Halloween may be over, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy watching Space Marines get drenched in blood as though they're heavily armored versions of Carrie White.  Thanks to the new "Ridiculously Bloody Blood Pack", Dawn of War II: Retribution will make every shotgun blast, every Tyranid bite, and every psyker strike that much gorier, and all for the low, low price of $1.99.  Just think, for the price of a cup of coffee, you could watch your digital warriors cover themselves in the inner workings of their friends and comrades.  Touching.

Two weeks in a row the crew decided to stream some Dawn of War 2: Retribution, specifically the game's co-op mode call The Last Stand. In the three player co-op mode, each player chooses a hero character and then takes on waves of enemies trying to earn points. Working together and doing well increases a multiplier earning points faster. Once the match ends, you'll earn XP based on performance and unlock items and abilities for that hero.

Today, Dawn of War II: Retribution, the expansion/stand-alone follow-up to the 2009 co-op hit Dawn of War II, gets a little DLC loving in the form of new achievements (and gear) for the co-op friendly Last Stand mode.  The promise of shiny new toys and achievements wasn’t enough to stem the desire of three friends to mercilessly put down waves upon waves of foes… or try to, at the very least.

After giving Dawn of War 2: Retribution an impressive 4.5 just a week and a half ago, we're certainly happy to hear about how Relic plans to continue to support their fantasticly co-opable RTS. As it so happens, two servings of DLC will be offered up this coming Wednesday, April 6th.

  It's time once again for the weekend, where plenty of hours of co-op gaming are to be had.  This week, a recent smash hit, Dragon Age 2, makes several appearances, as does an expansion pack for an excellent co-op RTS: Dawn of War 2 Retribution.  So, lots of fantastic battles will take place on our PCs and consoles i...

Relic earned my personal Co-Op Game of the Year vote back in 2009 with the original Dawn of War 2. After one great expansion, can they keep the magic alive? Let's take Retribution for a spin and find out.

Dawn of War II: Retribution is less than two weeks old, but fans of the game are going to be getting a treat on April 6th thanks to a free patch for the game.  Included in the patch are updated achievements for the three player co-op survival mode, The Last Stand.

We've done some ranting and raving here about Dawn of War 2. From an interview about the original Dawn of War 2, to a video review of its expansion, Chaos Rising, to co-op nights and no too few This Week In Co-op sessions, DoW2 has gotten some significant play-time around here. I think it's fair to say we enjoy it. Good news for us then, because DoW2's stand-alone expansion, Dawn of War 2: Retribution, releases tomorrow. DoW2: Retribution will be abandoning the Games for Windows support in favor of Steamworks. The campaign will also let you play as more than just the Space Marines (yay!), letting you also control the Tyranids, Chaos Marines, Orks, Eldar, and Imperial Guard in full co-op support.

Steam's midweek madness sale this week is all about Dawn of War.  All Dawn of War titles are 50% off - this includes the two player co-op Dawn of War 2 and the game's expansion - Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising.  Another stand alone expansion pack is in the works as well titled Dawn of War II: Retribution, though this isn't offered at the 50% discount price.  You can snag all three games, plus  Dawn of War Gold, Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, and Dawn of War: Soulstorm all for $60. 

It’s time now for some new Dawn of War 2: Retribution info that should get the mouth watering for most of us, once again. First on the agenda is a great collectors edition of Retribution, complete with all six races bonus wargear, poster, and race cards in a nice bundle. If you’re just not into that sort of thing and you’re especially in love with a particular race, you’ll be able to buy the individual race edition of Retribution at the normal retail price.

Dawn of War 2's latest "expansion pack" was announced quite some time ago, but we haven't been covering it all that much because until today - it was unconfirmed if the game would contain the same co-op campaigns as its predecessor.   So the good news is that yes, all of the races that have a single player campaign in Retribution will also be playable in two player co-op.  That includes the Tyranaids, Blood Ravens, Orks, Chaos Marines and Space Marines.  There is still yet an un announced race for the game.