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Was checking up on my old buddies over at www.relicnews.com and happened upon this link!!!

http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/warhammer40kdawnofwar2/news.html?sid=6193763&page=2

Hella-cool.

I can't access the site. Could you tell me what's on it?

For the work blocked...


GS: Take us through some of the new units in the game and some of your favorite new attacks.

JE: Two of my favorite Space Marine squads are the Scout Marines and the Assault Marines. We'll have more details on each later, but here's a quick preview.

The Scout Marines are your special-ops squad. They can infiltrate to scout out the enemy, or they can infiltrate to move behind enemy lines. They have a lot of cool abilities to play with once you are behind enemy lines. They can snipe enemies, plant demolition charges, disable enemy vehicles, or throw stun grenades. I've had hours of fun playing with this squad.

Assault Marines are more straightforward but also extremely fun to play with. They have jump packs, and are usually equipped with chainswords. You can launch them several hundred feet in the air and land them behind your enemies, or you can land them right on top of your enemy and send them flying (it's pretty devastating to land on people when you're wearing two tons of power armor). You can also send your Assault Marines in to chop people up the old-fashioned way with their chainswords. Or you can equip them with flamethrowers and watch them torch enemies to a cinder. Good times!

GS: We understand that destructible terrain will be a huge part of Dawn of War II. What are some effective forms of cover, and what are some points of cover you should ditch as soon as possible?

JE: You definitely have to use the terrain to your advantage if you want to stay alive in Dawn of War II. Leaving your units out in the open to get shot to pieces is not going to work out too well for you. Each map in DOW II will have dozens of terrain features you can use for cover: large rocks, fallen trees, wrecked vehicles, sandbags...the list goes on and on. When you're behind cover, you take very little damage from ranged units (unless they get behind you).

You can also garrison empty buildings and have your guys shoot out the windows. This will offer even more protection than cover, and protects you from all directions. But camping out in a building does make you more vulnerable to certain weapon types (like grenades and flamethrowers). And you also have to pay attention to what you use for cover, because some objects can be used against you if you decide to take cover behind them. Explosive barrels would be a good example of this.

GS: Are you planning on bringing over any of the RPG elements, like unit customization, over to multiplayer?

MN: We can't say too much about multiplayer gameplay just yet, but we're excited that Dawn of War II will offer free, fully functional, multiplayer gameplay using Games for Windows Live. From day one, achievements, TrueSkill multiplayer matchmaking, voice and text chat, a friends list that is consistent across both Windows and Xbox 360, and all other features of the Games for Windows Live service will be available free to all Dawn of War II players. Relic is excited to be partnering with Microsoft to join one of the largest multiplayer communities in the world and to be delivering an online experience that is second to none. We have some really awesome things planned and are creating a really unique experience that players are going to love. GS: Have you considered any co-op options for the campaign mode?

MN: Our campaign mode is definitely playable cooperatively if that's what you're asking. At any point in your campaign you can invite a friend to join and team up for as long as you enjoy playing together. More details on how co-op is going to work will be announced in the future.

GS: What can you tell us about multiplayer?

MN: I can tell you that it's shaping up to be a really unique experience. With Dawn of War II, our goal was to not only deliver an awesome sequel, but to push the genre forward and innovate. We're not happy with the status quo. We think players want fresh experiences. Our multiplayer game is going to offer that in spades.

GS: Finally, what do you think fans are going to think once they see the trailer and check out coverage of Dawn of War II at E3?

JE: We'll let the players judge the end result. But the team has worked hard on the trailer and the gameplay, and we definitely hope that players are excited by both!

GS: Thanks, gentlemen. Good luck at the show.

Lol, hit it on the nose!

This is the best news I've had in months.

I can finally enjoy Dawn of War without playing it on a friend's computer. . .hooray!

Very, very excited!


Thanks for the news.

With Blood Bowl and Talisman both on the way; it'll be a good console year.

Achilles wrote:With Blood Bowl and Talisman both on the way; it'll be a good console year.

Not to mention Aliens: Colonial Marines (space hulk v4)

I'm so chuffed over this news, I watched the trailer with my wife the other night and we both thought it was awesome, (movie worthy tbh) and I said to her then its a danged shame its only on the PC as I hate sitting at it for long periods of time, on top of my MMO fixes, but would snap it up in a heartbeat on the 360.

And dang, there it is.

Best news I heard in weeks.
This means I don't have to buy a new computer after all :p

Umm, guys it doesn't say it's on the 360 anywhere in there. Simply that the PC game will be using windows live. Which is the crap attempt by MS to force you to pay for a Live account to play your PC games. It failed a while ago, but looks like they are going to try again with this game and keep it free this time. The last game to use this was Shadowrun which was actually on 360 and PC, but I don't see anywhere in here where it mentions this game is now on 360 as well.

Unless of course I am just blind and someone could point it out to me.

It looks like you guys are getting confused over the line where it says your "Friends List will be consistent between your PC and 360".

ugh, I hope its not going to be cross platformed.

Strategy games do not make good console games, and they often end up dumbing down the PC version so it will work on a console.

I checked the official site and Wikipedia, but it is a PC exclusive. Nowhere does it say that it is also coming to the 360, not even in the interview if you read it carefully enough.

Though I do wonder, is Games for Windows Live an improvement over that piece of crap Gamespy or not?

It looks like you guys are getting confused over the line where it says your "Friends List will be consistent between your PC and 360".

Right. And thanks for ruining our dreams, Gamespot!

Oh well, Aliens: Colonial Marines and BB are still coming for 360.

stonefox wrote:

It looks like you guys are getting confused over the line where it says your "Friends List will be consistent between your PC and 360".

Right. And thanks for ruining our dreams, Gamespot!

Oh well, Aliens: Colonial Marines and BB are still coming for 360.

Gamespot isn't to blame for the misreading done by others..

Thank god it's PC only. I'm not a PC snob or anything and I play games on both console and PC, but RTS games are just better on PC. I've yet to see a good RTS on console, even ports.

So, yay for PC!

Dow2 is more suitable for PC than other systems, i can't wait this game's on sale!

For useful DoW2 info i found this lovely little FAQ on the relic boards...

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=199127

ps Boo, no xbox 360... sorry for misleading y'all

fitzeh wrote:For useful DoW2 info i found this lovely little FAQ on the relic boards...

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=199127

ps Boo, no xbox 360... sorry for misleading y'all

Please correct your thread title.