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.

[Ruslan74]

get the info here with the trailer and screenies 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...

[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 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!

[doobiwan]

Heh heh, them orks, you gotta love them

[Ruslan74]

Orks neverz givez up a fightz!

[FeralBanana]

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