Dawn of War 4 Returns to Kronus with the Revival of Crusade Mode

Why is Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 returning to Kronus? We asked the real-time strategy game’s creative director to explain why the team chose that route.

King Art Games has shed light on why Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 is returning to Kronus and how the return of Crusade Mode helped shape that choice.

“It’s mainly the thought that coming back, or heading back, to a place you’ve seen before is enjoyable,” creative director Jan Theysen told TechRadar Gaming when asked what drove the team to bring Dawn of War 4 back to the planet.

“We also understood that our goal was to reintroduce the Crusade Mode, or the crusade-like planetary conquer-the-place type of mode,” he added.

Crusade Mode is a popular fan-loved mode that began in the first game’s Dark Crusade expansion almost 20 years ago, and King Art Games refers to it as Dawn of War 4’s “endless mode.”

Players can repeat the mode’s expanded campaigns again and again, with many territories spread across Kronus, and each run always unfolds differently while adding extra gameplay variety to the core game.

“Someone said, well, if we bring back the mode, wouldn’t it be fun if it took place on the same planet, right?” Theysen continued. “And you can return to the territories and the things you remember from the opening match, and we thought, all right, why not? Great idea; it’s on the right side of The Great Rift.”

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 is set to launch on PC on December 3, and Theysen has also hinted that the game may later come to console.

The creative director also spoke about how the game ended up with four separate faction campaigns and said the team considered adding other playable factions before settling on Adeptus Mechanicus.

• Return to Kronus for a familiar but fresh campaign setting
• Crusade Mode brings back a favorite planetary conquest experience
• The game is set to debut on PC on December 3
• Console support may arrive later