Dawn of War II pre-order goodies

By Tom Bramwell Published 19 December, 2008

Steelbook and Wargear set details.

THQ hopes to get people pre-ordering Dawn of War II by offering special in-game content bundles through GAME, HMV, and other retailers in the New Year. If there are any other retailers left in the New Year.

As well as in the in-game extras, pre-ordered copies come in a special edition Steelbook priced at GBP 34.99. That's what that is in the picture over there, see? Well, down there. Yes I'm doing that thing to push the text down past the MPU again so we can fit in a picture.

Those who pre-order at GAME will be able to get their hands on the Destroyer Wargear Set, which consists of equipment for Avitus and his squad of Devastator Marines, with unique "Armour of the Destroyer" Devastator armour and a "Purge of Victory Bay" heavy bolter and "Unerring Thunderbolt" missile launcher.

The Destroyer Wargear Set also unlocks access to the Novamarines chapter of Space Marines, and four special colours for army-painting (Dwarf Bronze, Abyss Blue, Abyss Magenta, Butonic Brown).

Or, down the street at HMV, you can snap up the Sniper Wargear Set, with its unique "Grim Silence" armour, "Initiate's Lesson of Strength" shotgun and "Deathtouch of the Angel" sniper rifle to equip Cyrus's scout squad. It also includes the Angels of Redemption chapter and four exclusive army paint colours again (Abyss Yellow, Chainmail, Abyss Green and Rotting Flesh).

(Rotting Flesh so is a colour).

'Dawn of War II pre-order goodies' Screenshot 1

It may be at a jaunty angle, but this box means business.

Dawn of War II is due out for the PC on 27th February, and you can find a couple of previews and loads of videos, shots and other news over on the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II gamepage.

Picture of Tom.

About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

Read more articles from Tom by visiting the Tom Bramwell archive page.

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Comments (18) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Dizzy #1 3 years ago

    Awesome box art!

    /poses with banana
    Edited by 1 at 19/12/08 @ 14:57

  • DFawkes #2 3 years ago

    I want it a whole bunch, but now I can't decide which set of goodies I want! Stupid shop exclusives. At least they're usually with one store.

  • TriggerHippie #3 3 years ago

    I hate these bloody shop exclusives. Make a single CE or fuck off.
    Edited by 1 at 19/12/08 @ 15:15

  • Destrin #4 3 years ago

    Post deleted at 12:47:09 13-12-2011

  • Jigglybean #5 3 years ago

    I want i want i want! I cant wait for this one. The only problem is which one to chose!

  • systems #6 3 years ago

    @Destrin+1 (which makes TriggerHippie +2?)

    Note it's cheaper to pre-order from Game (£24.46) than to get it from Play.

  • Krusty #7 3 years ago

    Would prefer it on Steam, so no sale...

  • AtomicBanana #8 3 years ago

    90% sure it's bubonic brown

    Other than that, awesome! :D

  • figgis #9 3 years ago

    Rotting flesh is biege BTW

  • paketep #10 3 years ago

    In-game extras?. What are those, SecuROM and Games for Windows Shi.. Live?

  • DFawkes #11 3 years ago

    Just a thought, why did they bother with SecuROM on Dark Crusade when you can play it without the disc? Regardless, I care not for Live or SecuROM (unless there are limited installs), just a good game, in a nice case.

  • Gastrian #12 3 years ago

    I dislike purchasing things from Game but I prefer their exclusives so will have to get it from Game :-(

  • Schiraman #13 3 years ago

    Meh, after the way Relic left fans high and dry with the bug-ridden release of Soulstorm I'll be in no hurry to ever pre-order one of their games. Plus the info released about DoW2 so far has made it sound pretty underwhelming, so I'll be waiting for a review and at least one patch before (if) I buy.

  • Gastrian #14 3 years ago

    Have checked the GAME and HMV websites and neither makes mention of the tin or pre-order goodies and both seem to be priced the same as everywhere else. Is it a brick & mortar only offer or do we have to wait til next year to pre-order?

  • sneetch #15 3 years ago

    @Schiraman
    "Meh, after the way Relic left fans high and dry with the bug-ridden release of Soulstorm I'll be in no hurry to ever pre-order one of their games. Plus the info released about DoW2 so far has made it sound pretty underwhelming, so I'll be waiting for a review and at least one patch before (if) I buy."

    Soulstorm was developed by Iron Lore Entertainment who shut down in February, not Relic.

    Still very much on the fence over this one. Unsure about the single-player anyway.

  • stevetuck #16 3 years ago

    I refuse to buy from GAME out of the fact that they are the EA of the computer game shops in the UK... but HMV is so damn exspensivo :(

  • BlackKraken #17 3 years ago

    Its out on my birthday :D
    Not that ill get it then... Girlfriend always ends up buying the wrong game, id probably end up with Faces Of War or Gears Of War.
    DAMN YOU SIMILAR SOUNDING GAMES! *shakes fist*.
    Ill just end up buying it from ASDA anyway, its always at least £5 cheaper, some times even £15.

    Fuck you GAME, fuck you very much.

  • anomagnus #18 3 years ago

    roll on the end of feb!