History VideoGame / DawnOfWarIII

* BadassBeard: The squad leader of Kill Team Ironmaw, being from the Space Wolves, has one.

** Acheron is so massive that it's gravity should wreak havoc on the entire system, especially Cyprus, given that it appears to be the size of Jupiter and is as close to Cyprus as the Earth to it's moon when it appears out of the warp.

* ChargeAttack: As the Imperial Knight attacks with its twin gatling cannons, it's heat level rises. Eventually, it TurnsRed and fires superheated bullets.

* RuleOfThree: The game's playable races are the Space Marines, the Eldar and the Orks. Compared to the first and second game, this is the first time that the starting races are three rather than four, although it's hinted that a fourth race will also be featured.

* A lot of fan art of Farseer Macha had her depicted as a redhead (despite her hair color in the original game being orange) and having three red lines on both her cheeks. Come this game, where she is without a helmet, her depiction is almost the same way as the fan artwork (almost in that her hair is tied rather than loose).

* AscendedMeme: A lot of fan art of Macha had her depicted as a redhead (despite her hair color in the original game being orange) and having three red lines on both her cheeks. Come this game, where she is without a helmet, depicts her almost the same way as the fan artwork (almost in that her hair is tied rather than loose).

The planet Acheron, the wandering world, will soon emerge from the Warp, and bring with it a catastrophic weapon known as the "Spear of Khaine". Three forces converge on the planet - the Blood Ravens Space Marines under legendary commander Gabriel Angelos, the Eldar of Biel-Tan led by Lord Kyre and accompanied by Farseer Macha (returning from the first game), and an Ork horde of the Bad Moons led by Warlord Gorgutz (his fourth appearance, after Winter Assault, Dark Crusade, and Soulstorm). The Astra Militarum/Imperial Guard are also set to appear, though as a non-playable faction.

* EvilIsNotAToy: Ronahan and Macha attempt to pit Gorgutz against Kyre so his the latter's forces are drawn away from guarding Taldeer's soul stone. This works a bit too well as the Orks start to attack the very base they starting to rob, even though it works in their favor.

''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III '' is a RealTimeStrategy and the third game of the ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' series, based on ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. The game is developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Creator/{{Sega}}. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ZgyNoHtjw&ab_channel=DawnofWar Relic released a trailer on May 3rd, 2016]] confirming the development of the game.

The game will see the return of base building from the first game series and large armies, whilst also retaining some elements from the second series such as Heroes, whilst also adding "Elite Units" and "Super Units". For Multiplayer, there will only be one mode available at launch called "Power Core". The game objective of the mode will have players destroying each others power generators and turrets defending their bases before finally destroying the oppositions power core and thus win the game. The devs has stated that more multiplayer modes will be added post-launch.

As of 8th February 2018 however, Relic have announced that they will no longer support the game and are cancelling all planned content and expansions, citing lower-than-expected sales. This leaves the future of the ''Dawn of War'' series in question.

The game was released on 27th April 2017 for PC.