only pay for content you don't have. For the Emperor!

Warhammer fans, give praise to the Dark Gods! Skulls for the Skull Throne 4 is here. Major discounts of up to 80% are now live across the whole Warhammer portfolio! Whether you're a heretic, xenos, or loyalist, there's bound to be something to suit your taste. All Dawn of War games are currently 75% off, a great time to tell friends or even gift a copy of one of your favourite games. Skulls for the Skull Throne isn't just a sale, it's a festival for Warhammer gaming! Check out the steam page for full info, watch awesome content on twitch, and revel in all things Warhammer. http://store.steampowered.com/sale/skulls/

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From today until Feb. 20th, up to save 80% off the Dawn of War franchise, up to 75% off the Company of Heroes franchise, 33% off Total War: Warhammer, up to 75% off the Total War franchise and up to 75% off the Endless franchise as part of the Make War Not Love 4 event.

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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…

After years of secrecy, were finally ready to confirm that the game youve been waiting for will soon be a reality. Its been so hard to hold in our excitement and we cant 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 youre as excited as we are, and were 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!

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!

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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.

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 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!

From Valentine's Day until Feb. 20th, save 75% off Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II, Company of Heroes 2 and Total War: Attila as part of the Make War Not Love 3 event.

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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!

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 characters 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!

Play the Dawn of War Franchise for FREE starting now through Sunday at 1PM Pacific Time! You can also pickup the Dawn of War Franchise at 75% off the regular price!*

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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.

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!

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!

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Last month 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 first expansion Chaos Rising. Thus we are beginning 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 is an Open Beta of the new Steamworks version of Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising. This Beta is open to all owners of Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising. To join the beta: • Right Click Warhammer 40,00: Dawn of War II 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 and currently there are some features that are not working, or are in progress. Here are some known issues we are working through: • Statistics, Win/Loss Counters, & Leaderboard data. • AI Multiplayer Behavior. • Referee Functions (May remove completely). • Team Free For All related issues. • Observer mode. • Chat Mute/Unmute does not function. 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. Other: • Games For Windows Live Removed. • Previously Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising Shared the same Leaderboards & Achievements. These have now been separated per title. 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 and Chaos Rising outweighs this 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