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Lead a Blood Ravens strike force through real-time squad battles, improving your fighters and using cover, abilities, and gear.
Released 18 Feb 2009
Use Cover And Flanks
Retreat To Regroup
Upgrade Squad Gear
All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II in one package. Play the award-winning real-time strategy game in all its glory, including three full campaigns, six multiplayer factions, and a full co-op Last Stand mode with eight unique heroes.
Developed by Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux) · Published by Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux)
You command an elite Blood Ravens strike force in a campaign against threats including Orks, Eldar, Tyranids, and Chaos. The Anniversary Edition bundles Dawn of War II, Chaos Rising, Retribution, The Last Stand, and DLC.
Battles focus on a handful of squads rather than base building or resource management. Take on missions by positioning units in cover, flanking enemies, and using melee, ranged attacks, and squad abilities.
Campaign missions develop your commander and squads through experience, skills, and collected gear. The package also includes a campaign playable cooperatively, multiplayer with six factions, and The Last Stand, a cooperative survival mode.
Players who enjoy the game often value its tactical, small-squad combat and the way positioning and abilities reward careful decisions. Reviews also frequently appreciate developing squads with new skills and gear, along with the campaign’s story and co-op option. Some players prefer this focused approach, while others miss the larger armies and base building of traditional RTS games.
Warhammer Classics is a collection of the greatest titles from the annals of Warhammer video game history, spanning the last 30 years, brought back to life as a series to celebrate their iconic legacy.
Because of their classic nature, some of the content may not accurately reflect current depictions, lore, or presentation within the current Warhammer universes and settings
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition is the definitive Dawn of War II experience, featuring the original Dawn of War II, Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising, Dawn of War II - Retribution, Dawn of War II - The Last Stand, as well as all DLCs and cosmetic items.
With a focus on fast-action RTS gameplay, Dawn of War II brings to life the science fiction universe of Warhammer 40,000 like never before. Experience the intimate brutality of battle as you play through your chosen race’s epic campaign. Clash with the enemies on battlefield ablaze with visceral melee and ranged combat. Lead and develop your squads from raw recruits into the most battle hardened veterans in the galaxy.
Brutal Frontline Action & Tactics
Get straight into the action to 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.
Non-Linear Single Player Campaign
Command an elite strike force, developing the skills and abilities of your squads and commander as you progress through the game.
Co-Op Multiplayer
Play through the entire single player campaign co-operatively with a friend, at any point in the game, anytime.
Bespoke RTS Engine
Utilizing Relic's proprietary Essence Engine 2.0 Dawn of War II delivers cinematic visuals, detailed graphics and amazing special effects.
In Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising you will take command of the Blood Ravens and defend the sector against the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion. Purge the Chaos filth and hold the chapter together as traitorous forces work from within to try bring down the Blood Ravens.
New Single Player Missions
Continue your fight against the enemies of the Emperor and use your squads’ wargear, abilities, and experience to battle against Chaos in 15 new missions
New Multiplayer Race
Swear loyalty to the Chaos Gods and play as the bloodthirsty Chaos Space Marines in multiplayer battles against both Chaos Rising and Dawn of War II owners
New Units
New multiplayer units join the Space Marines, Ork, Eldar, and Tyranid armies.
2 New Last Stand Heroes – Face off against the relentless horde as either the Chaos Sorcerer or Tyranid Hive Tyrant
Command any of the six unique factions in the next standalone expansion of the critically acclaimed Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise. Choose to build a massive army or lead a small squad of elite heroes into battle and experience a single player campaign customized to your favorite race.
Multi-Race Campaign
For the first time in the Dawn of War II series, players will be able to experience a single player campaign with any of the six available races.
Build your Army
Upgrade your heroes and unlock new buildable units as you progress through the single player campaign.
6 Playable Races
Choose from six multiplayer races, each with their own unique super heavy units.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 73 |
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| Players | 1–8 |
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| Multiplayer | The package includes competitive multiplayer, online co-op campaign, and The Last Stand co-op survival mode. The main campaign is stated to be playable co-operatively with one friend at any point. The Last Stand supports 3 players, and multiplayer includes six factions. Reviews also mention skirmish/PvP and play versus AI. |
| Multiplayer & mods | One review mentions playing co-op with mods that add factions such as Tau or Tyranid. No official mod support details or multiplayer compatibility rules are provided in the supplied text. |
| Controller required | No |
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| Metacritic | 85/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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