What changed in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) in 2014

19 updates · 6 main milestones · May 28, 2014 to Jun 27, 2014

  1. 13 events
    Open Beta for Dawn of War II and Chaos Risingnew content

    Players can join the Open Beta of the new Steamworks version of Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising.

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    Transition to Battle ServersnetworkMilestone

    Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising are moving to Battle Servers to improve multiplayer experience.

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    Known Issues in Open Betabug fix

    Statistics, Win/Loss Counters, Leaderboard data, AI Multiplayer Behavior, and other features are currently not functioning properly.

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    Transition to Steamworks and Battle ServersnetworkMilestone

    Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising are moving to Steamworks servers and Battle Servers for improved multiplayer support.

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    Removal of Games For Windows Liveother

    Games For Windows Live has been removed from Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising.

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    Open Beta for Dawn of War II and Chaos Risingnew content

    Players can join the Open Beta of the new Steamworks version of Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising.

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    Removal of LAN and Peer-to-Peer Multiplayerbalance change

    LAN and peer-to-peer multiplayer features will be removed to enhance online multiplayer.

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    Known Issues in Open Betabug fix

    Statistics, AI behavior, referee functions, and chat mute/unmute are among the known issues being addressed.

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    Removal of Pause Function in Multiplayergameplay

    The ability to pause during multiplayer games has been removed.

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    Separation of Leaderboards and Achievementsquality of life

    Leaderboards and achievements are now separated for Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising.

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    Removal of Games For Windows Liveother

    Games For Windows Live has been removed from Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising.

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    Separation of Leaderboards and Achievementsquality of life

    Leaderboards and Achievements have been separated for Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising.

    Steam
    Removal of LAN and Peer-to-Peer Multiplayerbalance change

    LAN and peer-to-peer multiplayer features will be removed to enhance online multiplayer experience.

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  2. 6 events
    Improved Matchmaking ExperiencechangesMilestone

    The new matchmaking and backend developed for Company of Heroes 2 will enhance the multiplayer experience across all titles.

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    Acknowledgment of Potential Technical Issuesbug fix

    The update may introduce technical issues as the multiplayer infrastructure is recreated for seven titles.

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    Migration of Multiplayer to SteamnetworkMilestone

    Dawn of War II and its expansion will migrate multiplayer services from GameSpy to Steam for improved matchmaking.

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    Migration of Multiplayer to SteamnetworkMilestone

    Dawn of War and its expansions are migrating multiplayer services from GameSpy to Steam for improved matchmaking.

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    Acknowledgment of Potential Technical Issuesbug fix

    The update may introduce some technical issues as the multiplayer infrastructure is recreated for seven titles.

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    Improved Matchmaking ExperiencechangesMilestone

    The update will enhance the matchmaking experience across all titles using the backend developed for Company of Heroes 2.

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