Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® – Winter Assault

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About Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® – Winter Assault

About this game

This expansion adds all-new units and strategies to the exciting gameplay offered by Dawn of War. The Imperial Guard brings new weaponry, including heavy armor, new troop units as well as defensive and ranged tactics overwhelming numbers. Coupled with new abilities, this fighting force is as lethal as they come.

  • Single-Player Campaign
    Winter Assault offers two choices: the Order Campaign and the Disorder Campaign. The Order Campaign puts you in control of the Eldar and the Imperial Guard in their epic struggle to protect the Imperium of Man. In the Disorder Campaign, play as the Orks and Chaos Space Marines in their efforts to crush any resistance to their chaotic way.

  • Revel in new and improved gameplay features
    A new tech tree, 100’s of new animations and endless new strategies will greatly intensify your Dawn of War experience.

  • Direct your troops in all out war
    Command them across harsh new winter battlegrounds with enhanced urban terrain and additional interactive object and structures.

  • Improved multiplayer
    20 new maps and advanced online features including observer mode, arranged team play and improved auto match push Dawn of War multiplayer to the next level.

  • Hone your multiplayer skills
    The new skirmish option allows you to practice combat techniques against computer-controlled opponents on a multiplayer map.

  • Imperial Guard
    Since the beginning of the Imperium of Man, the Imperial Guard has stood as its pillars of protection. With billions of men from more than a million different worlds, they are the largest and most diverse fighting force in the galaxy.

Game Details

Release Date:
January 01, 2006
Developer:
Relic Entertainment
Publisher:
SEGA
Rating:
PEGI rating of 16
Steam Deck Support:
Unsupported
Franchises:
Warhammer
Warhammer 40000

Dawn of War

Product Requirements

Requires a Steam account

Minimum:
Windows 2000/XP, 1.8 Ghz Intel Pentium III or equivalent AMD Athlon XP, 256 MB RAM, 4.5 GB free hard drive space, 32 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible AGP video card with Hardware Transformation and Lighting, 16-bit DirectX 9.0b compatible sound card, Mouse, Keyboard

Recommended:
2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent, 512 MB system RAM (required for 8-player multiplayer games), nVidia GeForce 3 or ATI Radeon 8500 or equivalent with 64 MB of Video RAM

Required for Multiplayer: Internet: Cable modem, DSL modem, or 56.6 kbps modem for online multiplayer play; Network: TCP/IP compliant network

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Critic Reviews

85 / 100
"The Imperial Guard only add to the frantic gameplay in a positive way by allowing a slightly different style of play for the more defensively minded."
80 / 100
"Not since Blizzard unleashed "Brood Wars" on the "Starcraft" community has a developer put such a well-conceived effort into an expansion pack. Relic has rewarded the patience...
83 / 100
"Winter Assault adds a new playable faction, new units to existing factions, a new single-player game, and some of tweaks and additions that should make most Dawn of War fans...
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Amazing addon!

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The game is as awesome is was the original one. Big advantage of this edition is several campaigns with several factions. Hard and interesting!
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1st Expansion to the OG DoW with a more challenging, but enjoyable campaign, play as the forces of Order (Imperial Guard & Eldar) and Disorder (Chaos & Orkz). Variety and fast-paced RTS in 1 package.
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