Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Updated to 2000

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

Written Thursday, February 04, 2010 By Alan Pettit

Ok, please, before everyone starts freaking out with the "OMG M$ broke their own rulez!!1!" hear me out and understand why I think this is actually a legit move on their part.

First of all, if you didn't click that link to read the rules, Microsoft has currently set an 80 achievement/1750 point cap on all games that are increased through downloadable content, with a 250 point per quarter (3 month) stipulation. All in agreement, yes? Good.

Now, here is a game that has now hit 2000. Rules broken? Not quite. Dawn of War II is a PC-exclusive game at retail. It's sequel/expansion "Chaos Rising" will also be through retail outlets only. So, therein lies the rub. It's not downloadable content! Flimsy? Yeah, but I believe their "rules" may still be intact. And really, they are still two completely separate retail games, their achievement lists just happen to be merged together.

Regardless, the original 1000 points have all been edited on xbox.com (and of course here) to include "in Dawn of War II" at the end to signify what the original list was, with 24 new achievements being added for the upcoming expansion (all stipulating "in Chaos Rising" in their descriptions), adding a full retail's worth of 1000 gamerscore on top of the original list.

So here you have it, folks. Another first in the history of gamerscore! Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising is due March 11th in the US and the 12th in Europe.

Chaos Lord 70
Play 20 Ranked games using Chaos in Chaos Rising.

Blood God 25
Win a Ranked game using only Khorne-themed units in Chaos Rising.

Plague Father 25
Win a Ranked game using only Nurgle-themed units in Chaos Rising.

Bringer of Change 25
Win a Ranked game using only Tzeentch-themed units in Chaos Rising.

Chaos Undivided 25
Win a Ranked Team Battle with each Chaos hero on the team in Chaos Rising.

King Of The Hill 50
Win 10 online Free for All matches in Chaos Rising.

Manipulator 25
Score 500,000 in The Last Stand with the Hive Tyrant or Sorcerer in Chaos Rising.

Overlord 60
Reach level 20 in The Last Stand with the Hive Tyrant or Sorcerer in Chaos Rising.

Usurper 60
Beat wave 20 in The Last Stand with the Hive Tyrant or Sorcerer in Chaos Rising.

The Emperor's Justice 20
Defeat the Traitor Guardsmen on Aurelia in Chaos Rising.

The Enemy Exposed 50
Defeat the true enemy attacking Angel Forge in Chaos Rising.

The Challenge Answered 50
Answer the enemy commander's challenge on Aurelia in Chaos Rising.

Enemy of Chaos 70
Complete campaign on Recruit Difficulty or harder in Chaos Rising.

Conqueror of Chaos 70
Complete campaign on Sergeant Difficulty or harder in Chaos Rising.

Bane of Chaos 70
Complete campaign on Captain Difficult or harder in Chaos Rising.

End of Chaos 70
Complete campaign on Primarch Difficulty in Chaos Rising.

Common Foe 25
Complete 1 Chaos Rising mission in Co-Op.

Duty is its own Reward 50
Complete 6 Chaos Rising missions as a GUEST in Co-Op.

Bad Example 25
Get any squad to maximum Corruption in Chaos Rising. Not available to guests.

Relentless 25
Reach level 30 with any campaign squad in Chaos Rising. Not available to guests.

Forbidden Knowledge 10

Unlock the dark secrets of "The Fate of Galan" in Chaos Rising.

Purist 50
Complete a mission on the Space Hulk with 4 Terminators in Chaos Rising.

Domination 25
Hold 5+ victory points at once in an online Free for All in Chaos Rising.

Secret Achievement 25
Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement.

User Comments

Forum Posts: 217	Comment #1 by wackysplash Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 09:21:07 PM	(0)
	cool, cant wait to get!

Forum Posts: 2	Comment #2 by Various8 Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 09:22:27 PM	(0)
	pretty cool ae

Forum Posts: 37	Comment #3 by TR3NCHED Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 09:23:02 PM	(-2)
	2000? THATS OVER NINE THOUSANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND!!!!

Forum Posts: 626	Comment #4 by its delicious Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 09:24:00 PM	(0)
	Nerd cred.

Forum Posts: 177	Comment #5 by shadowpwner Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 09:24:45 PM	(0)
	@3 actually is over 1 thousand. I win

Forum Posts: 2281	Comment #6 by ponypo2001 Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 09:27:00 PM	(0)
	I still have so much to do one this game it's scary.I really liked it a lot.

Forum Posts: 39	Comment #7 by Metalbrian2 Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 09:30:29 PM	(0)
	couldn't they combine halo 3's achievements with odst's achievement since odst is a retail only expansion game, just like with dawn of war 2?

Forum Posts: 535	Comment #8 by dark lord me Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 09:32:52 PM	(0)
	Never thought that this would be the 2K game... Though iut is a good reason since its a full fledged retail expansion though why didn't gthey do two lists ?

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #9 by chente14 Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 09:52:10 PM	(-1)
	i could've sworn the title of this site was xbox360achievements.org.... who gives a fuck about a pc game....

Forum Posts: 96	Comment #10 by Aliasalpha Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 09:54:51 PM	(1)
	Well the gamerscore is combined with 360 & GFWL. I'm guessing that when the site was made, GFWL wasn't around yet and so xbox360achievements was a good name but since its about expanding gamerscore, it kind of makes sense to cover the windows ones too. In short, some of us DO care

Forum Posts: 887	Comment #11 by dillon Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 09:55:27 PM	(0)
	#9 people who like playing PC games and having it count towards their gamerscore?

Forum Posts: 15217	Comment #12 by The Pants Party [STAFF] Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 09:56:16 PM	(1)
	#9: facepalm They didn't have PC achievements when the site was founded, and since they get added to your gamertag just like any other achievement, I can guarantee you most of our members care. And the thousands of gamers who ONLY play PC games. Troll elsewhere.

Forum Posts: 268	Comment #13 by Hand of Blood52 Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 10:12:43 PM	(0)
	@#9 Exactly

Forum Posts: 356	Comment #14 by n1ck3sixty Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 10:14:49 PM	(0)
	@#9 haha:)

Forum Posts: 1352	Comment #15 by Emfulz Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 10:16:11 PM	(0)
	@#9, you aren't very smart... Games for windows live have achievements and since it links with your XBox 360 Gamertag I can just assume that's why GFWL are on here...

Forum Posts: 642	Comment #17 by Nei Debrusc Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 10:46:20 PM	(0)
	Wow, such hate. But 2000 would look weird on my gamercard. It would make my 1000s and 1250s look bad. And especially the 200s.

Forum Posts: 228	Comment #18 by 91GSX Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 11:13:30 PM	(0)
	#17 OCD much?

Forum Posts: 665	Comment #19 by mentaljason Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 11:22:40 PM	(0)
	2000 would look SO sick on the GT, but not a PC player myself.

Forum Posts: 893	Comment #20 by DaChiefOfOwnage Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 11:34:29 PM	(0)
	This game should have come out at least 100 years ago, last Thursday. And the gamerscore for this game should be OVER 9000, instead of a measly 2000.

Forum Posts: 364	Comment #21 by ImpendIn_Agony Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 11:35:10 PM	(1)
	For the Immortal Emperor of Mankind!!

Forum Posts: 71	Comment #22 by Dark Knight1990 Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 11:43:15 PM	(0)
	#16 Well said.

Forum Posts: 118	Comment #23 by XCinX Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 12:32:36 AM	(0)
	A sly little loophole on the whole "rules" system from achievements/gamerscore.

Forum Posts: 223	Comment #24 by Tarvu Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 01:09:43 AM	(0)
	Who the fuck would be annoyed by a game having 2000G?

Forum Posts: 52	Comment #25 by jumpinjonny Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 02:03:49 AM	(0)
	heres hoping the dragon age expansion does the same thing

Forum Posts: 284	Comment #26 by ViperxSniper Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 02:14:08 AM	(0)
	@7- wouldn't that make Halo 3 max gamerscore 2750. I think that would be a little to high. Nice try though.

Forum Posts: 284	Comment #27 by ViperxSniper Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 02:25:16 AM	(0)
	Also, I don't think it could be based on the expansion being available through retailer. If that were the case, couldn't GTAIV be 2000 (Episodes from Liberty City). Or what about Tomb Raider Legend's Anniversary expansion or the Fallout expansion retail packages the disc based one atleast?

Forum Posts: 78	Comment #28 by hardy86 Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 03:02:50 AM	(0)
	y cant they keep all games at 1000 it looks stupid past that

Forum Posts: 173	Comment #29 by Blue Thunder28 Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 03:06:28 AM	(0)
	I completely agree with #25.

Forum Posts: 150	Comment #30 by Lukhuta Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 03:40:28 AM	(0)
	@ everyone hoping to get 2000 on all their DLC: Congratulations, you ARE achievements whores! (Btw, ITS OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAND)

Forum Posts: 205	Comment #31 by Unibrow88 Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 04:09:59 AM	(0)
	Omg Another rule in the can

Forum Posts: 743	Comment #32 by l.maciver Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 04:11:14 AM	(0)
	i dont care about the rules, if games where aloud to keep increasing the amount of score for dlc, they would be playd for longer, no limits.

Forum Posts: 7588	Comment #33 by Nozza x360a Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 04:15:06 AM	(0)
	OMG M$ broke their own rulez!!1!... Ow wait..

Forum Posts: 623	Comment #34 by VisionsOfDemise Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 04:18:11 AM	(0)
	They may as well have given it a seperate Game ID. But meh who cares, another 1000 points is another 1000 points.

Forum Posts: 22	Comment #35 by chrisjp35 Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 04:30:37 AM	(0)
	@7 ODST was never classed as an expansion, just a stand alone game

Forum Posts: 560	Comment #36 by MakoBallistic Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 06:36:22 AM	(0)
	hmmmm, if i ever actually buy a decent pc i may have to get this.

Forum Posts: 6	Comment #37 by Rewave Acid Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 06:48:21 AM	(-1)
	@5 SHUT THE HELL UP, HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN DRAGON BALL Z???? :P on a side note, i nearly cried when i realised this wouldnt run on my mac... :'(

Forum Posts: 75	Comment #38 by dfenseOwnsu Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 07:39:57 AM	(0)
	i wonder how many people are gonna buy this just cause its 2000 points worth of achievements.

Forum Posts: 644	Comment #39 by Munsie Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 07:59:44 AM	(0)
	2000. Nifty.

Forum Posts: 336	Comment #40 by Poisonheadcrab Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 08:35:36 AM	(0)
	Hive Tyrant for Last Stand?!? Hell yeah!!!

Forum Posts: 43	Comment #41 by M4str0fDisaster Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 09:07:27 AM	(0)
	The only reason why they gave this game 2000 gamerscore is so PC can get something before we do

Forum Posts: 523	Comment #42 by artphobia Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 09:56:32 AM	(0)
	@12 you tell'um pants! Good to see chaos on there now! :) and remember... Red onnes goo fasstierrr!

Forum Posts: 199	Comment #43 by ViNyLek Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 09:59:43 AM	(0)
	Awesome. I love this game and loved to see last stand for free. Looks like it's gonna be more of dow goodness. Can't go wrong with the best RTS out there (that is until starcraft 2 comes out^^)

Forum Posts: 21	Comment #44 by Marco 223 Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 11:56:08 AM	(0)
	Dawn of War 2

Forum Posts: 972	Comment #45 by ITD Soldierboy Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 03:21:36 PM	(1)
	@9 Go die in a hole PC gamers out rank every console gamer combined. You want to know why? Because everyone and their damn mothers have a computer and play a game. Use the thing in your head, we all call a brain before you make a ridiculous comment. And before you bitch like you probably will that this is x360 achievements. Yes it is, but the PC has versions of achievements that track on to your x360a gamertag, therefore technically making them x360 achievements. Think before you post dumb shit.

Forum Posts: 82	Comment #46 by dementedlullaby Saturday, February 06, 2010 @ 07:12:19 AM	(0)
	It adds another 1k achievements? Cool haha. Good game. Gonna get the expansion for sure.

Forum Posts: 30	Comment #47 by MJ FAME Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 01:32:16 AM	(0)
	thanks for the info

Forum Posts: 1557	Comment #48 by ezekiel 08 Sunday, March 07, 2010 @ 06:56:29 AM	(0)
	#11: I like getting achievements in PC games :-). It's annoying when they bring an Xbox 360 game to PC and DON'T include achievements. Developers should all follow Batman: AA, Fallout 3, BioShock 2's lead in adding achievements.

Forum Posts: 3	Comment #49 by Acefspds Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 01:00:11 AM	(0)
	to bad i dont have a pc to run this game =/

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #50 by guitar g0d Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 02:26:30 PM	(0)
	this game is great. if you don't have it, you should really get it!

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Developer: Relic Entertainment Publisher: THQ Genre Strategy Release: US: February 27, 2008
ESRB: Mature

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