

Space Marines have the highest morale in the game. Inducted at a young age, each Space Marine receives biological modifications, a lifetime of rigorous training, and lives to experience centuries of endless battle in the defense of humanity. Space Marines are the elite, highly skilled and genetically modified superhuman soldiers of the Imperium.Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War features four playable armies: Main articles: Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000) Chaos Space Marines Eldar (Warhammer 40,000) and Ork (Warhammer 40,000) A number of special conditions are available to choose from to customize matches. Battles are won either by holding a certain number of control points for a period of time or by destroying all of the opposing armies' HQ structures. These control points are captured by infantry squads and provide resources to construct additional units and buildings or unlock certain units in an army's tech tree. Gameplay is initially focused on capturing and holding strategic locations on the battlefield. Another sequel, Dawn of War III, was released in April 2017.Īs a series, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide as of January 2013. Its first sequel, Dawn of War II was released in February 2009. Three expansion packs have been released: Winter Assault in 2005, Dark Crusade in 2006, and Soulstorm in 2008.

It was released by THQ on Septemin North America and on September 24 in Europe. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000.
