This is the new Dawn of War 2 trailer. Check it out HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MbOQTp8yd0).

"This planet is ours witch"

"No, this planet is theirs."

Enjoy

JvK B)

Wow, that's impressive!

However, I have troubles telling the Blood Angels' enemies in the dark - are those Eldar or Dark Eldar?

Nice!

BTW those would be Eldar. Banshees, Warp Spiders, Rangers, Farseer maybe?

Good times.

Damn man, seeing that dreadnought heavy flamer that Banshee's face off made me laugh.

It looks GREAT!

Excitment!

*dribbles* :silly:

OMFG! that was amazing, that may well be the best intro trailer i have ever seen. Yep.

Awesome trailer, though my only criticism is that the Warp Spider Exarch's deathspinners seemed to fire some kind of plasma balls rather than the shredding mono-filament wire expected in the fluff.... But I'm just being pedantic :-)

Awesome trailer, though my only criticism is that the Warp Spider Exarch's deathspinners seemed to fire some kind of plasma balls rather than the shredding mono-filament wire expected in the fluff.... But I'm just being pedantic :-)

More than that, I thought his dying was unrealistic too.

He should have at least shouted out:

"My artist's face!" or

"My hair cut!"

or something befitting of his hanky wielding ways.

I saw this yesterday, and thought something along the lines of "OMFGWTFBBQAFKWICIMP"

Really awesome... makes me want it all the more D:

Hawtness!
When is this being released? I may need to start buying more of my new computer parts.

Now, my current set up is a little...old. Was I supposed to see something there at the end when the view shifted up to the Moon? Like, Chaos, Nids, or Necrons making Planetfall?

zomg can't wait for this. I loved DoW (though I never got the expansions...computer couldn't hardly run them :() Makes me want to go play DoW again!

:beer::beer:

Given its red colour, I think a lot of people are saying either chaos or nids. My money is on nids though, given that a lot of people have been wanting them for quite some time.

As for a release date, I think is still TBA. But not sure.

Oh man, that was just plain sweet.

Bonus points on actually making Marines 8-10 feet tall though. I think that's the first time I've seen them represented as such, even in the Dawn of War series.

Edit: One should also not miss out on the thirty seconds or so of montage'd gameplay footage.

YouTube - Dawn of War 2 - Gameplay Montage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi1vB8-3O4w)

OMG WOW....just...WOW. Werent those warp spiders awesome with their jumping! Ive never been so excited for a game.

Wow to kill that farseer that sergeant must have got 3 hits, 3 wounds and the farseer failed all its invunerables.

I think it must be tyranids because don't chaos and necrons just kind of appear.

Or it just took a chainsword to the abdomen. Look at the farseer intestines, boys! She ate a baby for breakfast.

Hoping for 'Nids, coulda been Chaos I guess.

I like how the space marines were large, but their movements were a lot clunkier than I imagine space marines moving.

Other than that, Awesome preview.

It's nids. Gotta be. I might only have a hunch, but looking at the skies in the last scene, it reminds me of what i think a tyranid invasion would look like - covering the entire night sky. Look at the clear moon in the first scene, then compare it to the hardly visible one in the last - i assume only a nid invasion would move so fast.

Process of elimination - the farseer (?) warned the sergeant about them, which means that they are a dark, evil + powerful force - im thinking necrons, chaos or nids. Necrons wouldn't attack from the sky, and chaos have already been showcased, so that leaves tyranids.

Unless i have fallen subject to the clever use of marketing + teasers, and this is totally wrong...

Btw I really like the fights, the sergeant is exactly what i thought one would seem like, cold, stubborn + powerful enough to take on a farseer! The warp spider was pretty neat too. It sucks though as in game terms, a lot of those shots would be saved by armour, none of the cool surprise-shruiken-shots-to-the-face. Ah well. All in all, pretty cool preview.

Smoked banshee, anyone?

It is the Tyranids. One of the reasons they were not included in DoW1 was the difficulty in pathing as many Tyranids as the game would require. Tyranids come in large groups and that requires a more robust engine.

The Trailer was sweet, though. The Farseer did not look Eldar-ish to me, though. I always had them appearing more elfin, in my mind's eye.

It was awesome to see them in action, but I do feel that fluff-wise it was a bit poor - I mean, what do you think would happen on the tabletop 9 times out of 10 if a Howling Banshee squad accompanied by a Farseer attacked a standard SM Tactical squad? A Sergeant really shouldn't be able to dispatch a Farseer that easily and the Howling Banshee masks, whilst making the right noise, didn't seem to have any effect on the Space Marines whatsoever. Plus, they're meant to be armed with power weapons so that SM armour ought to present no real resistance.... :-P Plus, I really don't like the semi-metallic voices they've given the Eldar - it should be a sing-song melodic voice, not some kind of synthesiser....

But it was still very cool :-D

And yes, I'd agree that those were 'Nids in the sky - it looked like an enormous insect swarm covering the sky, which is exactly how I'd envisage it.

Edit: Hmmm, well I guess there was a Dreadnought and a couple of Assault Marines in support, but still - should've been a convincing Eldar victory ;-)

The Trailer was sweet, though. The Farseer did not look Eldar-ish to me, though. I always had them appearing more elfin, in my mind's eye.

Yeh i have to agree, she looked more like a female human than an alien.

I thought the Eldar was very well realized ... and it decried the cliche of making eldar look way too ... inhuman. They're humanoids with longer ears and slightly more elongated features. Waddaya expect ...

Damn man, seeing that dreadnought heavy flamer that Banshee's face off made me laugh.

It looks GREAT!

Excitment!

*dribbles* :silly:
psychopath.

Does anyone else think the eldar do kind of terribly in this battle? i mean, come on, they should have owned the marines hands down. LAMO

that farseer is just so dumb, she's like, i'll stand in front of the enemy in plain sight with a clear field of fire to me, and do nothing until they're 2m from me. Couldn't she tell they were gonna get owned?

Whatever the criticisms I still reckon that was one of most awesome videos I've ever watched. Really captures 40K I think.

And about the ending, I'd take a stab at either a warpstorm brewing or maybe 'Nid spores?

Ill trump for nids. Just needed the jaws music at the end, DUN DUN, DUN DUN, DUN DUN DUN etc
'This planet is ours b*^%h!' lol

PL

It is the red rain that precedes a tyranic invasion. JvK B)

I am going to go with she was a little busy with whatever psychic trick she was attempting to take cover. Besides being a Farseer she may have "seen" that it was at that place and time she would die doing something to save many more Eldar lives.

As for the Eldars poor showing. Chock that up to bad dice rolls, really low numbers and the Marines being allowed to win an opening for once.

All hints are at a system-wide defensive of an impending threat ... this fits the scope of a Tyranid invasion nicely, especially since whatever race you were playing would be cut off from help once arrived due to the Shadow.

Except Necron seeing as how they don't use the Warp for interstellar distances. :D

OMG I CANT WAIT!!!!

Well, I have playing DOW since about 2005, and will continue to play it with DOW2.

I am glad that the SMurfs whooped ass! (I really dont like eldar)

As far as SMurf movements I thought it was pretty good, I don't think they should be gymnasts. and that Dreadnaught was friggin sweet!!!!!!!!!!

Im so excited this post is all over the place!

The farseer was hot.

*chuckles*

Yea, but a Xeno none the less you heretic!

psychopath.

Does anyone else think the eldar do kind of terribly in this battle? i mean, come on, they should have owned the marines hands down. LAMO

that farseer is just so dumb, she's like, i'll stand in front of the enemy in plain sight with a clear field of fire to me, and do nothing until they're 2m from me. Couldn't she tell they were gonna get owned?

Well.... Tabletop terms it was ~1 tac squad + 1 dread + 5ish assault marines. Tac squad had a HB, dunno bout 2nd weap. Eldar had 5ish banshees, a single warp spider (exarch) a single ranger and a farseer. I do believe that tabletop, the marines wouldve completely curbstomped the eldar. HOWEVER, i will sa that, even in lore, I do not believe that a tac serg couldve killed a farseer, unless he snuck up on here (which is, more or less, impossible) and sworded her. Although it did look cool.

Question: I think we all realize that, both lore and tabletop, the only real difference between a sergeant and a line trooper is just experience, and maybe a different weap. I mean, theres no genetic or bionical difference (usually). So, can anyone tell me how a marine, in FULL battle armor, got zapped by the farseer, but the sergeant, with no helmet on, took 3ish seconds of lightning to the face and wasnt even scarred or burned, much less dead? (Im just wondering, not trying to ruin it or anthing, I should congratulate them for an awesome intro.)

Okay G-Dub, you have the Characters, you have the Tech, you just made a preview,

NOW WHERE'S MY G'DANG MOVIE?!

I usually find myself saying "they can't do a movie, they never will do a movie", but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't do a movie! Right now, I'll settle for a DVD release in the next Box Set, just a basic one to get you a feel for what you are about to start doing on the tabletop.

Anyhow, I guess the PC will get all the lovin' for a little while, I want this game to run smooth as an Eldar's backside.

Very cool, looked really awesome
That means the 4 races are now confirmed as Blood Ravens Space Marines, Orks, Eldar and the Tyranids.
Poor Chaos didn't make the cut but that just means they can put more effort into making a good chos army for expansion pack to face off against guard.

Farseer couldn't beat the Sgt cos they were in combat and Sgt charged so he had 4 attacks, more than enough to paste an Eldar given that the farseer woud have lost the combat, failed the morale check and was killed by sweeping advance...
Makes perfect sense.

What?!?!? Dawn of War without Chaos?

40K without Chaos?

GW Without Chaos?

It... just doesn't work. Chaos MUST be in the pack, even if they don't appear in this movie.

Wow. The intro vid had better be pretty damn awesome to outdo that!

Truly fantastic. When GW sell me the rights and I'm a world-class director, that is going to be my inspiration :dance:

Very cool, looked really awesome
That means the 4 races are now confirmed as Blood Ravens Space Marines, Orks, Eldar and the Tyranids.
Poor Chaos didn't make the cut but that just means they can put more effort into making a good chos army for expansion pack to face off against guard.

Farseer couldn't beat the Sgt cos they were in combat and Sgt charged so he had 4 attacks, more than enough to paste an Eldar given that the farseer woud have lost the combat, failed the morale check and was killed by sweeping advance...
Makes perfect sense.

Maybe there will be 5 races?

I sort of doubt that they will cut Chaos from the original release, people who never got any of the expansions are gonna be all "WTFNOCHAOSOMFGDIE!!!!!1!"

Cinematic was awesome btw, all 6 times I watched it.

What?!?!? Dawn of War without Chaos?

40K without Chaos?

GW Without Chaos?

It... just doesn't work. Chaos MUST be in the pack, even if they don't appear in this movie.

40k had no chaos for a few years at the start, they'll be fine.
Just save the Alpha Legion Icons from DoW and put them in the Dow2 icon directory. Then paint up marines as Alpha Legion. You can add the manic laughter and stuff by muttering to yourself each time you select a unit.

You can add the manic laughter and stuff by muttering to yourself each time you select a unit.

...

I have a bad feeling that I may already do this...

Either way... excellent suggestion. I never thought something so stupid sounding would actually placate me so easily...

Thanks, I guess.

:silly:

Until it's confirmed I don't believe for a second that the 4th race is 'Nids. That's just wishful thinking as far as I'm concerned.

Look at the shape of the cloud at the end of the video. The position of the moon inside it makes it look like an eye. Which makes me think eye of terror/eye of Tzeench (whatever, chaos seems to love its eyes, so meh).

Additionally, they KNOW DoW2 will sell, whether or not 'Nids are in it. All they need to do is release the game, then mention Nids will be in an expansion pack at some point, and all the people that have been going mental for them will whip themselves up into a fervour over it. The marketing may as well just be "olol this expansion is nids" and it'd sell like hot cakes.

That, and I'm sick to death of hearing "they can't afford not to put 'Nids in" or "It must be 'Nids because they weren't in the first game".

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see the 'Nids - Seeing a carnifex stomping around turning those pansy Eldar into red jelly has been something I've anticipated for a long time. But Chaos seems a safer bet. And with all the hype around Tyranids EVER entering into the series, it seems like too big a cash cow to simply pass up.

I can confirm that every race will be in this game in one form or another, no exceptions at all. The engine can more than handle it now so please enough nay-saying. Be Cool. :dance:

JvK B)

I can confirm that every race will be in this game in one form or another, no exceptions at all. The engine can more than handle it now so please enough nay-saying. Be Cool. :dance:

JvK B)

Where are you getting all your info from?

I didn't say the engine couldn't handle Nids (Or that they wouldn't be in the game at all, as that is just a bad idea). Just that I highly doubt they will be in the initial release, since they will be an amazing way to make profits with an expansion.
Call me a skeptic regarding Tyranids, though I didn't mean to pooh-pooh the race from actually entering into the series.

The eye shape does seem to hint at Chaos, unless I'm reading way too much into space cloud formations.

Where are you getting all your info from?

hey hey! don't question Jared Van Kell!

Or the LO heavies (that's me, Toastee and Kuffy in gas masks) will have to come over and break your kneecaps!!

And as long as Chaos are in it I shall be a happy chappy-cactus-gengar-thing.

@ Malignant one

Don't we all read into cloud formations too much?

"What's the elephant doing with that ice cream?"


stuff like that...

@ Malignant one

Don't we all read into cloud formations too much?

"What's the elephant doing with that ice cream?"


stuff like that...

I don't think thats an elephant.... O_o I didn't think penguins could do that!

But anyways, I['m hoping for nids. Not that it matters because my computer can barely handle the origional DoW (with a fair bit of lag at that).

I seem to recall hearing somewhere that DoW 2 would only run on Vista. Don't quote me on that though.

I seem to recall hearing somewhere that DoW 2 would only run on Vista. Don't quote me on that though.
Probably not, thats usually just microsoft games like halo 2, probably to get people to buy vista. Vista is good though, don't let these evil apple mac people taint you.

...don't let these evil apple mac people taint you.

Are you sir implying that the original Dawn of War has been released on Mac OSX without my knowledge???

That would be a glorious occasion, for though I will not stoop to buying a Windows PC, I weep every day for my lack of DoW! ...Okay, I actually usually forget that the game exists, but if I remembered every day that it did I would WEEP!

DoW2 is both XP and Vista, it's been confirmed a few times.

Oh, and it's Nids, i promise you.
I mean Relic peeps on The official forum said that by watching the intro it would be obvious who the next race is. But of course when the chaos fanboys went beserk and going "ITZ TEH WARP!" They agian posted something along the line os "Guess it wasn't that obvious..."

Wow. The intro vid had better be pretty damn awesome to outdo that!

That was the Cinematic intro.

Damn man, seeing that dreadnought heavy flamer that Banshee's face off made me laugh
I laughed at so many other killing moves as well. Like the Warp Spider getting all that blood splattered onto his armour. Exciting times.

The graphics, it has to be said, are simply amazing.

Plus, here (http://www.dawnofwar2.com/us/screenshots/) we have some amazing new screenshots:D:D:D.

I love that Warboss killing the marines. In fact, it's my Wallpaper.

ED: I can't be bothered linking it, but in an interview with one of these game sites, the producers said that the games will be more about individuals, smaller squads and less of them (although how they plan to do Nids like that I don't know).

ED 2: Ah screw it, I just found it in my Inbox, here, (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/warhammer40kdawnofwar2/news.html?sid=6193763&mode=previews) knock yourselves out. Plus, you may also like this (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/warhammer40kdawnofwar2/news.html?mode=previews&om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;previews)

-AFG//

The video looks amazing...only problem now is somehow getting a PC, as my damn Mac doesn't play it!...

hey hey! don't question Jared Van Kell!

Or the LO heavies (that's me, Toastee and Kuffy in gas masks) will have to come over and break your kneecaps!!

An ya not gonna wanna mess wiv dem ladz. :sinister:


@ Malignant one

Don't we all read into cloud formations too much?

"What's the elephant doing with that ice cream?"

stuff like that...

LOL

JvK B)

Soooo When I saw this the first thing I thought can only be represented by a series of emoticons.....

:dance::beer::dance::thunder::dance::qq::victory:: victory::sigarette::good::love::pray::fingers-crossed::):laugh::D!!!


:shame:

so, maybe that wasn't appropriate, heh, o well..

Tyranids would be fun, but I had heard previously it would be Marines and Orks initially (with expansions to come). Since the video shows eldar, I can be hopeful more than 2 races will be accessible in DoW2 to start..

that warp spider scene was awesome!
holy crap that looks cool, if they made an entire movie like that I'd never get sick of watching it!

those banshees sent chills down my spine :dance:

that autopsy novel hinted at a lot of interesting stuff regarding eldar, and the races in general



oh, and that's definately a tyranid tendril closing in on the planet.

i expect to see stuff getting sliced up by a lictor in another trailer :P




and.. please for the love of slaanesh, no more "metal boxes!!"-lord for chaos..

please??

When they shift to the view of the moon that looked like an arm of an approaching nids invasion, but thats just my opinion.

that is absolutely freakin brutal!! i love it it really shows just how intense and brutal warhammer 40k is

o and "they" i think are chaos, cause if you pause it at 30 seconds you see a stone tablet behind the farseer with the symbol of khorne on it...so thats my guess

o and "they" i think are chaos, cause if you pause it at 30 seconds you see a stone tablet behind the farseer with the symbol of khorne on it...so thats my guess

Really? I kind of want nids more :( Chaos is wicked and all but we already have space marines, and although chaos IS cooler, nids will be better than them all.

My prediction is that we'll see races come out much the same as the original DoW ie, Chaos, Smurfs, Eldar, Orks, then an expansion with maybe IG and Nids or something like that.

-AFG//

that is absolutely freakin brutal!! i love it it really shows just how intense and brutal warhammer 40k is

o and "they" i think are chaos, cause if you pause it at 30 seconds you see a stone tablet behind the farseer with the symbol of khorne on it...so thats my guess

I thought this too at first but then I looked at the several chaos codex and could really find any symbols that matched, don't get me wrong there are some similarities to the shapes but flipping through other codex and fluff material I've seen similar symbols all over the place whether Choas was involved or not. Personally I think the stone tablet in the background is just that, a stone tablet.

If it's Choas, meh nothing new. Choas has been seen before. If it's 'nids, great finally something new to see. However, I won't be holding my breath either way for Nids or Choas until another trailer sheds more light on what exactly we can expect.

If anyone is curious you can see the stone table behind the farseer at 0:30 seconds into the youtube video posted in original post of this thread.

Edit: I've attached screenshots of the stone tablet and swarm in the sky for easier viewing for people.

Thanks for that Errors. I watched the video from my computer at work and its just too dark, even with everything turned up.

Tyranids should be interesting. I haven't heard anything about the game mechanics for the new one, so at the very least it should be cool to see what kind of super unit they have.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok yea that was awsome. The cloud is probably Nids with the cloud in the warp or whatever it is. Alternitvly its the begining of a warp storm and their bringing out chaos deamons.

Hmmm, I didn't see the mark of khorne. It just seemed like a tablet.

that dreadnaught... so awesome. grabs them, squashes one, says "I've come to destroy you" and heavy flamers the bashee. that was the best part. Its just so polite about it. :love:. on a side note, how about chaos nids? Khorne genestealers and fexes, nurgle tyrant guard, tzeench zoanthrope. that would be cool.

that dreadnaught... so awesome. grabs them, squashes one, says "I've come to destroy you" and heavy flamers the bashee. that was the best part. Its just so polite about it. :love:. on a side note, how about chaos nids? Khorne genestealers and fexes, nurgle tyrant guard, tzeench zoanthrope. that would be cool.

The Tyranid "Shadow of the Warp" would probably cause a lot of issues. Tyranids are heavily tied into their psychic collective. It'd be like trying to replace the processor in a computer with a grilled cheese sandwich, just doesn't work the same.

If you had Nids that were disconnect from the hive mind for some reason (which happens), then it would be like having a wild animal. I think the warp would twist them, but ultimately they'd be mindless beast (like chaos spawn).

It's be like trying to replace the processor in a computer with a grilled cheese sandwich, just doesn't work the same.


Yet there is an added deliciousness factor that should not be ignored.

Tekore

Tyranids are anathema to the warp, and thus chaos. Their "shadow in the warp" is basically a big ball of anti-warp collective mental energy that bulldozes warp entities (such as the souls of psykers/atropaths/navigators/etc.) aside.

...That fact gives some tantalizing hints at the possible origins of the Tyranids...

to me that looks like a swarm.
Imagine millions and millions of locusts, they don't totally block your view and they wont have a uniform shape.

I think nids. But I wont be holding my breath as my computer probably wont be able to play it anyway!

No no... guys this is bad.

The more we hope for something like Nids, the more dissapointment we'll face when it turns out they AREN'T nids... so using the theory of advanced aerodynamic quantum pessimism I propose that this mysterious thing is infact something REALLY crap and boring.

like... ... er.... exodite eldar or something. yeah.

If we all thing it's exodite eldar, then that's nothing exciting. So we'll obtain great joy should it in fact be Tyranids.

of course it won't be. It will be hanky wielding Exodite Eldar... who are basically craft world eldar who wear sandals.

Wiat Karmoon, although you could be right, this is GW, think about the most likely outcome.

It s a different space marine chapter we've never heard of! You know one that plays just like a normal marine army, but is a different colour and for some "mysterious reason" wants to fight against the marines who are already there. Yeah that would be. That would make me cry.

I like sandals.

I like sandals.

It was worth quoting.

Anyways, I'm not really seeing the Khorne-ish-ness of the tablet, but I'm not exactly a Khorne expert either. Its still too early to know for sure, either way. Time to lurk around the other forums for some more info...

But I wont be holding my breath as my computer probably wont be able to play it anyway!I know it's early days yet, but I read this yesterday and thought 'I wonder if there is any information out there on what specs will be required to run this game?'

I did a bit of poking around and, knowing full well that we won't know for certain for some time, the theory at the moment is that if you can run Company of Heroes, you can run Dawn of War 2.

Or something like that. Just thought I'd throw it out there.

Oh, and I found this info on the Dawn of War 2 fan forums, just so you know. Still not sure if that makes it a credible source though.

In other news, I'm quite liking Karmoon's theory. Let's all look forward to beating up pansy sandal-wearing Eldar, and then be pleasantly surprised when we don't get to.

Damn man, seeing that dreadnought heavy flamer that Banshee's face off made me laugh.

It looks GREAT!

Excitment!

*dribbles* :silly:

"I vow to destroy you."

Dread bad***

I can run COH, but I don't want to, does that still mean I can run dow2?

But its fun once in a while to crank everything up and watch bits and pieces of flesh and metal fly!

It looks like a good game. I have all of the DoW games, just not currently installed as my computer cant handle them.

The only thing I dont like about it is that most of the Eldar that were being killed were women. When I see that, I get a slight sad feeling.

The thing that was coming to the planet will most likely be the tyranids. When it pans up to the moon, to the bottom left, you can see a hive ship partially hidden by the clouds. I can anyway.

I dont know about the rest of you but I thought the Farseer looked familiar, anybody else get that?

Yeah, generic Eldar female Farseer number four. I'd recognise her anywhere. B)

I personally cannot wait for this game. Should have finished Soulstorm with all the races by the time it comes out. The tyranids should be an interesting race to play with. :act-up:

JvK B)

why is it that everyone seems to think its a ripoff of gears of war? are they possibly that stupid?

why is it that everyone seems to think its a ripoff of gears of war? are they possibly that stupid?

Oh believe me when I say. You would be suprised. :curl-lip:

JvK B)

JvK is right.

I live in a town of 30,000 ppl in north Idaho. It is quite amazing how stupid ppl can be. I think it might be a competition that I was not informed about.

Well, there you have it folks:

They started off with this image hint on the 18th:
Dawn Of War 2 Community Site Blog Archive There's definitely something out there? (http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=357)

Then I saw this blog entry yesterday:
Kotaku, the Gamer's Guide (http://kotaku.com/index.php?refId=5039181)

Which has the extended version of the trailer we all started with (added content near end of video):
Dawn Of War II: Dawn Of War II Cinematic Trailer (http://kotaku.com/5031365/dawn-of-war-ii-cinematic-trailer)

Another screenshot:
http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/tyranid_jungle_hr.jpg

Tyranid game play footage (from Leipzig):
Dawn Of War 2 Community Site Blog Archive Leipzig:Tyranids Gameplay Footage & Mission Demo breakdown -Gamespot (http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=367)

Release article from Game Spot:
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Exclusive Impressions - The Tyranids Attack - PC News at GameSpot (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/warhammer40kdawnofwar2/news.html?sid=6196260)

The Tyranids are in finally! Woot :D

So far I've seen the following in vids/pics:
- Hive Tyrant (various builds)
- Carnifex (various builds)
- Ravener
- Lictor
- Hormaguant
- Gaunts (various builds)
- Warriors (various builds)
- Zoanthropes

I haven't seen vids/pics of:
- Genestealers
- Biovores
- Gargoyles
- Spore mines (although they are discussed in the article)
- Brood lord

The great thing about Tyranids is that they absolutely require no power whatsoever. Everything is requisition based. At least if how they play in the patch holds out, which is probably how they playtested them for this game. :act-up:

JvK B)

The inclusion of 'Nids is a very, very good sign for this game. They're the best race to graphically mesh with the new engine and its environmental features.

I signed onto Relic gaming with Homeworld 1, and have run a gaming organization participating in Relic and other games for nearly 9 years now. In DoW 1 we hit it from the closed beta onward, and several of our players placed in WCG over the years. One of our members, Fell, was even recruited by Relic (he'd been our DoW division operator after I left the game). You can bet we'll be active in DoW2 from the earliest possible point onward.

Relic makes amazing RTS, this will be no different.

Not to wax random, but the inclusion of 'Nids makes a 'Nid player *AND* Relic fan like me incredibly excited.

Words cannot describe the joy in my heart of finally seeing the nids in DoW2.

The spore mines were in the gameplay vid, and OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I WANT IT NOOOOOWWWWW... sorry, but seeing this makes me really happy =D

Heres another vid i hope you like!

DOW Gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCnQU7YitAs&feature=related)

It made me laugh

I'm really looking forward to this game.
We have 4 races confirmed, and others may follow yet.
I hope my machine can handle it.. its starting to show its age 2 years since I built it.

I heard somewhere that 'Nids were "rounding out" the 4 races in the game for release. I would expect the others to show up with expansions.

Frankly, I hope for that - the last thing we really need is a campaign where they try to weave too much crap into one story.

Words cannot describe the joy in my heart of finally seeing the nids in DoW2.

I am 110% like that.

Heres another vid i hope you like!

DOW Gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCnQU7YitAs&feature=related)

It made me laugh

Warhammer Rolled. I am not impressed. (Jared van Kell picks up his huge daemonic axe of murderous killy death and goes hunting for Giant Mutant Chaos Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:freaked-out:)

Edit: Finds Giant Mutant Chaos Lord and proceeds to visit the wrath of the Dark Gods on his carcass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JvK :freaked-out:

Awesome trailer, though my only criticism is that the Warp Spider Exarch's deathspinners seemed to fire some kind of plasma balls rather than the shredding mono-filament wire expected in the fluff.... But I'm just being pedantic :-)
Probably more in line with what a Warp Spider Exarch can run with now.

A while ago, im pretty sure, I read that there was a demo of the game out, and that it could be found on the DoW2 homepage, is that just a rumor or is that a fact?

Wow, that's impressive!

However, I have troubles telling the Blood Angels' enemies in the dark - are those Eldar or Dark Eldar?

they are actually blood ravens not angels

Just saw the trailer, and i have a theory why the seargent survived. The Farseer could have been using mind war and the seargent got the higher roll.

Maybe he is a ground type so the thundershock attack was ineffective?

Or maybe he just made his save?

Either way the arguement is pointless. The fact is he survived and then proceeded to deliver the Empereor's rightous judgement to the Xenos Witch!!!!!! :sinister:

Rock On

JvK B)

btw the new extended version of the trailer is out which reveals which race it is and thus ends these discussions....search for it on youtube under dawn of war 2 extended version. I wont say which race so not to spoil the vid.
enjoy

I saw, that was a lictor behind him, right?

btw the new extended version of the trailer is out which reveals which race it is and thus ends these discussions....search for it on youtube under dawn of war 2 extended version. I wont say which race so not to spoil the vid.
enjoy

Already discussed at the top of page nine of this topic. ^_^

That was koolio yo lol

So you don't have to go looking for the extended trailer

YouTube - Dawn of War 2 - Tyranids Confirmed! (New Ending) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KojB4Q4AoKM)

Enjoy

Either way the arguement is pointless. The fact is he survived and then proceeded to deliver the Empereor's rightous judgement to the Xenos Witch!!!!!! :sinister:

Rock On

JvK B)

Word :act-up:

Thanks for the updated trailer :)

Gonna be good, I'm really looking forward to it!