In development exclusively for PC and will feature cooperative play.
THQ has today announced Warhammer 40:000: Dawn of War II, the sequel to the hugely popular Dawn of War RTS series. The game is in development at Relic Entertainment and is scheduled for release in spring 2009.
The game is being built on an enhanced version of Relic's proprietary Essence Engine 2.0 and promises to offer gamers intense action and visceral combat through a non-linear single-player experience and a fully cooperative multiplayer campaign. We're also told the game will feature fully destructible environments and the most "visually-stunning Warhammer 40,000 setting ever created" - sounds great.
"Dawn of War II will re-define RTS gaming to gamers worldwide, delivering brutal frontline action and tactics, and allowing players to get straight to the action with unprecedented fast-paced RTS gameplay and a full co-op campaign, all in stunning cinematic detail," said Brad Carraway, vice president, global brand management, THQ
"Leveraging our critically acclaimed Essence Engine 2.0, gamers will develop and lead an elite strike force through Games Workshop's war-torn universe, engage in devastating combat among the ruins of fully destructible battlefields, and be immersed in an ever-changing single-player and co-op multiplayer campaign," added Tarrnie Williams, general manager, Relic Entertainment.
Additionally, THQ has announced that gamers purchasing copies of the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm will be able to participate in an invitation-only multiplayer beta program for Dawn of War II to take place at a future date.
Look out for more on Dawn of War II and more THQ titles over the coming week.
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YEA!!!! Now all we need is Diablo 3. I'd laugh like hell if blizzard made the announce that Diablo 3 has been in development for as long as Duke Nukem Forever and say that it'll be out in 2009.