Enter the Warhammer 40,000 Universe!

[Does Not Require the original Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War game to play]

Deep under the central desert of Kronus, a vast honeycomb of skull-lined tunnels and funereal chambers house the awakening mass of the Necron plague. Eons ago, these were the boulevards and squares of a great necropolis built to house the bones of the races who had fallen to the Necron purge, and ultimately for the Necron themselves to retire to. Over the millions of years, sand and rock had covered it all until ill-fated excavations awoke the deathless again. Play any of seven races, striving for control over Kronus. Take other races' strongholds by winning challenging battles on various maps individually associated with the respective Strongholds.




New Race:  The Necrons
The Necrons are methodical, relentless attackers that kill without emotion or prejudice. Their technology surpasses that of all know races. They cannot be killed. They cannot be stopped. To fight the Necrons is to fight death itself.

New Race: The Tau
The Tau are sweeping through the eastern fringe of the galaxy like an unstoppable tide. They are a young race, but a frighteningly efficient race as well. Their technology already rivals (and possible even outshines) that of the Imperium. And their determination has shown that they can deal with any manner of threat. But their deadliest weapon is the power of their ideology.

• Take command of two new playable races:  Tau and Necron as you unleash massive camage across the frontlines of battle.
• Conquer the planet of Kronus any way you choose - leading any once of seven races on an epic crusade through an all-new single player campaign.  Experience unique storylines from each race's perspective.
• Customize your hero's weapons, items and abilities as he grows in power and influence and personalize your army's insignias, squad colors, banners and names.
• Dominate opponents online through 12 new multiplayer maps - with up to 8 players battling it it out for supremacy.  Check your battle stats on the Dawn of War Game site.
• Innovative hybrid expansion gameplay allows you to lay Dark Crusade alone or expand your gameplay experience by adding Dawn and Winter Assault.

• New playable races, each with individual features
• Brand new Single Player Campaign experience, playable by all seven races
• Non-linear game-play: conquer an entire planet in the way you choose
• Watch a unique, non-linear story unfold from your race's perspective
• Customize and manage a persistent army as you sweep across the planet
• Customize the appearance and abilities of your commander unit as he grows in power and influence
• Discover the dark secrets of a planet shrouded in mystery.

"Game of the Year"
     - Computer Gaming World
     - GameSpy

"Editor's Choice Award"
     - IGN

"Game of the Month"
     - Game Informer

"Editor's Choice / 5 Out Of 5"
     - GamePro

• Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP
• DirectX 9.0b (included on disc)
• 1.4 GHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon XP processor
• 256 MB RAM
• 2 GB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• DirectX 9.0b compatible AGP video card with Hardware Transform and Lighting and 32MB of Video RAM
• DirectX 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card
• Keyboard
• Mouse

• 2.2 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

• 1 disc/player per computer
• Internet: Cable modem, DSL or 56.6 kbps modem, for online multiplayer play
• Network: TCP/IP compliant network