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Do you have some questions for the designers after watching the new developer battle? Send them on in via a private message to Thunder and your question may be selected to be answered by designers Clint Tasker and Jonny Ebbert in a future interview. Deadline for submissions is noon PDT, June 24.

Here’s an exclusive Battle Report narrated by Jonny Ebbert, the lead designer on Dawn of War II, and Clint Tasker, a DOW II balance designer. The 24 minute video uses the new observer feature to showcase a battle between Colin “Hamu” Hamilton, a Tyranid player, and Braden “bC” Chan who plays as Eldar. The battle [...]

It made good sense to us to invite GameReplays.org to check out the new observer and replay functionality that we’re putting into the upcoming There is Only War update for Dawn of War II. After all, the website is built around replays and it is for them and fans like them that we’ve been [...]

This summer, Dawn of War II is going to receive a major update that adds tremendous value to the multiplayer experience through new features, major balance improvements, and new content.

A New Observer Feature

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We have a new poll up in our forum asking: How do you feel about the balance of Orbital Bombardment, Roks, Eldritch Storm, and Tyrannoformation?
Fine as is? Overpowered? Underpowered? Let us know what you think and leave a post with more specifics if you have a suggestion or more feedback. We’d like to hear [...]

Relic will be at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) to give everyone their first look at a new game we’ve been working on. The big show will back at the Los Angeles Convention Center and will run from June 2-4. Keep an eye on IGN today for a sneak peek!
If you are [...]

The folks at Kotaku have an interesting question that they posed to some game industry folks. What laws would govern AI in your game, taking the lead from Isaac Asimov’s three laws featured in many of his works. Relic’s Jonny Ebbert is one of the game developers to share his thoughts on the [...]

The team at Co-Optimus has announced another night of Dawn of War II with prizes! It will be taking place tomorrow night, that’s May 26th at 8pm Eastern. Jump online and join in some co-op games:
“Thanks to the fine folks at Relic and THQ we are giving away 13 prize packs, including 3 [...]

Our most recent patch, 1.3.2, goes live today at 11 am, Pacific Standard Time. From here it’ll only be a couple hours until your Steam client updates Dawn of War II.
Patch 1.3.2 addresses some issues listed in the short patch notes found in our previous post.