Dawn of War III – Prophecy of War Trailer Shows Epic RTS Battles

The latest from Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War III – Prophecy of War shows a grand return for the real-time strategy title, eight years after the release of Dawn of War II. The latest Prophecy of War trailer shows epic battles in a much larger scale and hopefully redeems the title to its original glory. The game is being produced by Relic Entertainment and Sega in partnership with Games workshop and utilizes the Essence Engine 4.0 in full effect.

“It’s a race to the pointy stikk as Gabriel Angelos, Farseer Macha, and Gorgutz ‘Ead’unter command their massive armies in a search for a mythical weapon that can control the fate of their races! With the Space Marines, Eldar, and Orks all hunting for the same treasure, there’s only one thing they’re certain to find—war.”

The plot revolves around something called “The Spear of Khaine”, a weapon of immense and catastrophic power discovered on the planet Acheron. Playable races in the title are expected to be initially Space Marines of the Blood Ravens, The Eldar and Orks. The third title also marks the return of traditional RTS basebuilding which was absent in the second title’s release. As the trailer shows, much larger walker units including Wriathknights, Gorkanauts and Imperial Knights will be present as well. All three races with their mighty forces converge on the planet in a race to get the relic first.

There is no final release date or system requirements listed yet, but it will be released for Microsoft Windows systems in 2017.