What changed in Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® II Chaos Rising in 2014

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

  1. 14 events
    Separation of Leaderboards and Achievementschanges

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

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    Transition to Battle ServersnetworkMilestone

    Moving to Battle Servers to solve connection and latency issues in multiplayer gameplay.

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    Separation of Leaderboards and Achievementschanges

    Leaderboards and achievements are now separated for 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.

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    Open Beta for Dawn of War II and Chaos Risingnew content

    Introduction of an Open Beta for the new Steamworks version of Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising, available to all owners.

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    Removal of LAN and Peer-to-Peer Multiplayerbalance change

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

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    Removal of Games For Windows Livesystem

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

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    Removal of Games For Windows Livesystem

    Games For Windows Live has been removed from the game.

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    Known Issues in Open Betabug fix

    Statistics, Win/Loss Counters, AI Multiplayer Behavior, and other features are currently experiencing issues.

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    Transition to Battle ServersnetworkMilestone

    Moving to Battle Servers to improve multiplayer connection and latency issues.

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    Removal of Pause Functionality in Multiplayergameplay

    The ability to pause during multiplayer games has been removed.

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    Known Issues in Open Betabug fix

    Issues with statistics, AI behavior, referee functions, and chat mute/unmute.

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    Removal of LAN and Peer-to-Peer Multiplayergameplay

    LAN and peer-to-peer multiplayer features will be removed due to the new Battle Server implementation.

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    Removal of Pause Functionality in Multiplayergameplay

    Players will no longer be able to pause during multiplayer games.

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  2. 6 events
    Migration of Multiplayer to SteamnetworkMilestone

    Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising will migrate multiplayer services to Steam for improved matchmaking.

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    Migration of Multiplayer to SteamnetworkMilestone

    Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising will migrate multiplayer services to Steam for improved matchmaking.

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    Acknowledgment of Potential Technical Issuesbug fix

    There may be technical issues with the new multiplayer setup as the infrastructure is recreated for seven titles.

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    Anticipated Technical Issues Post-Migrationbug fix

    There may be technical issues and bugs following the migration of multiplayer infrastructure.

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    Update to Matchmaking and BackendchangesMilestone

    All titles in the franchise will use the same matchmaking and backend developed for Company of Heroes 2.

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    Unified Matchmaking System Across TitleschangesMilestone

    All titles in the franchise will use the same matchmaking and backend developed for Company of Heroes 2.

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