Accompanying an incredibly short teaser trailer for the Chaos Rising expansion to Relic Entertainment's Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is something slightly more useful: actual in-game screenshots. Oh joy!
Further digging on that THQ site lead me to find two things out. First, the game has glorious box art which will undoubtedly cause you to cry out "blood for the blood god" into the night, so don't even consider viewing Chaos Rising's cover when in a public place.
The second thing I figured out was that while the mighty Chaos Space Marines are in fact playable in multiplayer, that isn't the case for the rest of the game. It pains me to say this, but for single-player, you're going to be sticking with the Blood Ravens whether your like it or not.
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Your slavery to false games ends next spring!
You're going to have to wait a bit. In the 40K universe the Tau are a minor power, barely worth the attention of the Imperium of Man.
Even though the Tau are pretty popular due to their style and newness their popularity is still literally dwarfed by the popularity of fan favorites like Chaos and the Imperial Guard.
But besides the IG, I really enjoyed the Tau. I can say it'd be interesting using them in the kind of game DoW2 is. I don't expect them to come in a while, though. Just as well, I expect to see the IG after the forces of Chaos however.
Blood Ravens are psyker heavy , traditionalist Space Marines with potential origination in the geneseed of a now Chaos Space marine chapter. Blood ANGELS are one of the original chapters, have a predilection for occasional berserker rages and enjoy drinking blood. And are FAR cooler than the Ravens
FOR THE DARK GODS! WE WILL SAVOR THEIR DESTRUCTION!
Still not buying.
There were always veiled references that linked them to the Traitor Legions so my hope is that we will see some fresh development on that front. Maybe their origins will be revealed? The Add-On supposedly lets your Blood Ravens equip Chaos Tainted Wargear so my money's on epic drama.