Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising

In Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising you will take command of the Blood Ravens and defend the sector against the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion. Purge the Chaos filth and hold the chapter together as…

85 11 March 2010

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy Science fiction

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Relic Entertainment, released 11 March 2010 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 15 hrs to finish.

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What Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising is

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Relic Entertainment and released in 2010. It was published by Feral Interactive. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising is a real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ, and the sequel expansion of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II. The game was released on March 11, 2010 for Games for Windows.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 73 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Warhammer 40,000 series

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising is the 21st of 136 entries we hold in the Warhammer 40,000 series. It arrived 8 months after Blood Bowl. The next entry was Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium in 2010. Its critic score of 85 is 14 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows at 100.

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How it was received

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 15 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor, 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista) and A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising launched on 11 March 2010, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition, God of War III, Metro 2033 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition, God of War III, Metro 2033, Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising gameplay screenshot

Characters

All 30

Apothecary

Araghast

Avitus

Banshee

Bloodletter

Chaos Dreadnought

Parents

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

19 February 2009

Quick answers

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising — frequently asked questions

When did Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising come out?

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising was released on 11 March 2010 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising?

At minimum, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising needs P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor, 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista), A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent graphics, 6.5 GB of uncompressed Hard Drive space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising?

The main story of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising takes around 15 hrs.

How many GB is Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising?

The PC version needs about 6.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("6.5 GB of uncompressed Hard Drive space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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