
In other words, the risk map employed by the previous expansion has been expanded to encompass four planets instead of just one. Soulstorm adds 2 new races (bringing the total to 8), aircraft, and a campaign map about twice as large as that in the Dark Crusade expansion.

Being the final expansion to one of my favorite RTS series of all time raises the bar significantly higher, and I expected quite a showstopper to cap off the splendid DoW: Dark Crusade. So where does that leave Dawn of War: Soulstorm, the third expansion in the Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War series? Released right in the middle of an RTS renaissance, Soulstorm has quite a bit to live up to. On the horizon, we see Demigod and a recently announced Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2.

More gems are slated for the upcoming year: StarCraft 2, Spore, an as-of-yet unnamed Company of Heroes expansion, and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor.

The past few months have brought a surge of fantastic RTS games and expansions including C&C: Kanes Wrath, Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Universe at War, Sins of a Solar Empire, and World in Conflict.
