Shack PSA: Dawn of War 2 Beta Now Open to Public

January 27, 2009 1:01 PM

Update: As promised, the free Dawn of War II beta is now publicly available.

Original: The multiplayer beta test for Relic's RTS Warhammer: 40,000 Dawn of War II will open to the public today at 7:01 PM EST, publisher THQ has confirmed.

At that time, the free PC beta client will be available from Steam and the Games for Windows Live Marketplace, offering 4 playable races and 5 maps. Previously, players had to purchase the Dawn of War Soulstorm expansion to access the early beta.

The beta will run up until Dawn of War II ships to stores around February 19.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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hawke

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January 27, 2009 1:10 PM

Sweet! Now there will be a bunch of newbs for me to fight against. Took me 2 days to get the game to run and I was behind the curve.
- walker270
  
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  January 27, 2009 1:14 PM
  
  Naa -- you'll just be grouped with them for team games!
- dael
  
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  January 27, 2009 1:51 PM
  
  yea here's hoping... never won a head to head game and last 2 games I played went 0-500 :(