Dawn of Victory (DoV) is a modification in the works for the game Sins of a Solar Empire; an intergalactic real time strategy game with a strong focus on empire building. It is being developed by Ironclad Games; and published by Stardock. Ironclad is made up of members of the team that created Homeworld, and Stardock, the creator of Galactic Civilizations, so the talent and experience behind the game is some of the best in the genre. Dawn of Victory is a total conversion for the game, creating a deep and complicated world chronicling the human race as it enters into an age of intergalactic colonization and war.

The Story


 

While mostly just an excuse to get the Soviets and Nazis fighting in space, the DoV story has evolved over time and now has an extraordinary level of depth spanning over 200 years. Fans of Harry Turtledove will recognize many elements from his WorldWar series.

After scanning the planet in the 14th century an alien race, later known as the Scinfaxi, make plans to conquer, and strip mine the Earth. With their own technological advancements progressing at an extremely slow rate, they are stunned to see an industrial society when they arrive over 600 years later, in 1943.

At first the Scinfax are widely successful in driving humanity before them, but their lack of equipment, and humanities continued resistance and advancement, turns the conflict into a stalemate. Finally, the Soviet Union detonates an atomic bomb, with other nations following shortly after. Unwilling to risk the planet to an escalating nuclear exchange, the Scinfaxi retreat to the Southern hemisphere, and neither side makes any attempt to cross the border.

By the year 2289, under the constant threat of the Scinfaxi, the remaining human nations, the Soviet Union, Greater German Reich, Democratic Federation, as well as smaller factions, have abandoned the Earth and colonized dozens of planets and moons in the surrounding space.

The Scinfaxi have not been dormant however, and realize that if allowed to expand for another hundred years, humanity will overtake them. Thus they begin preparations for a final war against the nations of Earth.

The Game

  • A shift away from the empire construction of Sins of a Solar Empire, and focus more completely of the military aspect of the game.
  • Provides four diverse and individual sides, each with their own distinct visual and play style and diverse set of tactics.
  • Revamped naval combat with dozens of deck guns, torpedoes and flak cannons per ship.
  • Diverse environments ranging from open space to clouded nebula.
  • Colonizable moons with various upgrades.
  • New pirate factions.

     

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7 comments by SwissKnight on May 10th, 2008 digg this super bookmark


Very exciting update today, it’s our 2 year anniversary of the announcement of the mod, even though almost everything has changed since then. I won’t bore you any longer with this text nobody reads, and instead have a ton of screenshots, renders and concepts.

Slavny Class Light Cruisers and Interceptors over the recently captured Galleria System.


New Renders of the Slavny and Kharlamov Scout.

Some concept art of the Pavlov Class Assault Corvette.


And lastly, a new video made by our own Carbon, showing off the new mines system in place for DoV. Please note this is a huge work in progress, and all the models in the video are temp.


For more information, and a really cool "in-universe" version of this news post check out our forums.
They can be found right here!

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Dawn of Victory Trailer 1

Dawn of Victory Trailer 1

Dec 27, 2006 Movies 0 comments

This first teaser trailer for Dawn of Victory goes into the background story behind the mod. This is the first trailer of 3, exploring the first 5 years...

Dawn of Victory - Podcast #1

Dawn of Victory - Podcast #1

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Podcast #1 for Dawn of Victory - Slipstream Productions

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mexiconick99
mexiconick99 Nov 9 2008, 9:18pm says:

please hurry up and finish this one!!

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CamperJames
CamperJames Oct 23 2008, 2:51pm says:

This mod is going to be epic of Soviet Proportions

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akhmed327
akhmed327 Oct 15 2008, 9:50am says:

this is gonna be good
i only wish they'd make a movie on that series
its nice to see a game based of Turtledove's writing
i only plan on buying sins so i can play this

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Soul_XP
Soul_XP Sep 10 2008, 4:57pm says:

Hi guys how are things with the mod? Will we get to see something new this or next month?

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Carbon016
Carbon016 Sep 17 2008, 8:44pm replied:

Most definitely one of the two, like Swiss said people are going back to school, and we're very short on skinners and staff atm.

Sorry things have been so slow, but it's out of my hands.

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Soul_XP
Soul_XP Sep 19 2008, 8:30pm replied:

It's ok, just wondering is all.

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ScopeSgt13
ScopeSgt13 Sep 1 2008, 1:59am says:

Is this mod dead? I think it is...sadly.....

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ManuGod
ManuGod Sep 1 2008, 2:13pm replied:

no its not dead ! go check there web site !

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endwar24
endwar24 Aug 18 2008, 8:01pm says:

Baised on the Concept art in the images section I would have thought you were making a mod for C&C 3.

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Soul_XP
Soul_XP Aug 16 2008, 1:40am says:

Good news for me, I'll be getting SoaSE soon, which means I'll have the means to play this when it's released :D.

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