Relic's RTS Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is getting a third expansion, which is a standalone affair.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm, to give it its full and lengthy title, features "an extensive interplanetary campaign spanning an entire star system" according to THQ and introduces two new races - one of which has been confirmed as the Dark Eldar.
On top of that, the existing seven races will be the recipient of new units, air units are being introduced and a medal system is being added to online multiplayer.
Plus, the "meta-game introduced in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade is further expanded to an interplanetary scale in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm, allowing players to battle across an entire star system."
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm is due in spring 2008.
Space Marines Orcs Eldar Chaos Imperial Guard Tau Necrons
One of the two races in this expansion is Dark Eldar. So that leaves:
Tyranids Daemonhunters and Witch Hunters
I'm sure I heard before that they want to leave Tyranids to DoW2 because the current engine can't do them justice. Personally, I'm hoping for Daemonhunters - Grey Knight Terminators are COOL.
I'm well pleased - they said after Dark Crusade that they weren't expecting to do any more expansions, but this one sounds cool. Like the DC one but galaxy-wide. Can you imagine trying to defend all of those? Crazy
One of the two races in this expansion is Dark Eldar. So that leaves:
Tyranids Daemonhunters and Witch Hunters
Initial rumours point to Witch Hunters, apparantely. I'd of thought Daemonhunters would be more likely though, what with them already adding Grey Knights in DC.
One of the two races in this expansion is Dark Eldar. So that leaves:
Tyranids Daemonhunters and Witch Hunters
Initial rumours point to Witch Hunters, apparantely. I'd of thought Daemonhunters would be more likely though, what with them already adding Grey Knights in DC.
Thinking about it, maybe Daemonhunters are a bit too similar to Space Marines - Witch Hunters would be a little different, and the predominantly (totally?) female troops would be an interesting twist.
Sounds awesome! Dark Eldar burn under my Eldar skillz!
Please Tyranids, can’t see the other races left being different enough from the space marines.
This should be great. Hope the “air” units are good though, and they take a leaf out of Creative Assembly’s book for the capaign; Dark Crusade campaign was weak as imo.
Sounds awesome! Dark Eldar burn under my Eldar skillz!
Please Tyranids, can’t see the other races left being different enough from the space marines.
This should be great. Hope the “air” units are good though, and they take a leaf out of Creative Assembly’s book for the campaign; Dark Crusade campaign was weak as imo.
I agree. The only race that comes close to them is the orkz, and the other ones are very similar to Space Marines.
I know there's a mod of 'nids, but they haven't finished yet. Though they are brilliantly modelled.
Q: Will Tyranids ever appear in Dawn of War A: Not in this version, no. Relic has stated that the current game engine for Dawn of War will do the Tyranid race any justice. Thus they won't appear.
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Edit: Ooo, but further down on the same page (in the Soul Storm FAQ bit) it says the 9th race could be the Witch Hunters or the Tyranids...
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