THQ Inc. today announced that Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II, the award winning Real-time strategy (RTS) game from Relic Entertainment, will utilize Steamworks for game authentication. Through Steam, gamers will receive the latest Dawn of War II patches, updates and game content, and with a Steam account, will be able to access the game from any PC.
“We love Steamworks because it offers so many advantages for the player.” said Jonny Ebbert, Dawn of War II’s lead designer, Relic. “Gamers who purchase the game and register with Steam can install the game on as many PCs as they want, can play online or offline and no CD is required to play. Best of all, if the player ever loses the CD, the game can be downloaded for free from Steam.”
Dawn of War II is scheduled for release nationwide on February 19, 2009 for Windows PC. More information on Steam can be found at
www.steampowered.com.
Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II, developed by THQ's internal studio, Relic Entertainment, is a Real-time strategy (RTS) game set in the grim, war-ravaged world of Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 science fiction universe. Featuring vicious front-line combat, destructible environments, a fully cooperative multiplayer mode, four unique playable races, and a non-linear single player campaign with branching storylines, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II delivers the ultimate sci-fi fantasy RTS experience for Windows PC. The game is scheduled for release nationwide on February 19, 2009 and will be available through retail and online outlets. For more information on Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, please visit
www.dawnofwar2.com.
