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After getting reports that people were getting invalid CD keys on the back of their DoW Gold Edition manuals, Buggo from Relic asked THQ about this issue.

THQ had this to say:

The Dawn of Way Gold Pack CD key should only be 16 characters long, in four banks of four. If your CD key is 20 characters long, you have a mis-printed manual.

Please post your faulty Dawn of War manual, along with a covering letter and return address to:

Dawn of War Replacement Manual,
THQ UK, Dukes Court,
Duke Street,
Woking
GU21 5BH

THQ will then issue you a replacement manual within 7 days.

The guys behind the DoW40k modification for Dawn of War have released a playable beta. This mod, formerly known as Rebirth, attempts to bring Dawn of War closer to the Warhammer tabletop game.

For those of you who don’t know, DoW40k is meant for those who want to play a Warhammer 40K RTS as opposed to an RTS based on the W40K Universe. The basic idea is that all units and weapon upgrades cost req and buildings, with the exception of HQs, Power Gens, and LPs, cost power. In addtion, weapons like Power Klaws and Lascannons which punch through infantry saves with panache in TT will do exactly that in this mod. Almost everything has been converted over. Toughness / Wounds to HP…armour and invulnerable saves…weapon Strength vaules…even points to req costs.

You can download the mod here, visit the mod forum here or discuss the mod in this thread.

15,000 Keys are going up on Fileplanet on wednesday via Fileplanet. Paid subscription will not be required to get a key. I’m guessing this is your last choice to get a taste of the beta.

Thanks Buggo for the heads up :D

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Buggo has posted her video interview with the Relic balance team. There are two parts, about 60 MB combined.

BitTorrent: Part 1 2

Relic.com: Part 1 2

Finally the wait is over. Patch 1.51 for Dawn of War / Winter Assault is live and can be downloaded by connecting to gamespy. The patch is 34 MB in size, but since the servers are getting hammered downloads are slow at the moment. We are also working on a list of direct mirrors.

For more info including a changelog check out this thread.

We’ve got the first Company of Heroes singleplayer demo on the Relic Community BitTorrent Tracker (direct link) for your enjoyment. Please don’t ask for a non-BT link, as we just don’t have that kind of bandwidth.

The demo includes the first and part of the fourth mission from the CoH singleplayer, as well as the game tutorial. Please note that this isn’t the gold code, and thus isn’t entirely optimized - you’ll need a fairly heavy-duty machine (2.5 ghz, 1 GB RAM, Windows XP, and a nice graphics card) to run it nicely.

There’s two bits on IGN that you might want to check out.

First, is a screenshot of the wireless version of CoH (for cell phones).

The second, is an article about the Allied Company Commanders.

Thanks to PCoH for the wireless info, and long time submitter Dave for the Company Commander Link.

Computer and Video Games is having a contest.

But since we’re so nice, we thought we’d share and up for grabs are 5 box copies of the game, plus 50 beta keys for use in the Company of Heroes multiplayer beta. Nab one of these lovelies and not only will you be able to play the game right now, but you’ll also be able to help the development team shape an even more balanced and enjoyable multiplayer experience.

Thanks to Ogryn for mentioning it on IRC.

Templars of Twlight gave a short impression of the Necron gameplay and economy from Gamesday 2006. Here is a short quote from the impression regarding the Necron’s economy,

The Necron use a very different ressource system than all the other races. Relying on power only, they have no way of gathering Requistion Points. Capping points, and building Listening Posts just increases their Time Bonus and their population limit.

Great article for folks who would like a general idea of how the Necrons will shape up for Dark Crusade. Everyone can check out the article here.

Thanks to Santiago for the heads up.