Relic Entertainment has abandoned real-time strategy, MOBA-hybrid𒈔 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III, in an effort to focus on future projects. , Relic stated that the game, published by Sega, failed to perform to expectations, indi🅷cating that it was hard to justify any current and future investment in the game. Dawn of War III was unable to grow its audience, in addition to its dedicated player base being too small to make a positi✨ve impact.

Prior to its release in April 2017, for the third installment in the Dawn of War sಞeries, including additional races from the three that were available at launღch, which were Space Marines, Eldar, and Orks. Unfortunately for fans of the series, it appears that Dawn of War III will fall well-short of repeating ♌the success of 2009’s Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, and the expansions that followed.

The original game in the series, releasไed in September 2004, was followed by three expansio𝓀ns leading up to the release of Dawn of War II in Februa🍷ry 2009, which also touted three successful expansions. It is clear to see the accomplishments of the first two games in the series compared with Dawn of War III f☂rom a quick glance at the games𝓰’ Steam reviews, with statuses of and respectively for the first two games. , on the other hand, shows a recent review status of “Mostly Negative”, and “Mixed” overall. However, the m🥃ostly telling statistic may be the player counts for all three games, with and maintaining significantly higher💝 recent concurrent players than .

With Dawn of War III now in the rea🅺rview mirror, Relic Entertainment can shift its focus to developin🌄g the award-winning RTS game, Age of Empires IV. The🌼 Vancouver-based studio will take the helm on the fourth game in the Age of Empires series (formerly developed by Ensemble Studios), which was . The game will be published by Microsoft Studios. No announcement h🌟as been made yet as to when the popular game will be released.

While news of abandoning Dawn of War III surely comes as disappointment for long-time fans of the series, the shifting of focus for Relic may help to ensure the success of its next project. The studio has clearly shown its capacity for 🌄delivering high-caliber RTS games. Hopefully, it can walk away from Dawn of War III with lessons-learned and apply them to Age of Empires IV; a series that comes with a l♕arge and loyal p😼layer base of its own.