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Release date, platform, and edition details for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, including the December 3, 2026 launch, the Standard and Commander Editions, and pre-order bonuses.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV is a real-time strategy game from KING Art and Deep Silver, set on the planet Kronus and releasing December 3, 2026 for PC.
The announced post-launch plan for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, covering Year One free content and paid expansions including AFTERMATH.
Overview of the four playable factions in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV at launch, plus the fifth faction planned for the Aftermath expansion.
Last Stand is the returning horde and survival mode in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, in which you hold out against increasingly deadly waves of enemies.
Crusade Mode is the turn-based meta-campaign for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, played on a world map of Kronus and planned as free post-launch content. Its exact launch timing is hedged in pre-release information.
Overview of the game modes confirmed for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, including the Campaign, Skirmish, Last Stand, Multiplayer, and the post-launch Crusade Mode.
Base building and resource management in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV: construct and expand a base, capture and upgrade resource points, hold territory, and use cover and garrisonable buildings.
The Dark Angels are a playable Space Marine sub-faction in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, fielding Deathwing Terminators and Ravenwing bikers and building toward the playable Primarch Lion El’Jonson.
Guide to the single-player and co-op campaign of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, covering its 70-plus missions, four faction campaigns, non-linear structure, and cinematics.
The story and setting of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV: the world of Kronus, the Great Rift, the stranded Blood Ravens, the tomb-or-prison mystery, and the awakening Necrons.
Multiplayer is the competitive player-versus-player mode in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, supporting 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3 matches at launch.
The confirmed voice cast of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV: sixteen performers announced by KING Art, plus the Black Library author who wrote the campaign story and the game's language support.
The confirmed named characters of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, including Blood Ravens and Dark Angels Space Marines, Ork warlords, Adeptus Mechanicus figures, the Necron commanders, and the playable Primarch Lion El'Jonson.
The Combat Director in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV is an expanded sync-kill system that gives every unit in a fight cinematic combat choreography at all times, not just on killing blows.
Commanders in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV are hero units that anchor an army. Pre-release coverage says each faction campaign often lets you pick one of two Commanders, who carry their own gear and abilities.
The Adeptus Mechanicus in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, a ranged tech-focused faction making its series debut, with the Noosphere Network, Auger Vision, named units, and two Commanders.
The Space Marines in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, playable as two Chapters (Blood Ravens and Dark Angels) across the campaign, featuring Deathwing, Ravenwing, and a playable Lion El'Jonson.
Unit Customization in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV is handled by the Army Painter, a launch-day tool that lets players personalize the appearance of their units.
Unit Veterancy in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV: units that survive and keep fighting grow in power, gaining levels, abilities, and improved stats over the course of a battle.
The Necrons in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV: an ancient, deathless faction with the Tomb Citadel, Power Matrix, Dominion resource, Resurrection Galleries, and commanders Thothmek and Ahmnok.
Stratagems in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV are powerful off-map abilities. Pre-release coverage describes them as unlock-once-then-reusable for the rest of a campaign.
Planet Kronus, the contested world on which all of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV takes place and the focus of both the campaign and the Crusade meta-campaign.
The Orks in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, a brutal strength-in-numbers faction powered by the Waaagh! Energy system and led by Warboss Gorgutz and Beastboss Guzcutta.
Skirmish is the custom versus-AI mode in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, letting you choose the map, factions, and difficulty for a one-off battle.
Captain Cyrus is a Blood Ravens Captain and Space Marine Commander in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, shown in official screenshots as a ranged, single-target specialist whose stealth increases his durability.
Lord Ahmnok is the second playable Necron Commander in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, a close-quarters counterpart to Thothmek who also arrives in Last Stand and Crusade as free post-launch content.
The Power Matrix is the Necron economy and territory system in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV: an energy field spread by buildings that generates Dominion and strengthens every Necron standing in it.
AFTERMATH is the paid campaign expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV that adds a fifth playable faction after launch, bundled into the Commander Edition and placed near the Summer marker on the roadmap.
The Noosphere Network is the Adeptus Mechanicus system in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV that links structures back to the headquarters, unlocking weaponry and granting boons, with Cogitator Relays as its weak points.
Thothmek the Chronomancer is the first playable Necron Commander in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, a time-bending schemer who commands a Necron fleet above Kronus and rouses the tombs below it.
Lion El'Jonson, the Dark Angels Primarch, becomes playable at the climax of the Space Marine campaign in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, billed as the first playable Warhammer 40,000 Primarch in any video game.
Waaagh! Energy is the Ork faction mechanic in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV: a meter filled by Ork numbers and kills that, once triggered, sends the whole army into a berserker state.
Warboss Gorgutz is a returning Ork Commander in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, a slow but devastating Mega Armour fighter met at the very start of the game and armed with the I’m Out of Here escape.
The Blood Ravens are the Space Marine Chapter at the centre of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, stranded on Kronus and rebuilding, and the subject of the paid Blood Ravens Story Prologue.
Beastboss Guzcutta is the Ork Beast Snagga Commander in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, a Commander who is two units in one thanks to a rideable Squigosaur unlocked later in the campaign.
The Mission Editor is a free post-launch addition to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, shown on the Year 1 Expansion roadmap as the third free drop alongside Map Pack III.
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