Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition – 2.8.0 Update Patch Notes

What’s in this update

Today’s update is the first community driven patch focused on multiplayer balance in *Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Definitive Edition*. This work was only made possible by your continued support, feedback, and passion for this game. We want to thank the community members that have been driving, testing, and validating this work to get it ready for all of you today.

Balancing any RTS game, especially one with nine factions, is complicated and time-consuming work. As such, today’s update will not solve or address every single friction point in the multiplayer experience. Update 2.8.0 is only the first of several planned multiplayer balance patches coming in 2026. This work will be incremental, and it will adapt based on feedback from players in the coming weeks. As such, we encourage all our multiplayer fans to play as many matchups and game modes as they can to get a feel for these new changes and then provide feedback and suggestions for future updates.
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