Breaking: Ultramarines Movie Names Writer and Director

This just hit my inbox moments ago, but the latest Ultramarines Movie newsletter had information that the writer and director have been named.

Dan Abnett has been named the writer.  That's right, THE Dan Abnett.  The guy who has written more than 30 Black Library titles, including the Gaunt's Ghost series, the Eisenhorn trilogy, the Ravenor series and two of the Horus Heresy books.

Martyn Pick has been named the director.  That's right, THE...wait, who? Nothing against Martin Pyck, but his name doesn't have the cache that Abnett's does.  Still he was the animation director for "The Age of Stupid" and has directed some small films and even the music video for U2's "Get On Your Boots".

Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising Stuff

Crazy week this week, I haven't had much time to paint or play games or anything. Shoot last night I was on my computer and fell asleep while talking to somebody via IM. We were chatting in Steam, I typed something, and then woke up with a screen saver on.

That said, a couple Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising things hit this week. We have a High Score Contest winner, Patch 1.9, and Chaos Rising info. It's all after the jump.

New Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising Trailer

The fine folks at IGN posted a new teaser trailer for Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising the other day.  It isn't long, but there is some cool gameplay footage.

The game is scheduled for a March 2010 release.

See the preview after the jump.

Megaforce Madness

There have been rumors and images of the Ork and Space Marine Megaforces rolling around the internet, and while I was embroiled in a stretch of horrible The Last Stand play I missed that Games Workshop had posted the info for the new, impressive, and apparently limited edition Ork and Space Marine box sets.

I have a breakdown of what's in each set after the jump.

More Dawn of War II - The Last Stand Contest Fun

Those crazy guys over at Relic have just gotten all contest crazy for The Last Stand.  Last time it was "the first to beat Wave 20" this time it's a Highest Score Contest.  The Details are at the link, but basically get the highest score in a round during a window of a couple weeks, and have it hold for at least 24 hours.

This is just fun.  And I'm sure it'll be fun to try and do it, but if my attempt to get the highest score go anything like my last few rounds then I don't have to worry about winning.  But I'll still try.  And I suggest nobody else does (cause I want to win something sometime).

Dawn of War II - The Last Stand My Own Personal Update

So last week when I was discussing the Dawn of War II DLC "The Last Stand" I commented that I was getting dumped into solo games after loading.

I have fixed that.

After updating my video drivers (I was one release back) I also installed the latest version of the AMD Dual Core Optimizer.  Once both of those were done (and I'm fairly certain the Optimizer was the big deal) I was able to play with other people.

This is great because I couldn't get past Wave 5 by myself.  I also couldn't level up very fast.  Now I'm level 9 with my Mekboy and I've reached Wave 16.  I'll go into more detail after the jump, but if you're playing and you don't want to know what Wave 16 is, then don't read past the jump.

Dawn of War II - The Last Stand 5th Race Revealed

One of the things that made The Last Stand so intriguing was this idea that a new 5th race was going to appear in the DLC.  Lots of speculation about who the 5th race was going to be.  Well the news has leaked, and if you're interested, hit the jump to see.

Dawn of War II - The Last Stand First Impressions

So it had been a while since I cracked open Dawn of War II.  I had been busy painting, playing some other video games, and after completing the campaign I was sorely outmatched in multiplayer.

So right off the bat, I was the first of our threesome to die.  I got better after being revived, but I struggled a bit.

It didn't matter though.

Because I [expletive deleted] love this new game mode.

Dawn of War II - The Last Stand Is Live

For those who maybe missed (like I almost did) The Last Stand - the downloadable add-on for Dawn of War II - went live yesterday.  I didn't get online until late last night so I was only able to download it.

I will be playing it tonight.  Oh yes I will be.

Dawn of War II - The Last Stand...The Contest

I shamefully never discussed the soon to be release DLC for Dawn of War II "The Last Stand".

So to catch up, here's what the press release says about "The Last Stand"

The Last Stand is a cooperative survival mode that gives gamers control of an individual hero unit and drops a small multiplayer team into a battle with impossible odds.  Players can choose between a Space Marine Captain, Eldar Farseer or Ork Mekboy and will team up with two other squad-mates in an attempt to hold out as long as possible against wave after wave of relentless attackers.  Hero units level up and are fully customizable as new armor and weapons become available from game to game.  Working together to devise innovative strategies is the key to success in this brand-new battle mode.

The Last Stand download also contains two new multiplayer maps, balance updates and bug fixes for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II.

With the pending release Relic has announced a contest, details and the trailer for "The Last Stand" after the jump.