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Wed, 11/04/2009 - 7:57pm | by Thunder

Community Scouting Report

Quite a few cool things have gone on in the last few days so I'm going to get right to them.

fuggles' win condition mod - some of you may know the one and only fuggles. He's created some fun new ways to play/win Dawn of War II multiplayer games which his win conditions mod. A steam group has been created to make it easier for players to get together and play. Enlist today!

LondonDuncan's Map Making Guide - available in PDF form, the document is a whopping 38 pages and contains information on what you can do with the Worldbuilder. A good guide for anyone messing around with map making.

Props to both fuggles and LondonDuncan on their fine work!

Last but not least, our Last Stand - Highest Score Contest is rolling towards its deadline of November 9 for entries. The current highest score entered in the contest is a very respectable 11,434,032. Best of luck!

If you know of a contest or event, feel free to send me (Thunder) a PM and we'll help spread the word.

Tue, 11/03/2009 - 5:37pm | by Thunder

Even More Chaos Rising Hands On

The folks at GameSpot have now chimed in with their experiences from the hands on time that they recently had with the upcoming expansion, Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising. Their hands on preview gives some further detail on what they experienced playing the campaign:

"We'll tell you now that some of Chaos Rising's battles will get very intense and will be noticeably bigger than those of Dawn of War II, but fortunately, you'll have extra backup in the form of new Space Marine members who will join you, like Jonah, the Librarian unit, who is effectively the Space Marines' fragile wizard character. The Librarian seems to be at his best providing a combination of back-end allied support and long-distance artillery when equipped with the proper items." - GameSpot

There is also a new preview up at PC World, outlining the features and media from Chaos Rising.

Mon, 11/02/2009 - 5:03pm | by Thunder

More Chaos Rising Hands On....

As mentioned previously, some members of the press got their mittens on Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising and have published their impressions. Before we get to that though, if you haven't been able to get a copy of the PC Gamer article or if the magazine isn't available in your area, you can find it republished on GamesRadar in all its glory. It was the first article on the expansion to be released.

Now, on to the latest:

1UP.com - "...since Aurelia is now an ice planet that's falling apart, the terrain shifts and changes as the mission progresses. Having a chunk of icy ground simply tear away is a common occurrence."

Kotaku - "Chaos is the new evil faction, now, and they're way more brutal than Tyranids – what with the being ex-Space Marines made evil by a warp to another dimension. The first leader character I saw from the faction had both human skulls on his headgear and the flesh of a Space Marine's face stretched out like a flag. So boss."

Also, Shacknews has a convenient gallery of Chaos Rising media, in case you missed some of the screenshots that have come out.

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 8:01pm | by Thunder

IGN's Hands On Chaos Rising Preview

A number of members of the press were recently shown a build of Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising and given the chance to play two of the scenarios for the campaign. We'll see some impressions and previews coming our way in the coming days, but IGN has first stab at it with their hands on Chaos Rising feature:

"While players have enjoyed fighting against each other as Space Marines, Orks, Tyranids and Eldar, the marquee matchup that fans have really wanted to see was a brutal fight to the death with the Imperium against Chaos Space Marines. Well, that wish will soon be granted, as THQ and Relic will release Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising, a new expansion pack that will pit the Blood Ravens against their mortal enemy. At a recent event, I had a chance to get some hands on time with two missions of the game, as well as see the destructive power of the new faction in their malevolent glory."


Discuss.

Mon, 10/26/2009 - 9:10pm | by Thunder

The Last Stand - Level Reset Bug

As has been mentioned in the forums and on the News ticker in-game, The Last Stand has a bug that causes some profiles to reset heroes to level 1. Ever since the issue occurred we've been working hard to find the cause and implement a solution.

We're in the final stages of implementing that solution and it does the following:

1. Greatly reduces the chance of this issue occurring in the future.

2. Restores lost progress from leaderboards. If data on the leaderboards is higher than the profile data, the game will automatically restore the profile with the higher data.

3. Gives THQ Customer Support the ability to restore progress manually in case your progress wasn’t restored properly.

The solution will be retroactive, so all players who have already had their profiles reset to level 1 will be able to log into the game once the solution is released and the game will recover their lost levels from the leaderboard data. If for some reason that does not work, players will be able to contact THQ Customer Support to have their lost data restored manually.

The solution will be included in a hotfix that will be released to all Dawn of War II owners on Steam soon.

Thanks for your patience and a BIG THANK YOU to all the people who submitted warning logs to help us track down the problem.

Sun, 10/25/2009 - 6:37pm | by Thunder

The Last Stand – Highest Score Contest

Good luck everyone!

If survival isn’t enough of a challenge for you, The Last Stand Highest Score Contest is sure to present you with more competition than you can shake a bolter at. You have a limited amount of time to achieve the highest score, and have it stand for 24 hours in order to win, here are the details:


How to enter:

Post a screenshot of the end game screen, showing your score from the game, in this thread to enter for a chance to win: http://community.dawnofwar2.com/forums/topic/34771

The contest will run from October 26, 2009 to November 9, 2009. On November 9, at 11:00am PST, the highest score will be announced here on our community site as the winning candidate, but in order to be declared the winner it must stand for 24 hours. Players will have this time to try and beat the score. If a new high score is set during this time, it will be listed as the new winning candidate and the 24 hour countdown will start again. This is to help prevent players from sitting on a really high score until the end of the contest deadline.

Once a score has held up as the highest for this 24 hour period, it will be declared the winner and announced on the Dawn of War II Community site.

Prizes:

Each member of the three player winning team will receive:

1) A Dawn of War II poster signed by the development team.

2) A Dawn of War II t-shirt.


For complete contest rules and information, visit this thread in our forums: http://community.dawnofwar2.com/forums/topic/34771

Discuss.