If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy.

Dawn of War 2: Retribution gets Tyranids

tyranid

Tyranids will be joining Orks and Eldar as a playable race in the next expansion for Dawn of War 2, Retribution.

PC Gamer has the news in a preview:

"There’s a twist to this announcement: in Retribution’s Tyranid campaign, unlike its others, you have just one hero. You’re the Swarmlord."

And:

"In action, he’s the scrappy backbone of your swarm. As a six metre tall creature wielding four swords made of bone, he takes care of himself pretty well. But he also functions as a caster, chucking the Barbed Stranglers Dan mentioned to slow down and suppress large groups of units, or flush them out of a building if they’re garrisoned. His underlings do most of the fighting: huge, ever changing hordes of small units washing over the battlefield. They spawn fast, they die fast, and you’re constantly rethinking what to create."

Although he will be the only hero in the Tyranid campaign, the Swarmlord will be able to spawn Hormagaunts and Termagants at any time, assuming he has the energy to do it.

You can also lead around with 140 units on the battlefield.

There's a trailer of the expansion below (thanks, RPS).

DoW II: Retribution releases next March.

This article contained embedded media which can no longer be displayed.

Sign in and unlock a world of features

Get access to commenting, homepage personalisation, newsletters, and more!

In this article
Related topics
About the Author

Johnny Cullen

Contributor

Johnny has experience at a wide range of games media outlets, having written for Eurogamer, Play Magazine, PC Gamer, GameDaily, and more. He worked at VG247 pumping out news at an astonishing rate for several years. More recently, he founded the games website PlayDiaries.

Comments