Dawn of War Expansion Pack : Dark Crusade

[Ruslan74]

Some nice info of these appealing news :

THQ Inc. and internal development studio Relic Entertainment today announced that the second expansion pack in the Dawn of War franchise, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War -- Dark Crusade, is currently in development. The game will feature two new playable races, the Tau Empire and the Necrons, bringing the number of totally unique races to an unprecedented seven. The game is expected to release in fall 2006.
In addition to the two new playable races, Dark Crusade will feature an all-new single player campaign centering on the conquest of a "meta-map," with each territory captured giving tangible rewards to the occupying force. A greatly expanded multiplayer component and a completely unique economy model for the Necrons will present gamers with the most compelling Dawn of War game to-date.

"With Dark Crusade we have taken a very different and exciting route with the single player game, allowing the player to conquer the globe as any of the seven unique playable races," said Ron Moravek, vice president THQ, general manager Relic Entertainment. "The Dawn of War franchise has become synonymous with innovation and attention to detail and we have drawn on the extensive knowledge base that Games Workshop's exhaustive universe provides us with to bring classic Tau and Necron combatants to the battlefield on Kronos."

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War -- Dark Crusade is set in Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe, where armies of futuristic warriors, fighting machines and hordes of implacable aliens wage constant war.

:banana:

[Ruslan74]

get the info here (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/warhammer40000dawnofwarexp2/news.html?sid=6148650) with the trailer (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/warhammerdarkcrusaders/download_ini.html?sid=6148653&id=6148653) and screenies (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/warhammer40000dawnofwarexp2/screenindex.html) available for your viewing.

Tau and Necrons... yummy.

[doobiwan]

Can't wait! Broadside battlesuits with Rail cannon thingy's! ;)Gun drone swarms! I hope the new Pirhana's are in as well!

[Ruslan74]

oh yeah, and the Necrons have the Nightbringer... :eek:

[doobiwan]

Hmm. It looks like the Monolith is their "Ultimate Weapon"

I Wonder what the Tau "Ultimate" will be? The new Single player game also sounds very interesting.

[Ruslan74]

could be one of their souped up Devilfish or some super mech... i am keen to find out.

[Ruslan74]

i liked this part of the E3 preview (http://pc.ign.com/articles/706/706477p1.html) from IGN.

Aside from the new factions added to the expansion, Relic is also pushing a whole new style of campaign to the front. Instead of offering a linear level and story progression, the campaign will be set on the planet of Kronos. Following the events in Winter Assault, the Necrons decided to drop in on this planet and get up to no good. The Eldar followed shortly thereafter to try and stop the Necron at whatever cost and the Space Marines followed to keep tabs on the Eldar. Then of course the Chaos forces smelled blood and joined in the fight to gather more power and Tau entered into the picture to bring the Greater Good to this wayward planet. Finally the Orks showed up simply because they didn't want to be left out of the fight. Players will have the option to play through the campaign as any one of these factions and vie for control of the planet.


lovely... all 7 races battling it out on one planet! :banana:

[doobiwan]

Heh heh, them orks, you gotta love them ;)

[Ruslan74]

Orks neverz givez up a fightz! :D

[FeralBanana]

I'z da biggest, so I'z da bosz...

[Red_Mercury]

Hmm. It looks like the Monolith is their "Ultimate Weapon"

I Wonder what the Tau "Ultimate" will be? The new Single player game also sounds very interesting.

I'm not sure about the Monolith being their 'ultimate'. I think mabye the nightbringer. But then where does the monolith fit in? :confused: *groan* don't understaaannnnddd.

[FeralBanana]

Lol.. I see you got your sig back :p

[Red_Mercury]

Yes well... Apparently I had to activate my account..... AGAIN! weird >insert alien music here< :p

[FeralBanana]

:rofl:

/me makes the weird alien music to finance my crack addiction... :p

[doobiwan]

By the looks of things (Just what I get from the video), the Monolith will be the "fortress" that you'll be able to upgrade and finally take on the road with you ala Starcraft Human buildings.

I'm thinking maybe the Tau won't have, they rather have an Uber elite unit, like the new vespids. There's too many hammerheads in the video for that to be it. Fitting the theme would be an uber "suit", so maybe an uprated broadside or something.

[Ruslan74]

i think the map on a 8 free-for-all would be too small for each race!

place a Baneblade, Monolith, and the other uber units in the middle to slug it out!

[doobiwan]

Ouch!

[Red_Mercury]

They should make bigger maps and a bigger unit cap. I need lots of people killing each other. LOTS!! VIOLENCE!!!! GORE!!! *cough* sorry.. Does Anyone actually play warhammer here? mmmmmm.... choices.... Undead..... Robots ('n stuff)... Undead.... Robots.... uuuuuuhhhhhhh.....:confused:

I'm getting really irritated. My "256k" internet only goes at 128k. gggrrrrrrrr... *kicks the dog* *drinks some more vodka* Itssshhh realllyyy bugggginggg me. *kick the next door neighbour's kid down the stairs* (oops)

[Megnut3025]

@Red Mercury... I dont want to like say anything serrrious here but...Ummm mebbe you should phn this number... 555-HELP for Ummm the obvious!! :p

Or your other option is just to get a bigger better uber internet connection!!! :rofl:

[Red_Mercury]

I could only get better internet if I sold my mother..... wwwaaaiiitttt.... that's not a bad idea!!!!;) Now does anyone here play warhammer?

[Red_Mercury]

I could only afford it if I sold my mother.... waaiiittt... That's not a bad idea!!!;) .... Can't wait for the expansion to come out *sigh*

[Red_Mercury]

I don't know if anybody knows, but you can make your own heros like in The Battle for Middle Earth 2 (which WAS a good game, contrary to my friends' opinion). Pretty cool; your own custom hero:rolleyes: *daydreams for a bit* mmmmmmmm...

[doobiwan]

I could only get better internet if I sold my mother..... wwwaaaiiitttt.... that's not a bad idea!!!!;) Now does anyone here play warhammer?


Yeah, I do/did, haven't really played since my Yung'Un came along. I have about 2500pt's of dark angels, 3000pt's of Lizardmen and about 2500pts of Orcs. Had a whole Eldar army on order that I never took delivery of :$

Yourself?

[lotus]

ah, I was so waiting for the Necrons to be "awakend" :D Can't wait till the expansions released. Ooh I see they gave the necrons the "we'll be back" rule... Uber :) and the Necron lord has the resurrection orb.

[doobiwan]

Looking good
http://pc.ign.com/articles/738/738032p1.html

Due on Nov 16
http://www.btgames.co.za/BTGames/InfoPages/02972.asp?IndexNo=296

Apparently the 'expansion' can actually be played stand alone, you just don't have access to all the races in Multiplayer. That's really cool considering it's only R165, more games should do that, like 2142 ;) . . .