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Here’s how to barely hold off the Orks in Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War III’s first mission

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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After a long wait, Relic Entertainment and Sega Europe are launching Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III on April 27. And the companies are holding an open beta test from Friday, April 21 to 10 a.m. Pacific on Monday, April 24.

But I’ve checked out the beginning of the game, and you can see it below. It’s one of the highly anticipated games for the PC in a series that has sold more than 8 million units. It’s the kind of game that can help the resurgence of the real-time strategy genre. (Here’s our hands-on impressions).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.