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Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising Expansion Gone Gold, Pre-Order Bonuses Detailed

by Chris Faylor, Feb 22, 2010 10:30am PST

Related Topics – PC, Gone Gold

Relic's standalone strategy expansion Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising (PC) is off to manufacturing and will indeed meet the projected release dates of March 11 (North America) and March 12 (Europe), publisher THQ has confirmed.

Playable with or without a copy of the original Dawn of War II (PC), the $29.99 expansion packs a new fifteen-mission single-player campaign, a higher level cap (from 20 to 30), new items, new units, new multiplayer maps, and a new playable army: the Chaos Space Marines.

In addition, THQ has pulled back the curtain on the game's pre-order bonuses. Those that pre-order from Steam, Best Buy, GameStop, GameTap or Metaboli net a free copy of open-world gangbuster sim Saints Row 2 PC, while those that pre-order from THQ.com get both Saints Row 2 PC and a "Librarian Wargear Pack" for Dawn of War II.

And for those interested, there's a hour-long gameplay video hosted over on Xfire.

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they need to go back to the roots of a RTS game...... you know with bases that don't move, actual walls, resource gathering, and a decent single player campaign.

supcom 2 looks to be ok, but a little too large scale, and i wish starcraft 2 had walls, it would be perfect then.

Feb 22, 2010 8:42pm PST

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they need to go back to the roots of a RTS game...... you know with bases that don't move, actual walls, ... : lordkosc
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long time since i've been so hyped for a game coming out, trying to play saints row 2 cause watched my uncle play it at console (don't remember if it was ps3 or 360) cut-scenes are nice and game seems good, but aaaa.. stupid port, hasn't this game been patched? getting lot of gfx bugs, 2 times i've tried playing and i get these lines always in the way after 5 min you can still play it but not fun to watch cut-scenes and to play it like that, is the only game that this happens to me

Feb 22, 2010 2:38pm PST

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long time since i've been so hyped for a game coming out, trying to play saints row 2 cause watched my un... : ClawHammR
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  There is no console version of DoW2... : RTSNut
  - Hes talking about Saints Row 2 which comes free with pre order of Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising. Saints Row... : FIGHTheSYSTM

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...mmm nope. Still DoW2.

Remember when DoW was released and you got a awesome game as well as four really well done races?

Feb 22, 2010 4:10pm PST

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...mmm nope. Still DoW2. Remember when DoW was released and you got a awesome game as well as four rea... : Bensam123
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- space marine, orks, eldar, and tyranids still counting 4 races. remember when DoW came out and you fi... : panbient
- Have you tried the Codex mod? I can't think of the full name of it, but it adds new unit types, increase... : walker270

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I'd rather get the extra librarian loot instead of Saints Row 2. Ah well still gonna buy Chaos Rising with or without the extra stuff.

Feb 22, 2010 10:47am PST

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I'd rather get the extra librarian loot instead of Saints Row 2. Ah well still gonna buy Chaos Rising wit... : HyperactiveSlob
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  I'd rather pay an extra $5 than be given Saints Row 2. : walker270
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    Yeah... I'm not kidding: when I saw that Saint's Row 2 was the preorder bonus, I actually changed my min... : Pixelbeast
    - Same here! I'd rather have Red Faction Guerrilla. Looks like a fun game, but I don't intend to buy it. I ... : l0s7man
- I've found SR2 to be pretty entertaining. I've only been playing co-op mode, so maybe thats it, but its p... : Machinaeclipse

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Am I the only one intending to buy this who did like Saints Row 2? I never played it on PC, but LOVED it on the 360. Is it that you guys hate the game itself that bad, or is it that its a terrible port to PC?

Feb 22, 2010 12:08pm PST

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Am I the only one intending to buy this who did like Saints Row 2? I never played it on PC, but LOVED it... : jeffcox111
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By: Jonathan x Show Full Post

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That pre-order is pretty weak. It's not really focused on people who might buy an RTS and the game isn't highly thought of on the PC. Surprising that THQ kept the better stuff for itself. Combine this with the lack of DLC support shown so far and I'm probably going to wait until it's a bit cheaper.

Feb 22, 2010 10:40am PST

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That pre-order is pretty weak. It's not really focused on people who might buy an RTS and the game isn't ... : Jonathan
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  that one free DLC pack was pretty good but with only one fuckin map it was not something you could play f... : dantastic
  - Yeah I completely forgot Last Stand. Had they had allowed a variable number of player I might have played... : Jonathan
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  Er what? The lack of DLC support? The original DoW2 got two or three huge free content packs. One of them... : Autocrawler

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Shack hype is such a catch22. I want to wait until the price comes down before playing with shackers, but by the time the price goes down there will be no shackers left to play with.

Feb 22, 2010 12:30pm PST

Shack hype is such a catch22. I want to wait until the price comes down before playing with shackers, but... : Wikus Van De Merwe

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How long do I have to wait until they won't give me Saints Row 2?

Feb 22, 2010 10:47am PST

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How long do I have to wait until they won't give me Saints Row 2? : walker270
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- the day of its release. so, March 11 in North America, March 12 in Europe. : Chris Faylor
- lol : sposh

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The game requires Steam anyway, so preordering it from THQ.com really nets no difference than getting it on Steam, expect that you get the Wargear Pack, right?

Also, is Saints Row 2 that bad?

Feb 22, 2010 10:52am PST

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The game requires Steam anyway, so preordering it from THQ.com really nets no difference than getting it ... : amrbean
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- Yeah its pretty shit. : Johnnsen
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  Worst port ever. Don't buy. : qwplayer
  - Show me what passes for ports among your misbegotten kind? /yells at THQ : HyperactiveSlob
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    the 360 version is really buggy too : dantastic
    - Didn't have problems on the PC but the game alone is so horrible. : Johnnsen

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I still want to play as one of the other races. I was hoping that would be the first expansion.

But I'll still buy this.

Feb 22, 2010 11:30am PST

I still want to play as one of the other races. I was hoping that would be the first expansion. But I... : Syclone

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By: Johnnsen x Show Full Post

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I hate pre order bonuses with a passion unmatched.

Feb 22, 2010 10:57am PST

I hate pre order bonuses with a passion unmatched. : Johnnsen

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They will just patch in these Librarian items within a month or two, just like when dow2 first launched "scourge of xenos" was a piece of preorder loot, but now you are pretty much guaranteed to get it on a drop on a SP campaign playthrough.

As with SR2, i have found it to be playable with w7 using Cheat Engine to slow down the game speed. Still is a consolized POS port with keyboard only menus =\

Feb 22, 2010 10:53am PST

They will just patch in these Librarian items within a month or two, just like when dow2 first launched "... : Dragomier89