Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Definitive Edition is out August 14th, with a 30% discount off the $30 label price for owners of the Anniversary Edition. That discount applies to both Steam and GOG, and will be available for the “foreseeable future” (Fateweaver noises). Other currencies aren’t listed.
Relic have confirmed that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War: ReDawned: War For All: Come Get Some War Down Ya: One Dawntillion Wardollars Edition will be compatible with “over 20 years of lovingly crafted community mods”. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War: This Dawn, Its Warsenal Edition also comes bundled with all four expansions.
All told, the full package contains four campaigns and nine factions, namely Orks, Eldar, Spicy Eldar, Space Marines, Spicy Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Tau, Necrons, and Sisters Of Battle. Tyranids were never released, but you have to remember this was 2004, and the idea of having a swarming species of hive-minded purple bug aliens in a strategy game was ridiculous.
In terms of multiplayer, Relic say they’ve been “fixing some of the most egregious legacy bugs”, though balance will remain the same. They also plan to hang around for a bit after launch to fix “high priority issues”, and experiment with with changes to things like flying unit behaviour, unit pathing, and “quality-of-life settings such as grid key presets”.
As for general improvements, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of Phwoar, That’s A Lot Of War(hammer) edition features: image-based lighting, unit texture upscaling (“at least four times their original resolution), new world lighting, unit reflections, surface gloss, emissive lighting, and new shadows. There’s also an integrated mod manager, an “improved camera”, better draw distances, 4K support, and a better HUD for widescreen.
There is apparently a very minor controversy going on over the new trailer (above) replacing a Space Marine’s scream. The word ‘iconic’ has been used. This does not bother me, because everything that has ever come out of a Space Marine’s mouth is stupid, and the setting would be vastly improved if you replaced it all with goat noises. Although, as an Ork enjoyer, I realise I’m throwing stones from the glassiest of houses here.
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