No change to Dawn of War II Euro date

By Tom Bramwell Published 20 January, 2009

Despite US ship date moving forward.

THQ has announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II will be released a week earlier than expected in the US on 19th February.

Alas, however, THQ UK told Eurogamer this morning that our release date stands firm as 20th February, so we're not first any more. Oh well!

With the game a month away from release, inevitably it's also been confirmed finished, which prompted an avalanche of excitable executive quotes. Well, two, of which one is developer Relic's general manager Tarrnie Williams, who said the game "stays true to the fast-paced, brutal heart of the Dawn of War series, while introducing branching single-player storylines and unique unit customisation".

That's not too hard to believe, as you will know if you picked up on the game's star billing in out Coming Attractions: Fighting & Strategy feature last week, where we hoped out loud that new approaches in single-player and multiplayer would satisfy a broader audience as well as looking mega-snazzy.

THQ also plans to begin a multiplayer open beta on 28th February following an exclusivity period for owners of Dawn of War expansion Soulstorm, which starts tomorrow.

We'll also have some exciting news for Dawn of War II fans tomorrow ourselves, so stick around if you fancy getting closer to Relic's latest take on the Warhammer universe.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Mr_Dodger #1 3 years ago

    Tom, the open beta is 28th Jan, not Feb.

  • DFawkes #2 3 years ago

    Another wrong! That's 3 wrongs in 3 days. the standards of EG have really slipped. I think the best part this time is the fact Tom has gone to the bother of linking to the article that tells you the real date.

    Regardless, I'm actually happy it's not been moved as I won't have enough money until it's current release date.

  • sneetch #3 3 years ago

    OMG Blizzard (or whoever) hates Europe!

    @DFawkes
    I think tomorrow Tom's articles will read: "What am I, your mother? I don't know, click the bloody link and read your own stupid article!" :)

  • DFawkes #4 3 years ago

    :D

    I bet it will, and it'll still be wrong somehow. Forgot about the beta though, should be good. It'll be the second time I've ventured online with an RTS, hopefully more sucessfully this time. I think the lack of base building and more RPG-like approach should work well for a multiplayer RTS, but we'll see in just over week :)

  • hiddenranbir #5 3 years ago

    EuroWronger! WrongoGamer!

  • Turrican #6 3 years ago

    Rumour is it only got 82% in UK PCGamer - maybe the dumbing down of the rts rules hasn't worked how they intended...

  • DFawkes #7 3 years ago

    Or maybe 82%, if taken as a realistic numerical representation of the review, is pretty bloody good. 82% certainly isn't an "only" score. I'd say it'd received only 60% perhaps, maybe even only 70% at a stretch, but 82% is a good score.

  • Ryuken #8 3 years ago

    The PCG UK review is 82% and it certainly doesn't speak of a bad game anywhere, though it does note Relic made some mistakes (just like they did with Dark Crusade and Soulstorm).

  • sneetch #9 3 years ago

    @Turrican
    Rumour is it only got 82% in UK PCGamer - maybe the dumbing down of the rts rules hasn't worked how they intended...

    Indeed I'm not 100% sure on the limitations they've put on the RTS side especially the fact that you'll be restricted to, what is it, four squads in the campaign but it sounds like a good Dungeon Siege style experience so I've pre-ordered it. If you're want to see a complete mangling of the RTS element see the new Company of Heroes expansion, now that game has been dumbed down so much as to be pointless now, IMHO (controlling a single unit does not strike me as an RTS thing to do).

    However:

    1) Rumour. I heard a rumour that the Emperor himself blesses those who like the game. ;)
    2) Have they even sent out review copies yet? I'm always a bit doubtful.
    3) If this was an exam it'd be a B+ result (over here at least). Pretty damn awesome.
    4) Although he appeared to like it the reviewer in UK PC Gamer is one guy and one guy's opinion is not everything. Without reading the review we don't know why he marked it down (or up as the case may be). For all we know he might have been planning on giving it a 100% score but then the game called him fat, stupid and ugly and kicked his dog (yes, I know it's unlikely but we don't know).

    Edit: purging heretical '(' characters for the Emperor.
    Edited by 1 at 20/01/09 @ 15:15

  • sneetch #10 3 years ago

    @Ryuken
    The PCG UK review is 82% and it certainly doesn't speak of a bad game anywhere, though it does note Relic made some mistakes (just like they did with Dark Crusade and Soulstorm).

    Relic didn't do Soulstorm, Iron Lore Entertainment did. But that might be the mistake they were talking about. ;)