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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
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Action · Strategy · Simulation

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

Feral Interactive  /  April 27, 2017  /  Rated Mature

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Released

2017

Publisher

SEGA

Time to beat

~5 hrs

Community

1,730

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III is a real-time strategy game developed by Relic Entertainment. This is the third part of the Dawn of War series.

Plot

The game is set in a dystopian vision of the future. In the universe, humanity developed a galaxy empire called The Imperium of Man.
The characters include human beings and monsters, such as the Eldar and the Ork races. The story starts at a lost planet called Acheron, where characters discover a deadly weapon called the Spear of Khaine. The Space Marines assemble at Acheron to find the deadly weapon. The main characters come from the main fractions, the Space Marines, the Eldar, and the Orks. The plot revolves around their interactions.

Gameplay

The gameplay is set from the third point of view; the player can shift the screen to see the whole stage. He is also able to choose for whose side to perform: the Space Marines, the Eldar or the Orks. In the multiplayer mode, it is possible to use various skins for each fraction.

Reception

After the previous game, Dawn of War II, the developers used innovative graphics details, graphics, and new items. The critics highly appraised the game. However, some players criticised it for focusing on multiplayer gaming mode instead of the classic real-time strategy mode.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III is a 2017 real-time strategy game with multiplayer online battle arena influences, developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sega. It is the third mainline entry in the Dawn of War series, and the first new release in the series since Dawn of War II: Retribution in 2011. It was released for Windows on April 27, 2017. Feral Interactive released macOS and Linux versions on June 8 the same year. A successor, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, developed by King Art Games, is set to be released in 2026.

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