Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III - Announcement Trailer

Sega has announced Dawn of War 3, a new entry in Relic Entertainment's acclaimed Warhammer 40,000 real-time strategy series.
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[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

I still come back to watch this

[@MrJakey121]

Yo same lmao

[@tesial]

Same.

[@scottpagan2233]

Roger that. Despite not knowing anything of warhammer I thoroughly enjoy watching this

[@dylanarnold6982]

Same :(

[@Kombatwombat]

Same. RIP DoW.

[@tzaneee]

this is what you get when the guys making the trailer know more about 40 k than the guys making the game .

[@Hely_from_de_mainframe]

Fucking true...

[@arseniysuslov9]

Amen

[@masterofoffending3908]

We know what have they done next

[@frankcastle9691]

Ya the game was complete shit.

[@moa2718]

naaa the tráiler was shit to, feminist and very Hollywood netflix shit

[@markvalentine9119]

The way he smiles when he faces certain death. Chills.

[@pravkdey]

He knows he has done his duty

[@lightboydan2669]

Death is a luxury in Warhammer 40k😂

[@sinistrality7883]

@@lightboydan2669 not really, once you die your soul goes to the warp and gets eaten by the multitude of monsters there

[@mariuszsobolewski9839]

@@sinistrality7883 Not always heretic. The Emperor protects.

[@arsalans.6127]

@@mariuszsobolewski9839 Hahahahahahshshshsh

[@Temp3st60]

The entrance of that Aeldari titan and the swell of music still gives me chills. Absolutely nailed the the scale of 40k

[@Tombard114]

And this isnt even a titan - its a wraithknight. Titans are way larger than that.

[@monkeboy7744]

@@Tombard114 🤓

[@sergeigen1]

its so awesome lol

[@davisdf3064]

And then the Imperial Knights come, and we see how fricking fast that thing can be!

[@different_stuff]

@@monkeboy7744 "🤓"🤓

[@VeggieGamer]

Whoever did the sound design for this trailer needs an award of some kind. Truly amazing work!

[@wamenslot]

Rage Music

[@k-leb4671]

Eh.

[@jullienflight]

What sells games like these is the sound tracks this aut to get game of the year !!!

[@jullienflight]

Epic Music

[@JeRicotta]

For who is interested, i have the clean version of the music on my channel !!

[@tractorbeamz2743]

6 yrs later and this is still one of the best scored and directed video game trailers. I will be coming here forever.

[@grave7094]

Such a brilliant trailer and such a talentless game!

[@deadeyeanims8980]

theres so many good game trailers like the halo wars 5 long years trailer and the og assassins creed trailer and the bio shock one but this one is just perfect

[@firemango9107]

Yes

[@ZTE-ud1be]

definitely and entirely

[@E71101]

same

[@GojiCenter]

I still come back to watch this epic trailer

[@Definetlyalive]

Ayo

[@DanielPereira-ru5uv]

How Godzilla will look like in Warhammer 40k and Fantasy? Vídeo idea

[@169helton]

me too, man!

[@elisabetracing]

me 4 man

[@toastymarket4089]

A refresher: In Darkness, I shall be light. In Times of Doubt, I shall keep faith. In throws of Rage, I shall hone my craft. In Vengance, I shall have no mercy. In the midst of Battle, I shall have no fear. In the face of Death, I shall have no remorse.

[@dauntless_iz]

*In throes of rage, I shall hone my craft. Throes: intense or violent pain and struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or great change. (From Google dictionary)

[@custodesvaldor]

In the name of Emperor. Let none survive.

[@IconOfSin24148]

I always felt that the last two, battle and death, should have been switched. That in the face of death, I shall have no fear.

[@toastymarket4089]

@@custodesvaldor I have dug my grave in this place and I shall either triumph or I will die!!!, NO PITY, NO REMORSE, NO FEAR!!!!

[@jaxnfender27]

It's "throes of rage" 😊

[@harmonicajay91]

Fun fact about that Space Marine in the trailer. In the book based on the game, which is much better than the game, his name is Corvus. Corvus dies underneath the knight and wraithknight but does so seeing the duel as the most beautiful representation of war in the Galaxy. He sees it as everything he was made for and the perfect way for him to die. He ends his life feeling fulfilled, raising his blade not to block, but to salute. Robbie MacNiven, the writer of the book, managed to fully adapt this trailer and did it very well. Read the book. Don’t play the game.

[@TheTopFkingG]

which book?

[@Angel-wo8gv]

@@TheTopFkingG Same title as the game. Look up "Dawn of War III by Robbie MacNiven"

[@zephyrr108]

I got that he was a philosophical guy. Too bad he had to die. Then again we will all die. Maybe its better to go this way.

[@henrycebula4767]

That book and everything else he wrote is terrible

[@tiffles3890]

Cool lore insert.

[@analien4813]

Hey, can I play *_this_* game instead?

[@thomassheffer9199]

An Alien dawn of war soulstorm Ultimate Apocalypse exists

[@VeryDeathlyShiny]

GW - "No. You'll play this and like it."

[@cryfasytighega5074]

Yes, it's called Dawn of war 2

[@Lucius1246]

@@odyn6882 I would be surprised if you wouldn't be able to run it

[@shlongmanator9505]

Odyn it isn’t particularly hard to run I have a 1080 and it still runs like shit the game just isn’t optimised well

[@Razgriz_01]

Whoever directed the trailer, showed love and knew what W40k was about. Whoever made the game, knew nothing about it and just saw another Starcraft/Moba clone.

[@evillink1]

Funny thing is that the first Starcraft had a more sludgy, grimdark vibe to it than the sequel. Maybe because it was at first supposed to be a Warhammer 40k game, but it never came to be.

[@Canonfudder]

Its often no longer a single person designing these. Its a comitee playing it safe..

[@pittraider1221]

Abed Abonamous sure did do a damn fine job with it

[@fabucla]

A real tragedy after the magnificent first two parts of the series.

[@azmanabdula]

@Dominotik Ivan Tulovskiy ...and we live in a world where westwood, pandemic studios, volition, melbourne house games are gone This truly is a dark timeline

[@ferdiacloherty184]

You were the chosen one! You were supposed to revive the series not destroy it

[@eklypse21]

How much of a badass would you have to be to charge an ork warmachine with a chainsword!?

[@Dimovuha222]

You need to be SPESS MEHREEN, THE EMRPAH FUREH

[@connorhardin712]

ONLY AN ANGRY MARINE COULD DO THAT!!!

[@glitchmaster2228]

only a bloodraven

[@connorhardin712]

angry marine would that and win against 5 at once

[@Batchall_Accepted]

Not very considering how badly he got his ass kicked afterward

Funny. This trailer is grimdark as all hell yet the game itself looks super clean and moba-ish.

[@eddiemet12]

Its still in alpha they should be able to slap some dirt onto it before launch

[@enso8762]

"moba-ish" DAFUQ!?

[@icemanshiz]

It's a game mode if you're talking about the power cores. lol

[@MonsterTeegs]

it's called an RTS, it's what MOBAs were born from.

[@atanasdimitrov6469]

MonsterTeegs Yes, but the game doesn't look like an RTS, not plays like one, so it's basically a MOBA. The trailer pumped us up for something awesome and now the game is dead. They didn't stay true to the DoW franchise and now they payed for it. The playerbase punished them by not using their wallets. The same company made Company of Heroes 1. A game that is alive after so many years. This one died right after it was born.

[@masterofThardus]

Something lowkey unappreciated about this trailer is the "Beksinskian" artstyle. Everything in this trailer looks like it came out of one of Zdzisław Beksiński's paintings and it WORKS SO WELL! Especially for the Eldar. Giving them a Beksinskian appearance is really good at getting across the pseudo-organic nature of their technology (it's called wraithBONE after all), and also very effectively communicates to the audience the vibe that they give off in-universe: Eldar are beautiful but also vaguely unsettling, as is everything they make. I wish we got Beksinskian Eldar more often.

[@Militia623]

I didn't know who he was until you mentioned him. I looked him up and realized I've seen some of his art before. I definitely see the resemblance, and also wonder the quantity and type of drug it takes to hone this creativity.

[@shrarneomar8080]

ckeck out the latest astartes fanfiction movie then!

[@MagusLay]

Not to mention the statue of the Emperor having basically one of Beksiński's paintings as his armor and general style. I wonder if that's some kind of double-entendre, having a glorious, larger-than-life statue of the best thing to happen to the galaxy that is represented with the look of a corpse? Or what the statue turning into a green wave of Orks means (probably Waaagh! or something, I'm sure).

[@Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm]

Not sure whether you're from PL or just have a wide artistic horizons, but a hundred times kudos to you brother for sharing this great man's work among the Internet audience!

[@masterofThardus]

@@Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm No, I'm American. I'm just a fan of ultra-eldritch and surreal art like Beksinski and Giger.

[@Whatsuppbuddies]

This is still the best depiction of the grimdarkness of the setting. That scowl as the marine looks to the statue of the emperor. The crisis of faith, the uselessness of their efforts, the ever-constant bellows of hatred and vengeance that flames their suicidal charges and rushes. The comfort of final release.

[@hcolider2817]

space marines in general (with the exception of the sons of the emperor + a some others in the past) don't see the emperor as a god, but rather as the pinnacle of mankind. It's not so much a crisis of faith as it is probably a contemplation of meaning, duty and respect for the battle ahead. But then again, we're talking about a single shot out of a 6 year old game trailer, so it's kind of impossible to tell if there's any meaning to it at all

[@iharpo9292]

@@hcolider2817 depends on the chapter. Also it seems quite a few chapters, while not devout in the imperial cult like the black templars, see him a spiritual guide and kind of a lowercase g god. I swear gabriel angelos even mentions emps as the god emperor on occasion

[@Accelerate55]

That’s not the comfort of final release you heretic, that’s the comfort of giving your life for the emperor, a glorious service.

[@durtutreeman6410]

That’s not the comfort of final release, Brother. It is peace of mind when you die with the belief that you have done your best, following the example of your Emperor. You have become one of the billions of sparks that ignite the fire of life in a dead universe, untainted by chaos. Ultimate sacrifice, no matter of social status. Cadia stands!

[@dylanroemmele906]

compare this to the pariah nexus trailer, all im saying

[@JusticarExcellion]

This is why I want a warhammer movie

[@shasorokin73]

There is one, and it's shit. But there's a fanmade one coming soon (in like a decade lol) called Lord Inquisitor; now that will be a good movie. But the official movie is just sad

[@chickenpermission9329]

Yes!

[@LegioPanda]

Not anymore! Dunno if you've checked the news but the prologue for the Lord Inquisitor is already out and IT LOOKS FUCKING AWESOME! And the release of the movie is scheduled for some time around 2017!

[@JohnnyZenith]

Erreth Akbé You are thinking too small. Hollywood, marvel budget, r rated.

[@JohnnyZenith]

Erreth Akbé Non-Sequitur. I never even said that.

[@adalsev8518]

I just love going back to trailers of released games that killed their franchises. Makes me feel little more dead inside.

[@alanjames4944]

Are u god

[@aidan11162]

Even though the game was utter dog shit I’ll still come back and watch this trailer before I work out. Hard on inducing badassery here

[@anteldrobat3880]

the team that made this trailer should make a cgi warhammer movie!

[@kittyzilla90]

Glad I'm not the only one who works out to this lol

[@Destroyer-sw3jd]

everytime before i start my shift i listen to this .

[@idle_sniper]

sometimes i just come back to this trailer and pretend that im still hyped up for the game

[@TheMightyBone]

lol that's why I'm here. I wasn't even a 40k guy just thought this trailer is a masterpiece and an aesthetic gem.

[@Kombatwombat]

"Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment"

[@galling2052]

well my hype had died after the first gameplay trailer

[@josharts4757]

To be honest this trailer just looks like a representation of an eldar prophecy trough the eyes of a farseer (The voice, the way things are seen happening, and all the metaphors)

[@popcorny11]

Oh my god.. yes. Oh man.

[@Nerubize]

underated comment

[@karankenZ]

To me it feels like these are the factions fighting in the warp planets. Space marine factions exiled in the warp, OrKs lost inside and eldar lured by slaanesh

[@blaster23456]

@@karankenZ Orks don't get lost. They just stumble across a new place they've never been before. Come on man you should know that OR ARE YOU A ZOGGING 'UMIE!!!

[@dimcha2669]

I was instinctively sure that those are some space marine vows. I think I stumbled upon something similar on a codex once, no?

[@sartanko]

You know it's a dark universe when The Elves live in an H. R Giger painting.

[@WowItsErin]

Oh thank god, I thought I was the only one who thought the bone cliff looked familliar

[@orhan1149]

Also it also like a Zdzisław Beksiński painting, fucking metachaotic af.

[@janekkowalewicz112]

Definitely more like "Cathedral" by Beksiński

[@AFanOfCinema]

orhan Hey, I just wanted to say thanks to your comment I just started to look up that guy's paintings. They are incredible and terrifyingly surreal, and I thank you for making that comment.

[@felixflitou]

@@orhan1149 yeah I was like "oh damn the game's taking place into a painting ?" lol

[@Voolee2196]

This trailer till this day is still a masterpiece!

[@guilhermecarvalhotrindade2625]

Agreed. I keep coming back to it.

[@ajaaskelainen]

same!

[@K0msur]

Unlike the game lol

[@rafaeldeleon225]

Have you seen the 2004 original game trailer?

[@rufrox9404]

@@rafaeldeleon225 ^ this. Original 2004 Dawn of War trailer is better, IMO. This one does have higher production values.

[@Jan_Regal]

The shot at 1:25 is a work of art - it's so striking and calm in the face of everything that happened prior in the video, with the music pulsing through in the background. Masterclass in film making.

[@DarkSolace33]

This trailer and the soundtrack were the only good things to come from DOW3

[@jakefrost7404]

You said it, Papa Smurf.

[@malekiththeeternityking5433]

Ugh not you

[@ElJorro]

The novelization was pretty good too.

[@warbossbonesmasha3751]

YE

[@epultric5007]

They didn't add the IG because the pit would of overflown by now

[@keaugoir]

That's why Khorne collects skulls. They take less of precious physical space.

[@mykomatos5445]

keaugoir Despite his temper issues Khorne is a well organized and practical guy

[@OneBladeYT]

Krieg corps call that a good day

[@AD-pp2vn]

@@OneBladeYT Technically they'd call it a bad day since they couldn't die for the emperor

[@greenradiozone824]

@@OneBladeYT but then, whats a bad day?

[@andreasnilsson6857]

500% more epic then the actual game.

[@iNezerroth]

That's impossible because you can't divide by zero

[@peterni2234]

@@iNezerroth this is multiplication not division.

[@KentuckyFriedJohansson]

@@peterni2234 Multiplication with zero is still zero

[@peterni2234]

@@KentuckyFriedJohansson my point still stands, what a useless comment.

[@Didntknowdidask]

People think warhammer is a collection of games but the thing is, most of it are about the novels which most are excellently written.

[@HivefleetMagoladon]

One of the many things I love about this trailer is how the Wraithknight moves so gracefully and fluidly, yet still *feels* big! Way too often even in big-budget films they will make something that is big, but it won't FEEL big because of the way it moves. Here, they've managed to capture that grace and fluid movement so that it feels like it moves fast for it's size, but it still feels enormous.

[@Arksimon2k]

Yeah it is pretty good! I just wish I could've seen them sprint towards those Imperial Knights though. They can really move.

[@cptsteele91]

Read this and the new Godzilla x Kong trailer came to mind

[@kskinox3019]

This trailer was really so dark, and strange.

[@TheBrumakSlayer]

had me on edge not even lying.

[@wunamon]

+k skinox The smile on the Marine's face as he waited for sweet death.

[@hamsterminator]

+k skinox Was it on some kind of Chaos homeworld, or was the raining bodies thing just a metaphor do you think?

[@wunamon]

hamsterminator it has to be a metaphor cos if my memory serves me right, space marines take quite a while to make, various body parts, emperor technology and all should take time so having them die in such numbers will really hurt the empire.

[@TheGoblinJohn]

+k skinox looks like a reference to the old greek perception of death or Dante's Inferno.

[@GSreviewspreviews]

Okay, i know nothing about the Warhammer universe, but fuck me, this looks insanely cool.

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

The basic rundown is everything is fucking horrible for everyone. Humans formed an hyper religious empire with trillions of citizens and billions of soldiers and they're fighting an endless war against space elves who literally fucked a god into existence, dark elves who the elves that fucked a god into existence think are way too sexually perverted, zergs X 1,000,000, hyper advanced blue aliens that's only notable trait is they're the only thing in the series that isn't over the top grimdark, giant green super humans that exist only to fight and reproduce through spores, and of course fucking demons that will literally fuck you to death or corrupt all your friends so they fuck you to death. On top of that they constantly face the threat of warp corruption, that warp being a place that exist on pure emotion and is the closest thing to hell, only it makes hell look like a summer home by comparison. On top of that the gods of the warp exist only to completely fuck humanity over merely by existing like some Lovecraftian shit, the whole place is basically concentrated FUCK YOU.

[@xenotech3684]

+Sergei Ivanovich Mosin This might have been the single most accurate basic rundown of the 40k universe that I have ever seen. I needed this.

[@rodney2x48]

+Sergei Ivanovich Mosin Don't forget all the other crazy shit like Terminator mummies, the comatosed god who's fed 10000 psychics daily (who, even while comatosed, makes all the Chaos Gods lose their collective Lovecraftian shit when anyone just mentions him), sun eating energy beings, furry space marines and toaster worshipping lunatics with the biggest of robot and tech fetishes. Can't forget that shit.

[@wyattshoemaker1492]

+Sergei Ivanovich Mosin I thought the story went like this... "What if fantasy people had like, future stuff?" "Dude, that would be sick."

[@jenniferkeates]

you forgot the necrons

[@amangham7]

I think the most impactful part of this trailer isn’t the stunning visuals or score, but the space marine’s serene smile at the end. It’s utterly unexpected and yet perfectly captures the special horror of grimdark fantasy

[@zephyrr108]

Indeed. I get chills every time.

[@pravkdey]

1:59 ... Sure he dies... But he single handedly stopped an enemy walker in a full on charge... That's enough for me

[@trido79]

Yeah true I never noticed hte walker was charging... it s already a miracle it didn't just walk on him.

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Not good enough, almost heretical. Remember; life is the Emperor's currency. Spend it well.

[@cletusmandeletusman2328]

@@trido79 there was most likely an ork inside who wanted to put on a little show and sawed the marine in half, if it didn’t get blown up from behind, it would’ve continued going fowards, eventually.

[@trido79]

@@cletusmandeletusman2328 Yeah sure but we were talking about the marine stopping the initial charge... of course the walker would have continued after. I don't imagine him turning around saying "Aaaaah job is done ! Another good day at work !"

[@PumppActionPete]

@@cletusmandeletusman2328 Yeah but he still got stopped by a single marine. That's pretty fucking kino as is, even if he got sawed in half.

[@MyHappyWeek]

*The biggest FAIL with the greatest trailer*

[@TheJayns]

Absolutely love this trailer... such a shame with the game :((( I was so looking forward to it

[@galling2052]

the only good thing we got out of this mess!

[@theimperiumofman102]

Ravener one of the two good things we got, the Ork theme was pretty damn nice too.

[@AxenfonKlatismrek]

why do you hate it. i know you like previous game but not every Relic game is Dawn of War 2.

[@TheSpartan012]

@@AxenfonKlatismrek Problem is this game wasn't neither like Dawn of War I or II... while being called Dawn of War.

[@natanl1567]

That deathpit should have been practically filled with Imperial Guard bodies.

[@Official_Proxy]

This guy knows what's up. Also, the game is actually kinda shit compared the previous installations. Shame..

[@anethosbeyond9300]

Most of the Marines shouldn't be in that pit, the apothecaries could fix them up. But I doubt they are coming

[@moronuse8459]

Yes

[@void-creature]

I'm pretty sure that pit/mountain structure is just made up of more corpses...

[@tired8788]

It is. They....compress well under all the weight.

[@brightestlight9462]

this trailer did the impossible it got closer to the essence and heart of 40k than any of the other video games. then the game came out.

[@toxicfireball2690]

Battlefleet gothic trailers were pretty good.

[@mikehuntisitchy3965]

warhammer 40k space marine did a good job capturing the essence. too bad we wont ever see a 2nd one

[@TheZomboy11]

@@mikehuntisitchy3965 spoke too soon

[@mikehuntisitchy3965]

@@TheZomboy11 yeah i doubt it will be any good

[@Eleyne09]

@@mikehuntisitchy3965 Don't speak so soon again.

[@alantsargasov6127]

When she says "in the face of death I shall have no remorse" I have tears in my eyes for some reason. Absolutely gorgeous. Pity that the game not as half as that good

[@Izbrannyi1]

Who is the actress, who read this?

[@Jason987262]

Trailer is rough on the Space Marines.

[@Appropath]

Jason987262 when are they not?

[@Damocles178]

True it never ends well for them. They're constantly getting killed in the Dawn Of War trailers or intros. The only trailer I recall where any survived at all was in the DOW II trailer with the Tyranid Lictor and even then the screen faded to black as the Blood Raven Sergeant began fighting it. Still I count him as the only Blood Raven not to die in a trailer. In Dawn Of War I's? Yeah they're all dead but there is at least there is reassurance reinforcements are coming.

[@rattbastard4158]

Funny cause the game is the opposite.

[@SmileyFTW360]

Wow, they are now treated like every other faction 😲

[@ntvm4749]

i mean the imperial knight killed the aeldari walker but yeah

[@Onus6688]

The sound effects and sound in this trailer is some of the most specific and attention-to-detail sound I've ever heard in my life... holy crap.. down to like little clinks on metal and swoops from axes, you could tell like how everything was being swung and moving without even seeing it... geez more people should hire that sound guy/girl to do game sounds

[@Robul96]

Damn you look hot girl!

[@majorwibblevods8160]

@Robul What if thats a dude pretending to be a girl?

[@bro...5849]

Daniel Stfu dude

[@nekolordnito4931]

Holy shit do you hear that? It's almost as if a whiny troll/scumbag is trying to get noticed. strange.

[@Onus6688]

Can you bananaheads shut up and enjoy the damn warhammer video ..ffs

[@chaoticspear]

I come back to this so often. Absolutely incredible trailer - direction is amazing, sound design incredible, visuals are spot on. Thank you so much to every single person that worked on this! I will always treasure it

[@SqualingtonConstantine]

Absolutely love how death is just a trivial thing in the Warhammer 40k universe. Everybody is just fucking up everybody else. Hundreds are dying every single second. That last shot of the thousands of bodies just falling onto a mountain of bodies portrays the amount of death in the galaxy so well.

[@furanduron4926]

*billions die every second

[@Ermactor]

Rejoice brothers! Our armor is contempt. Or shield is disgust. Or sword is hatred. In the Emperor's name, let none survive!!!

[@schibleh531]

+Arken Cold Shut up carl.

[@smilingkira2632]

+Aralock Karathis For the greater good

[@LordVader1094]

ALL HAIL THE IMMORTAL GOD EMPEROR!

[@NSFSponsor]

Slay the heretics and their wretched daemons.

[@klimopeter2712]

+Arken Cold DEATH to the false emperor!

[@FishoD]

I just can't stop watching this, really strong atmosphere.

[@PanzerGrenadier1942]

+Fisho D Music is soo good

[@AxenfonKlatismrek]

But disappointing game when it comes to Warhammer

[@huguain2609]

The Space Marine charging a Deff Dread screaming at the top of his lungs with a chainsword. THAT is 40K

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

It's also stupid AF.

[@alexwolf2845]

@@thathandsomedevil0828 IT IS BETTER TO DIE FOR THE EMPEROR, THAN LIVE FOR ONES SELF!

[@thealphaomega4888]

@@thathandsomedevil0828 heretic

[@thealphaomega4888]

@@alexwolf2845 well said brother. This heretic needs a visit from some Inquisitors

[@bojanspasovski303]

@@thathandsomedevil0828 some clown on yt comments knows more than a transhuman...

[@healthplus6814]

This was the trailer that first got me into the franchise. The trailer captivated me with its gore, scale and (in a strange way) it's elegance. Even years after first watching this video, I still can imagine the Howling Banshees on the cliff side, the Blood Ravens struggling in the sandstorm, the Deff Dread fighting the marines, the Wraithknight emerging from the smoke and duelling the Imperial Knights. The combination of horrific combat, phenomenal sound design, amazing animation, and terrifying soundtrack all perfectly capture the Warhammer universe and make this one of he most memorable trailers I have ever seen. (If anyone is wondering, the next level song that plays is called "Where there is Darkness" by Paul Leonard-Morgan) Six years ago this trailer gave me chills, and six years later it still can.

[@IAmCaligvla]

FUCK YEAH, RELIC!! Between Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, Space Hulk: Deathwing and now THIS?! What a great year for 40K!

[@mcorte2224]

and tww for fantasy no 40k but u know

[@cara2467]

what a day, WHAT A LOVELY DAY!

[@martinsmelka8878]

You forgot Inqusitor Martyr

[@omer1996d2]

+Khaixzer dont forget ethernal crusade

[@Novice2121]

+Omer Droub Dont forget that chess game :)))

[@LucefieD]

It's really sad that the game ended up being terrible...

[@TheAgentmigs]

RIP

[@shubhabrataray1313]

Try the exodus mod. Brings a lot more playability and grimdarkness

[@glorydays3142]

"Duty is heavier than a mountain, death is lighter than a feather"

[@BlackSmoky87]

2024 and still loving it

[@derdreckshater3745]

Best. Warhammer 40k. Trailer. Ever.

[@Armscavalera]

Watch the one for Battlefleet Gothic Armada... You will shit bricks!

[@user-rg8vv4ur3m]

How. old. are. you?

[@Voron2115]

what a lie from him side - Dawn of War (1) and BGA the best .

[@darkwillalex]

I have to agree, the opening cinematic of DoW 1 is at least equally badass. Trailers for Necromunda Underhive Wars and Mechanicus give me the chills too tho ♥️

[@charleswinters9567]

I'd say best trailer ever

[@comanitaandrei914]

That Blood Raven''s FUCKIN SMILE when he knows he's fucked.........amazing...

[@zacharyrehnberg7414]

Whether the game itself is good or not, this is STILL my “go to” trailer I show people anytime I get the question “what’s 40k”?

[@dars861]

now we got the new 9th edition trailer though

[@Briselance]

02:53 A Space Marine, dead. Yet harbouring a tranquil smile of contentment. What chapter was he from, pray tell?

[@eliphas_vlka]

Blood ravens

[@Wow-stories]

One of the best game trailers I have ever seen, and I'm not a 40K fan.

[@damianosfr.8556]

I want this trailer to be a movie.

[@JohnnyZenith]

Damianos Z. It should be but they don't have the balls to go R rated Hollywood.

[@damianosfr.8556]

JohnnyZenith​ you're right.

[@Banaaniapina692]

I want this trailer to be a game.....

[@borjamh2750]

1:29 inspired in Zdzisław Beksiński´s art

[@Evilfish82]

I probably spent more time waching this trailer than I played the actual game. Go figure. That scene where the titan runs through the eldar walker thing is legendary.

[@Cheburechek364]

They are not titans. Imperial knights destroyed a wraithknight.

[@eyescrossedFTW]

I watch this every few months just for the rush it gives me. It's almost entirely like a drug. Having played 40k and read Black Library novels since I was 11, this is like a drean realised. Seeing the stoic nature of Space Marines charging into certain death, the subtext of Orks being portrayed as an unstoppable tide - as well as the sheer horrifying brutality of them - and the mysterious nature of the Eldar. As others have mentioned, the way the music and commentary goes with the visuals is done to near perfection. It's a hot summer day here and I have goosebumps from this.

[@malteschaper3782]

Same.

[@veritasabsoluta4285]

100%

[@m-con6871]

It a dopamine hit, you are getting a chemical released from you're body. thats why its so fkn good to watch before hitting the gym, cause yes its like a drug haha :D

[@gameclipsbynikto5220]

In the Face of Death, I shall have No Remorse

[@M4RCi92]

You have to watch Astartes then! It's not grand like this, but it shows how absolutely, insanely, ridiculously badass space marines are.

[@mysterio952]

2:51 Me sleeping tonight after watching this trailer.

[@LoveForBluebirds]

I still come back to this to watch it even though I never cared about or played the game.

[@iNezerroth]

You've lost nothing of value. In fact you don't even want to know what the game is like.

[@deloftie3619]

For those interested Paul Leonard-Morgan did the OST for the game (probably the best thing about the game tbh), including the music from the trailer. It is on Spotify

[@SilentKnightErik]

Thanks for this!

[@jiv32]

FOR THE EMPEROR!!! But seriously....of all the space marines wielding rocket launchers/plasma cannons/lascannons/thunder hammers/power axes/power fists. They had to send the one with a chainsword to go against a Deff Dread. Good job, commander.

[@Shanfeu]

+jiv32 maybe he was in a phase of black rage?

[@jiv32]

Sebas R. If he was, he would've headbutted the Deff Dread to death!

[@Vengir]

+jiv32 That's Angry Marine in disguise :)

[@Shanfeu]

+jiv32 Couldn't have hoped for a better reply.

[@drerespress313]

I was thinking the same...like you have all these other soldiers that have good and powerful gear and weapons yet you run up to him with a chains word...brave...but idiotic if you ask me...

[@henry7696]

its a shame that this trailer basically captured the grim, insane essence of the 40k universe, yet the game was a total let down...

[@fearan9406]

after space marine 2 trailer i had to watch all 3 dawn of war intros and astartes again

[@alexreiz6128]

Even to this day - absolutely bonkers trailer. Whoever directed it captured something special of 40k universe. Wish game were even remotely that good.

[@T4l0nITA]

Please make it a proper rts like the first one

[@bathalla9754]

yeah

[@deltaproductions113]

That's what they've said they're doing

[@ShmoopyLongnuts]

+T4l0nITA The second one was a proper rts...i hope this is different from both 1 and 2. And given that there are titans in this trailer, i think the combat scale will be massive.

[@alenfishman9365]

+ShmoopyLongnuts the second one wasn't really a proper rts. it was more small quick skirmish fights. the first one you could have a bunch of guys. but i do agree, i hope the game is a little different. i hate games with "titans" usually only becomes about building those.

[@AFCbailey]

+T4l0nITA I understand what you mean, but DOW 2 had far superior tactical and strategic elements and a much more polished game. I hope DOW 3 takes the best of both

[@Robul96]

Death of every Space Marine is so painfull to watch

[@lordnazara7320]

Lol I was thinkin the same thing

[@JWSoul]

Haha I know right. They are a pure creation of man's need for competition, survival, honour, and duty. Funny how appealing they are considering the lengths they go to and how morbid and dark this Fantasy is. About time Star Wars died and people made way for Warhammer.

[@Madmancer]

+JWSoul its about time they should make a warhammer 40k film

[@drerespress313]

+MC Roy lol I was just thinking "aren't they suppose to be winning...why are they all dying."

[@marcoviazzo7485]

Robul yes but the last one is just epic!

[@CloakerM8]

The game broke before the trailer did

[@mrmilktrayman8002]

The sense of scale in this trailer absolutely incredible and on point.

[@Freedom21stCenturi]

WHOEVER WROTE, DIRECTED, CRAFTED & DESIGNED THIS CINEMATIC NEEDS TO BE HIRED ON FOR A FULL 1HR30M FEATURE FILM TO FINALLY GIVE 40K THE FILM IT DESERVES. DARK, HELLISH, ALL OUT CARNAGE IS WHAT A 40K FILM NEEDS.

[@gicoleli7261]

Please don't, I want a 3hr epic

[@robbienietveld9689]

@@gicoleli7261 or a netflix original heu heu

[@mauz791]

@@The-wo2lq LMAO

[@alanjames4944]

@@The-wo2lq thats exactly how they fucked the witcher.

[@Justadude52]

@@alanjames4944 Did you even read the Witcher?

[@MrNuclearturtle]

Space marines take a long time to bred for combat, ans to see the way that spacemarine got fucked by that orc machine was so horrifying, as it rips it in two and slowly holds half his corpse in victory, only to be blown to shit by a titan. Fuck me this universe is so dark and grim its wonderful, you don't see anything with this kind of balls

[@stephenmcginley1961]

+Nuclearpoweredturtle I thought it was even more dark when that ork ripped that space marines arm off as he was holding out his hand for help.

[@LordVader1094]

Yeah, the Orks in this trailer were freaking brutal. As they should be.

[@alekjanowski9847]

+Nuclearpoweredturtle Now make the SW fans see this trailer :D

[@Vr6Zecke]

+Stev Mcgin To be true that scene was a bit misleading ...a SM never reaches his hand for Help or Mercy , when the time comes he has to die ,he simply dies and is not crying and sniveling around like normal humans... to make that scene right..with his last living power he tried to reach the orks throat to squeeze the **** shit out of him but failed..

[@user-hx3fh8cv6q]

Man, it's just trailer and it isn't table Warhammer! They want to do action in game, but the don't think about reality of warhammer's age.

[@yumpanji]

Anyone else think the space marine stopping the deff dread in full sprint was epic!

[@PlayNiceFolks]

I liked it

[@mrboxingboy11]

Still one of the hardest lines I've ever heard "In the midst of battle I shall have no fear and in the face of death I shall have no remorse"

[@dingdongmus]

"In throes of rage, I shall hone my craft" tops them all

[@Boatobot]

this trailer is pure art. outstanding.

[@Lil_fang866]

I can't stop watching this.

[@masoodreyhani4769]

+IronDream234 me too

[@aokings2]

+IronDream234 , i have a wet dream over this.

[@Lil_fang866]

James Heng I just brought Dawn of War and finished it in three days. Amazing game! I can't wait to try this out.

[@kevinhill8193]

James Heng Slaanesh is pleased.

[@j.k.6865]

1 year later... still watching this...

[@deadeyeanims8980]

2:20 love that this is the most replayed part it gives me chills everytime

[@pravkdey]

I keep watching this over and over and keep spotting amazing details! Like the Seargent (presumably) at the end, when he raises his chainsword in defence it's probably just his reflexes from all his training + experience. Then when he realises he's not going to make it he loosens his grip... and goes happily to the Emperor!

[@iNezerroth]

He's already dead, he's standing in front of the emperor in the warp and recalling his deeds and being judged. He stood when others fell at the wind of death, scarred but not broken, he fought endless hordes of enemies without fear, he saw knights and titans fight but didn't run. And now he's dead and has no regrets - he did everything that was asked of him by his god, and his time came to an end. But in that pile of corpses he's just another meatbag in the grinder, buried under thousands, millions of others just like him, and nobody cares, it just goes on and on. The corpse river will flow.

[@TheGoldenOne]

Glory to the God-Emperor of Mankind!

[@DarkSolace33]

+The Golden One I found you mighty Golden One; I hope you enjoyed this cinematic display!

[@slaveofself1015]

+The Golden One Venerate the immortal Emperor

[@anonymysable]

+The Golden One For the Emperor AND the Greater Good !

[@Fynxz77]

Your God emperor is dead, nothing more than an empty husk. Chaos...? Chaos reigns, let it rain corpses for their amusement!

[@DarkSolace33]

Fynxz77 When (if) Chaos reins it will only destroy itself... So Chaos will have a very short reign!

[@Sioolol]

Grimdark masterpiece

[@Tsathogguah]

Just about every frame is a piece of art. Combined with amazing music, voiceover, and sound design, and symbolic plot, this is an unforgettable trailer.

[@LUCCARDI]

Im not a warhammer fan but i come back every now and again to rewatch this badass trailer.

[@alvarosego01]

For the Emperor!!!

[@chickenpermission9329]

IMPERATOR VULT!!!!!

[@tzaneee]

Emperor protects!

[@viking8796]

Death to the Xenos!

[@nykytamcdonald]

Screw your Emperor. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD.

[@michaelb4047]

Blood for the Bloodgod! Skulls for the Skullthtrone :3

[@WolfyBoO]

"This is the Dawn of War that fans have been waiting for. Our biggest units ever? Check. Giant orbital lasers? Check. Base-building, epic heroes, huge battles, it's all in there. Get ready for the biggest Dawn of War yet. For the Emperor!" take all my money, now.

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

FOR THE GOD-EMPEROR OF MANKIND! !!!!

[@Weaksauceization]

Orbital lasers were in DoW 1 and 2 with both gameplay (Orbital strike) and story (Exterminatus). But I see your point and agree.

[@WolfyBoO]

***** Yeah, took this from an interview with the devs from PCGAMER.. You can check it there if you wanna see yourself. :D

[@WolfyBoO]

damn guys :D

[@WolfyBoO]

кек кекус Yeah, took this from an interview with the devs from PCGAMER.. You can check it there if you wanna see yourself. :D

[@dkantherest]

This trailer literally brings tears to my eyes. It's just so perfect

[@Kusanagi7618]

I remember stepping into the world of KZbin in 2015 in college and at some point watching a top 20 upcoming game and seeing this trailer. I will never forget the character with the red hair and the screams they did as they jumped down from those exists in their many numbers. I will never forget the voice of the woman narrating during the trailer. "In vengeance (screams) I shall have no mercy". That part is what always brings me back to this trailer. I still dont know what Warhammer really is but this trailer was incredible.

[@danielji2742]

The red haired things are Eldar Banshees. Melee unit.

[@Kusanagi7618]

@@danielji2742 I'm back to watch this again. Thanks for letting me know the names of the Elder banshees

[@ihaveajojoaddiction9592]

@@Kusanagi7618 the eldar race (space elves) committed so much debauchery they involuntarily created the god of debauchery (slaanesh) who then proceeded to genocide and eat the souls of the 95% of the eldar who hadn’t been disguised by all the debauchery and left (craftworlders mostly, few others though) slaanesh then killed most of the eldar gods as well (out of the 3 eldar gods that lived, one got kidnapped by the god of plauge, death, and rot, one is hiding and protecting some eldar, and the other is divided into millions of pieces), and slaanesh found eldar souls pretty tasty so whenever an eldar dies without protection for their soul, slaanesh takes their soul and condemns them to eternal bdsm, they’re in a bit of a rough spot, they also call humans mon-keigh lol

[@dysprosiumlead5078]

I feel the same way. The first image of the Eldar standing still with their flowing red hair looking off into the distance along with the pulsating music in the background encapsulates what I feel grimdark fantasy should look and feel like to witness. Truly a masterpiece of a game trailer both from an audio and visual viewpoint.

[@junainoakuma]

I love that dead smug marine..he looks accepting his destiny like every loyal space marine does

[@cdgncgn]

he looks more like wishing for it cause his life is so miserable - american elite perversion projected to this moving picture. Serious signs of a death cult/satan worship disguised as always.

[@greenradiozone824]

@@cdgncgn What the cinnamon toast fuck did I just bear witness to?

[@Vedlom]

@@greenradiozone824 A mormon, it seems.

[@tacoblude8208]

cdgncgn does this guy know the slightest shit about 40k

[@Islandkid679]

He's smiling because he fulfilled his duty to the God Emperor and Humanity

[@eddysplosion]

I still tear up over this

[@MrSn4rk]

Haha, same! This trailer somehow makes me shed tears from how awesome it is

[@ABCMeEFG]

This is one of the top 10 best game trailers I've seen. Perhaps not for it as a game but as my introduction into 40k itself.

[@astarion5903]

My man just tanked an ork war machine that is around 2-3 times lager than him.

[@nincsjonev]

One of the most awesome, brutal, dark trailers I have ever seen. PLUS it is Warhammer!!!

[@1MpUrO]

im going to die smiling dude, that cannot be undone

[@michal4736]

if only the game reflected that dark, serious and brutal atmosphere that is in the trailer....

[@user-tg7ox8de1y]

0:43 they should send imperial guard they would have held the line :)

[@FelipeFritschF2]

They really should have put the Guard in this trailer. They're the ones with the real balls. Cadia stands.

[@VeggieGamer]

This is so amazing! Could do with just a touch of Necrons though ;) (Plz give me Necrons!!)

[@sleepywalker7063]

+Veggie Gamer Agreed, but then I am a bit bias as a Necron player. (though tau could get some light as well).

[@FarremShamist]

+Veggie Gamer I think they should at the very least add Chaos and the Astra Militarum first.

[@mohammadreza1512]

+Farrem Shamist pls stop with this Astra militarum crap they're the imperial guard :/

[@FarremShamist]

Wounded Camel Nope, I think it sounds so much better and just badass compared to Imperial Guard.

[@JonMow]

+Veggie Gamer only 3 major factions for the time being.they took my tyranid and tau away

[@kingbugs3558]

Never seen a game die so fast.

[@AlmightyPi]

This trailer is so good, I remember being hyped about it years ago and I still occasionally watch it for its surreal grimdark tone. Just a bunch of views and emotions.

[@nappyheadedjosh6578]

Funny how I always return to the trailer but never the game

[@dubey666manu]

Extraordinary voice and music!

[@Trackstar800m204]

One of the best trailers I have ever seen

[@jelojones]

I can not overstate how amazeballs this trailer is. The music, the sound effects, the animation, all perfect.

[@fresh8056]

The wraith knight is so perfect, this is why I play Aeldari (: