Towards the end of PC Gamer’s April issue, they teased us with a big lure– potentially being one of the lucky 2,000 to be able to beta test Football Manager! If that’s not exciting enough, how about next month’s cover story?

The teaser for next issue’s cover asks, “Are you ready for a new Dawn?” with a silhouette of a what very much seems like a Space Marine from Relic’s long-standing RTS series, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War. Not to be confused with the regular Marines from their other RTS, Company of Heroes.

This could be a full-fledged sequel (i.e. not an expansion) to a generally well received and much revered RTS. I guess they’re trying to come off strong from whatever hype and excitement they may gather from the recently released expansion, dubbed Soulstorm.

And just in case, if this does happen to be another case of expansionitus (ask your doctor), let me know the time and date for the riot that’ll be starting outside the Relic offices. Save me a pitchfork!

However, in all seriousness, with what we hope this will be, along with Starcraft 2, Far Cry 2, The Sims 3, and a whole new slew of projects that have yet to be announced, this is shaping up to be quite a year for PC gamers.

Source: NeoGAF user Sinatar

Tags: PC, rts

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