DoW: Dark Crusade demo

By Tom Bramwell Published 4 September, 2006

Try Relic's second expansion.

Those of you clamouring to get your mice-dice on Relic's second Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War expansion, Dark Crusade, will be pleased to discover there's a demo out showcasing the start of the single-player game. Or maybe you'll be inexplicably angry. You're pretty weird.

The demo will cost you 309MB in Internet, and can be downloaded from the aforementioned Internet. It features a tutorial as well as a pair of single-player missions, playable as either the Tau or the Space Marines.

Developed with the full blessing of those fine men at Games Workshop, obviously (one of whom once accused me of having "fat hands"), Dark Crusade brings the total number of playable races to a massive seven - Winter Assault, the first expansion, added The Imperial Guard to the Orks, Space Marines, Eldar and Chaos of the original, while this one brings us the Tau and the lively-sounding Neocrons.

The full version of Dark Crusade is due out on October 27th, and if you're too lazy to actually play the demo, why not stop by Eurogamer TV where we've got at least 428 different movies that you can take a look at? They're all listed on the gamepage, including the various phases of Neocron and an introduction to specific units, like the Tau Meatgrinder.

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About Tom Bramwell

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

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Comments (8) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Darkedge #1 6 years ago

    "The demo will cost you 309MB in Internet, and can be downloaded from the aforementioned Internet."

    ?????

  • Hunam85 #2 6 years ago

    £10 says Tom is still drunk from a night out...

    and Tom, its Necron....
    Edited by 1 at 04/09/06 @ 10:15

  • rudedudejude #3 6 years ago

    "It features a tutorial as well as a pair of single-player missions, playable as either the Tau or the Space Marines."

    I think you can only play as the Tau in this demo.

    They are releasing a Necron demo in coming weeks iirc.

  • JediMasterMalik #4 6 years ago

    I disliked the imperials, don't klnow why, just did. The Tau are much better imo. :)

  • Gl3n #5 6 years ago

    "while this one brings us the Tau and the lively-sounding Neocrons."

    Necrons.

  • absolutezero #6 6 years ago

    Neo Necrons.

    Yes its Tau only, and alot of fun they are aswell. Well they are when you fully upgrade the commander and he can fly about and kill entire squads.

  • YourMessageHere #7 6 years ago

    Much though I like this site, articles like this serve to point out that now and again you lot really need to pay a bit more attention. Yes, it's Necron, not Neocron, No, there aren't any in this demo, and no, you can't play marines in the demo. Moreover the Tau Meatgrinder is not a unit, it's a strategy, and where they pulled the word "phases" from I don't wish to know. Also, it showcases one skirmish map with take-and-hold rules, and the first part of one mission that appears to be a fair way into, possibly even near the end of, the single-player campaign.

  • Eraysor #8 6 years ago

    Necrons not neocrons...