Want more Total War? Who doesn't?! Sega, Relic and Creative Assembly have teamed up for a little Valentine's Day game giveaway called Make War, Not Love. The highlight of the celebration includes a player-driven competition between Total War: Attila, Company of Heroes 2, and Dawn of War II. Three PC RTS games enter, and the one that gets the most plays between now and February 20 wins.
Halloween may be over, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy watching Space Marines get drenched in blood as though they're heavily armored versions of Carrie White. Thanks to the new "Ridiculously Bloody Blood Pack", Dawn of War II: Retribution will make every shotgun blast, every Tyranid bite, and every psyker strike that much gorier, and all for the low, low price of $1.99. Just think, for the price of a cup of coffee, you could watch your digital warriors cover themselves in the inner workings of their friends and comrades. Touching.
If you're a fan of the Warhammer 40k universe and have never played any of the Dawn of War games that Relic put out, you need to remedy that situation. RIGHT. NOW. I'll even make it easy for you. Here's a link to the Humble Weekly Bundle (ends at 2:00 PM Eastern on Thursday, 6/4) where you can pick up all of Relic's greatest hits for just $7. Go ahead, I'll wait.
Two weeks in a row the crew decided to stream some Dawn of War 2: Retribution, specifically the game's co-op mode call The Last Stand. In the three player co-op mode, each player chooses a hero character and then takes on waves of enemies trying to earn points. Working together and doing well increases a multiplier earning points faster. Once the match ends, you'll earn XP based on performance and unlock items and abilities for that hero.
While a proper Steam Summer Sale has yet to be announced, gamers can get their Warhammer 40k fix from the latest Steam deal. "Warhammer Weekend" features several 40k games, expansions, and DLCs for 75% off. The entire Dawn of War franchise is on sale, as well as Space Marine. If you're into giant dudes in badass armor spouting nonsensical holy rhetoric while murdering space orks, this is the series for you.
Amazon continues its streak of solid deals on downloadable PC games. This time in their "Farewell to February" sale they have a handful of co-op titles for some low prices included the recently released Darkness II and last years hilariously awesome open world game, Saints Row the Third. Both of those games are only $25.
Sure, you could buy some co-op game for the PS3, Xbox 360, or (insert other generic console here), but c'mon! We both know the truth. We both know that what you really want is a game on a platform where you can tweak those graphics all the way to 11; a platform that holds no illusions about install times, patches, or updates. Staffers Mike "pheriannath" Katsufrakis and Jason "OrigamiPanther" Love are here to point you towards the best hardware and software on which to drop some holiday green.
Today is the final day for Steam's Summer Sales - and it appears as though it's the highlights from all the sales over the past 10 days. What does that mean? It means plenty of co-op games, that's what.
Let's face it, with 18 co-op releases in June you are already broke. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you are going to be spending more money on games over the next 10 days. Why? Because Steam is having their annual Summer Sale. These Steam sales are legendary for amazing deals on games. Come August you'll fire up your Steam client and see dozens of games, their names and origin a hazy memory. Playtimes in the single digits. You'll wonder how this happened.
Do you love survival modes in an RTS setting? Or do you really love heroes in RTS games and would rather focus on playing a hero instead of micro-managing units? Or do you love the idea of DoW2: Retribution, but gosh-darnit, you have two other people you want to play with, not just one? If you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, then great news! DoW2: Retribution's the Last Stand Mode, the mode that focuses exclusively on co-op, is now available as a stand-alone game for just $9.99 on Steam. This is the mode where you and two other friends try to outlast waves and waves of enemies, each of you only controlling one hero. As you progress in levels, you receive new equipment for your heroes. A recent update also added new achievements to this mode which also unlock new gear. We're big fans of the Last Stand around here, and Mike and Jason even recently did a This Week in Co-op on the DoW2: Retribution flavor of it.
Today, Dawn of War II: Retribution, the expansion/stand-alone follow-up to the 2009 co-op hit Dawn of War II, gets a little DLC loving in the form of new achievements (and gear) for the co-op friendly Last Stand mode. The promise of shiny new toys and achievements wasn’t enough to stem the desire of three friends to mercilessly put down waves upon waves of foes… or try to, at the very least.
After giving Dawn of War 2: Retribution an impressive 4.5 just a week and a half ago, we're certainly happy to hear about how Relic plans to continue to support their fantasticly co-opable RTS. As it so happens, two servings of DLC will be offered up this coming Wednesday, April 6th.
