Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
The box art for Dawn of War
Developer(s)Relic Entertainment
Publisher(s)THQ (former)
Sega (current)
Director(s)Alex Garden
Producer(s)Jonathan Dowdeswell
Designer(s)Jay Wilson
Programmer(s)Dominic Mathieu
Artist(s)Andy Lang
Composer(s)Jeremy Soule
Inon Zur (additional music)
SeriesWarhammer 40,000
Platform(s)Windows
Release
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000. It was released by THQ on September 20, 2004 in North America and on September 24 in Europe. Three expansion packs have been released: Winter Assault in 2005, Dark Crusade in 2006, and Soulstorm in 2008. Its first sequel, Dawn of War II was released in February 2009. Another sequel, Dawn of War III, was released in April 2017.

As a series, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide as of January 2013.[4]

  1. ^ "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War". Eurogamer. September 13, 2004. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War". Gameplanet. Archived from the original on February 13, 2005. Retrieved July 12, 2024. Release date: 24th September, 2004
  3. ^ Adams, David (September 7, 2004). "Dawn of War Goes Gold". IGN. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  4. ^ "Notice of SEGA's Acquisition of Relic Entertainment and Some IPs Owned by THQ Inc". Sega. 2013-01-24. Archived from the original on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2013-01-26.

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