

The game is set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, a dystopian vision of the future. Most recently, Dawn of War and all three expansions were released together as Dawn of War: The Complete Collection. Later, the Game of the Year edition and Winter Assault were bundled in the "Gold Edition" (USA), and after the release of Dark Crusade it was packed with Dawn of War and Winter Assault as the "Platinum Edition" (USA) or Dawn of War: Anthology (Europe). The "Game of the Year" edition, containing four exclusive maps, was released on Septemin the USA and on September 23 in Europe.

The sequel, Dawn of War II, was released in February 2009. Since its release, three expansion packs have been released: Winter Assault in 2005, Dark Crusade in 2006, and Soulstorm in 2008. It was released by THQ on Septemin North America. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a real-time strategy computer game developed by Relic Entertainment based on Games Workshop's popular tabletop wargame, Warhammer 40,000.
