Dawn of War is back! Relic Entertainment has announced Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Definitive Edition, an updated version of its beloved real-time strategy game first released over 20 years ago. As a huge fan of the original 2004 game, I just had to find out more beyond the debut trailer, below. So, like a well-trained Inquisitor, I tracked down design director Philippe Boulle and quizzed him on this most welcome of grimdark revivals.
Boulle started at Relic in November 2005, and his first project was Dawn of War’s second expansion pack, Dark Crusade. He went on to work on Dawn of War: Soulstorm, Dawn of War 2, Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising, Space Marine, Company of Heroes 2, Dawn of War 3, and Age of Empires 4. In short, he’s been...