Dawn of War II beta is now available for everyone to try out! I've been playing it and I love how relic made the game so that you have to focus more on strategy and the actual battle rather than building a massive amount of forces to overwhelm your opponents. You can watch a video of some Dev's playing a game here to get a good idea as to what the game is like:http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=476
The beta can be downloaded from Steam or Games for Windows – LIVE Marketplace. http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=494
Beta Available on Games for Windows – LIVE Marketplace and Steam
January 27, 2009 — THQ Inc. today announced that the multiplayer beta for Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II, the award winning Real-time strategy (RTS) game from Relic Entertainment, will be available to the worldwide public via download on Games for Windows – LIVE Marketplace and Steam today at 7:01 p.m. EST (12:01 a.m. GMT).
“Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II exemplifies the seamless combination of technology and creativity that keeps the PC at the forefront of gaming innovation,” said Michael Wolf, senior marketing manager of Games for Windows – LIVE, Microsoft. “The multiplayer modes truly set a new bar for the genre, and Games for Windows – LIVE helps make it more accessible than ever before. We’re incredibly excited to be a part of the Dawn of War community.”
The beta features five multiplayer maps and all four of the game’s playable races: the Space Marines, Orks, Eldar and for the first time ever in the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series, Tyranids.
Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II, developed by THQ’s internal studio, Relic Entertainment, is a Real-time strategy (RTS) game set in the grim, war-ravaged world of Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 science fiction universe. Featuring vicious front-line combat, destructible environments, a fully cooperative multiplayer mode, four unique playable races, and a non-linear single player campaign with branching storylines, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II delivers the ultimate sci-fi fantasy RTS experience for Windows PC. The game is scheduled for release nationwide on February 19, 2009 and will be available through retail and online outlets. For more information on Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, please visit www.dawnofwar2.com.
"For eleven hundred years I have fought, and I have seen the darkness in our galaxy. I have seen the vileness of the alien and the heresy of the mutant. I have seen all the evil that the galaxy harbors, and I have slain all whoes presence defiles the Emperor. I have seen what you will see. I have fought what you must fight, and I have slain what you must slay..." - Commander Dante of the Blood Angels chapter (Warhammer 40,000)