Wings Over the Pyre

04:46 am - The Emperor Likes Not Hogwarts

Reading Relicnews in order to get cool hints as to new strategies, I stumble over ...

Well, I'll let the text speak.

To: Lord-Inquisitor Von Grimm, Ordo Hereticus
From: Inquisitor Bigotin, Ordo Hereticus
Subject: Inquisitorial Purge BD-4992 "The Hogwarts Purge"
Transmitted: Inquisitorial Fortress, Bethor VIII
Transmitter: Astropath Ginla
Receiver: Astropath Wulesh

Salutations Lord!

I am pleased to report that the heretical witch-coven, the blasphemous sect known as "Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft" has been eliminated, and every member of this vile cult has been cleansed with fire and sword.

Accompanied by five squads of veteran Inquisitorial Stormtroopers, two hundred local militia, a dozen arco-flagellants, two Penitent Engines, and three squads drawn from the Order of the Holy Nimbus, we began our assault upon the fortress of the enemy at dawn's first light. Although the castle was hidden from normal sight by a myriad of hexes and foul enchantments, these wards were easily bypassed thanks to the psyk-out strike launched by the Persecution, and we were able to begin the assault.

( Inquisition Continues )

Which, really, just makes me want to figure out stats for a suite of Inquisitors and the Hogwarts crew in some system-generic wargame I own and run the Hogwarts' cleansing. Mind you, Voldemort would have issues with the Empire of Man; if anyone is likely to be Warp-tainted, it's him, but there you go.

Current Mood: amused

03:34 am - Dawn of More Warry Bloodness!

It's a happy day for Squid announcements of gaming news. A very good day.

RelicNews brings us lovely, lovely wonder, first:

New Dawn of War Expansion!

Posted in Dawn of War by ÜberJumper on January 30th, 2006

Relic and THQ announced today that there's a new Dawn of War expansion en-route! TWO new races being added! One is the Tau, the other seems to be undisclosed.

THQ Inc. (Nasdaq: THQI) and internal development studio Relic Entertainment today announced a second expansion pack to their award-winning real-time strategy hit Warhammer(R) 40,000: Dawn of War(TM). The add-on will include all-new explosive Dawn of War single-player action, new multiplayer content and two new playable races including the technologically devastating Tau, bringing the total number of playable races in Dawn of War to an unprecedented seven.

Oh, joyous day, caloo, calay! The Tau, and if I don't miss my guess, my new favourite race, the Necrons will get added to the wonderful destructive glory that is Dawn of War. This is a good and wonderful thing, not the least reason being that it'll end up with an RTS title with decent action with seven different choices of faction, which is bloody well unheard of.

Likewise in that vein, there's been a release of a set of Community Map Packs that pretty much everyone that plays Dawn of War should get and install. Because, damnit, I need more maps to spill innocent blood across.

As if anyone in the 40k universe was innocent.

Current Mood: ecstatic