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Feature News
Dawn of War Soulstorm announced

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Tired of playing with just random strangers? Team Automatch allows you to assemble a team of your friends and competitively battle similarly ranked opponents.  

Team Automatch comes with three different game modes: 2v2, 3,v3, and 4v4. Each mode has two leaderboards: one for Axis players, and one for Allies.

The automatcher will attempt to match you with teams as close to your level as possible. The more you win, the higher your team’s level becomes. By playing hard, you and your team can climb up the rankings and endeavor to become the highest ranked team on the Leaderboards!

Steps to automatch

  1. Add your team mates to your Relic Online Friend’s List.
  2. Using the same Friend’s List, click on your friend’s name and select ‘Invite to Team Automatch.’
  3. Choose the army you wish to play as, or choose to play to as a random army. You can also change the maps you prefer to play on.
  4. You can also invite additional friends into the game using the Friend’s List.
  5. When everyone’s done picking their options, click “Start” and you’re done! Just wait for automatcher to find you an opponent!

 

 

 

Mods/Maps
MAP/MOD SUBMISSIONS

If you would like your map or mod featured in the newsletter, please send an email to newsletter@relic.com with the following details on the map: Game made for, number of players, name of map/mod and any other info you can provide.

Inquisition Daemonhunt Mod
Compiler (Mod Lead)

This mod provides a new playable race for Dawn of War Dark Crusade, an RTS game by Relic, published by THQ, based on Games Workshop's Warhammer 40 000 universe.You can now play the Daemonhunters, a branch of the Inquisition in charge of destroying daemons, chaos cults and all chaotic influence from the Imperium.

The army's commander is the Inquisitor Lord and he commands over the Inquisition's troops.
When the opposition gets too strong, though, he calls on the secret chapter of Space Marines called the Grey Knights, super humans whose absolute faith and mighty psychic powers make them the most formidable soldiers in the service of the Emperor.        

This mod is made for Dark Crusade 1.2 only, and is aimed to be balanced to be played against the already existing races in game.

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Hell Beneath
Created by David Siglin

Hell Beneath is my debut map. It emphasizes strategic use of cover and maneuvering. This map sprang from my desire for a map that catered to epic struggles. I like high body counts. I like my ground blindly littered with the dead and dying. War is hell, but it should be a fun hell. And so I set about making a map that would force commanders to use good strategy or die. This is a map where you will ride that razor's edge every moment of the game. From death-trap bridges to cover providing craters and trees, every inch of this map was lovingly crafted for that purpose.

This isn't just a map. It's an epic-tale maker.

Installation tips: extract and drag the two folders ('Art' and 'scenarios') into the 'Data' folder where you keep your maps

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Fan Art
NEW FAN ART

Welcome to the Fan art section! If you would like your artwork to appear in the newsletter, please send an email to newsletter@relic.com with your name and the title of your work along with a JPG or BMP file of the associated image.

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DOG OF WAR COMIC STRIP

Dogs of War Comic Strip - GOLRADAER vs NYSTROM on Semois

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"Welcome to Dogs of War, a collection of illustrated reviews for Relic Entertainment's RTS masterpiece, Company of Heroes. This groundbreaking series, exclusive to gamereplays.org features only the most exciting games involving the community's top players." Ratbones

 

 

Screen Shots
USER TAKEN SCREENSHOTS FROM COMPANY OF HEROES: OPPOSING FRONTS

Screenshots from the upcoming Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts standalone expansion.

 

 

Screen Shots
WINNERS AND RESULTS

First Place Winner: Finch49th1stAIF
Wins a huge bedroom wall-sized poster of his choice of Relic concept art!

Finch created an amazing Christmas scene with lots of remarkable little details. But what's really impressive about this photo is he a created a CoH Cromwell Scale model himself, with all the fine points of what's available in the game, right down to the kind of fabric used for the canvas rolls. Awesome job Finch!

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Runner-Up: Emil
Wins his choice of a Relic shirt.

Emil’s Chaos-themed sugar cookies from Dawn of War are well-made, and look delicious!

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Runner-Up: skaffa
Wins his choice of a Relic shirt.

skaffa’s Company of Heroes themed photo shows a lot of attention to detail depicting an epic battle.

 

 

Narrative
NARRATIVE SUBMISSION

Welcome to the Narrative/Storyline section! If you would like your short story to appear in the newsletter, please send an email to newsletter@relic.com with your name and the title of your story along with the associated Word document or Text file.

Homeworld: The Silent War (Work in Progress)
By Ironwatsas

It has been 12 years since the Vaygr invasion, countless lives have been lost, many nations have been devastated, and the galaxy has fallen into financial decay. With the death of Makaan and the appearance of Sajuuk, the Vaygr war chieftans retreated from Hiigara. But it would be another two years before the united nations of Hiigara, Nalthor, Osyria, Caanan, and many others pushed the Vaygr largely out of the Galactic Core and back into the Eastern Fringe.

Still, some Vaygr clans remain within conquered territories, and in the wake of the war, many desperate nations devastated by the war, some former allies of Pax Hiigara, began preying on each other for raw materials. The chaos also lead to a resurgence in space piracy as criminal cartels, Turanic clans, remnant Vaygr fleets, and desperate nations began taking advantage of the lawlessness in the east...

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