Sega acquires Relic Entertainment
This news is already a few days old and most people keeping an eye of things are probably up to date with the recent events, but I suppose a site like the Dawn of War Wiki should cover this as well.
As you may know, THQ – the owner of Relic Entertainment, the developer of the Dawn of War series – filed for a "Chapter 11" bankruptcy in December, arising some concern for the future of Relic franchises such as Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, Company of Heroes and of course Homeworld.
In a rather positive turn of events, it was announced this week that Sega, a major video game publisher that recently acquired the license for The Creative Assembly (one of their studios, responsible for the Total War series of RTS games) to de…
Steam THQ Weekend
Steam is having a "THQ Weekend" sale with all THQ titles (such as the Dawn of War II franchise and Space Marine) for 50% off and Company of Heroes games even 75% off.
Update: The daily deal for Sunday, October 7th, is 75% off all Dawn of War titles.
Dawn of War II: ELITE
Dawn of War II: ELITE is a third-party modification for Dawn of War II: Retribution that started out as an experimental balance mod for high-level players and branched into adding completely new abilities and units after support for Retribution was cut. As the retail game will not be patched anymore, ELITE seems to have become the definitive multiplayer version of Dawn of War II. The first proper tournament with a money prize for the winner is being hosted and streamed on September 8–9 by Good Games Live.
ELITE makes a plethora of visual upgrades and balance changes; some stats and abilities have been tweaked, some entirely removed or reworked. Pathfinding and projectiles have been tweaked to reduce glitching, and there are general mechanic change…
Dawn of War franchise sale on Steam
We mentioned the Steam Summer Sale 2012 previously; now their daily deal is offering the Dawn of War II series for 75% off and the Dawn of War Franchise Pack for a whopping 80% reduced price.
GDF Cup 12 and 2x2 GDF Cup 5
Grim Dark Future [1] is hosting two cups; the GDF Cup 12 (1v1) starting July 15, 2012; and the 2x2 GDF Cup 5 (2v2) starting July 21st, 2012. [2]
Bambilambi (Bambi666) has announced a livecast for GDF Cup 12 on Good Games Live starting 11.00 UTC/GMT (13.00 CEST) on July 15.