Battles are then resolved in real-time strategy style. You can command any of the nine factions in the turn-based strategic game, which lets you plot moves and attacks on planetary maps, sort of like the board game Risk.
A strange warp storm around a group of planets draws the various factions in to investigate, but the storm also wreaks havoc with their navigation systems, stranding them on the planets where full-fledged chaos then ensues. Soulstorm takes its name from the region of space it takes place in. The Sisters of Battle are one of the two new factions in Soulstorm. Oh yeah, we should also mention that there are air units in Soulstorm (a first for the series), as well as achievements. To access the other factions in multiplayer, you'll need to own the respective Dawn of War games that they appear in. If you only own Soulstorm, you'll have access to all nine Dawn of War factions in the single-player campaign or in single-player skirmish games, but in multiplayer you'll only be able to play as the Dark Eldar or the Sisters of Battle. Just like Dark Crusade, this will be a stand-alone expansion, which means you will not have to own any of the previous Dawn of War games to play it. The popular strategic campaign from Dark Crusade that featured an entire planet to conquer has been trumped by Soulstorm's epic strategic campaign, which features a whopping four planets and three moons. The first is the previously announced Dark Eldar, while the second is the previously unannounced Sisters of Battle. The big news in Soulstorm is that there are two new factions. The solution? Top Dark Crusade by offering even more. However, even Relic and collaborator Iron Lore Entertainment face a daunting task with Soulstorm, as last year's Dark Crusade expansion raised the bar considerably for what fans expect.
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So what does it say about Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War that we're now up to Soulstorm, the recently announced third expansion to 2004's real-time strategy game based on the popular sci-fi miniatures franchise from Games Workshop? Relic Studios is responsible for some amazing and innovative games, from Homeworld to Company of Heroes, but the Dawn of War series may very well be its most enduring and popular.
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It's not unusual to see PC games get an expansion pack after they're released, though it's rare when a game that's not named The Sims gets a second expansion.