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Dawn of war II beta is now public! You can download it from steam.

Developed by award winning Relic Entertainment, Dawn of War II ushers in a new chapter in the acclaimed Real-Time Strategy series - taking players to the brutal frontlines of war to lead an elite strike force on a mission to save the galaxy.

It is the 41st Millennium in Sub-Sector Aurelia - a cluster of worlds on the edge of the Galaxy - and a battle of epic proportions is about to begin. Ancient races will clash across the planets that dot this section of space, battling for the greatest of stakes - not only the claim to the land and its bounty - but the fate of each race.

With a focus on fast-action RTS gameplay, Dawn of War II brings to life the science fiction universe of Warhammer 40,000 like never before. Experience the intimate brutality of battle as you play through the epic campaign. Clash with enemies on battlefields ablaze with visceral hand-to-hand and ranged combat. Lead and develop your squads into the most battle hardened elite strike force in the Galaxy.

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Da boyz need themselves a Nob they do

Registered on the site, got the key, started downloading through Steam, then realised it was Warhammer.

Better not be turn-based.

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slurper

You really don't know anything about the game, do you? ;-)

Dawn of War (1) was one of the most acclaimed real-time strategy (in my opinion rather real time tactics) games in recent history. It's set in the Sci-Fi timeline of Warhammer 40.000 by the way and you can get into it without any prior background knowledge. Read about the game first, grab beta keys later - otherwise you might snatch them away from people who actually care (good that I got a review copy). :-P

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War does not determine who is right - only who is left. - Bertrand Russell

Yes, got one!

Thanks, Crovax!

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Comfortably Numb

it's probably the same beta that I got in my steam list? o:

Ye... you get it on Steam if you own DoW:Soulstorm... which I bought yesterday for 3.75 EUR. ^^

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SaintK: I'm completely lost

Well, Soulstorm isn't worth much more TBH. ;-)

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War does not determine who is right - only who is left. - Bertrand Russell

Hehe... only played the first DoW... and I thought I could spend 3,75 EUR on this. ^^

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SaintK: I'm completely lost

Well - it's still DoW, so it can't be that bad. The problem with Soulstorm is that it is majorly unbalanced and considering that Relic shifted focus on DoW II now I doubt these issues will ever be resolved.
They dragged the game life cycle on for too long and the expansions got progressively worse, except for the new factions they introduced (apart from the last batch).
I'm worried that the same might happen to DoW II since initially there will be only one campaign and while introducing a new faction, the Tyranids (actually a very well-known faction in the tabletop game), they yet again removed most of the ones that were included in DoW I expansions so we have to brace ourselves for several expansions that will re-introduce them... And each one will be expensive and perhaps worse than the initial game, not to mention the fact that the engine will start to age...

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War does not determine who is right - only who is left. - Bertrand Russell

I know the tabletop quite good.

The rest: Ye... you're probably right. But with removing the base building now completely (at least I hope that I didn't miss something in my first quick skirmish match p0wning easy AI ^^), it should be easier to bring in new factions (more at once) with an addon. But money makes the world go round... -_-

So... I just wanna play some nice matches with my SpAmates... or getting p0wned cause I'm not an RTS guy.

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SaintK: I'm completely lost

Mint and me are playing it quite a bit. Contact us and get into mumble!

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Da boyz need themselves a Nob they do

Alright people the beta is now public. You can download it from steam.

Just a small pointer, the beta and mumble don't like eachother. If you are going to play the game with mumble on, be sure to turn of the overlay option in mumble. Other than that, get in there and start bashing!

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Da boyz need themselves a Nob they do