Risk style 'meta-map' in which a player attacks a territory with his army with the goal of taking over the map, while each territory has its own unique units and upgrades as a reward when captured by a player.

The Necron's monolith, starting as a building, will be able to turn into a slow moving, but teleport capable unit.

Singleplayer commanders can be upgraded between battles, making them much more powerful (This does not occur in multiplayer, but upgrades as per usual will upgrade heroes).

Stealth units can attack and cap while in stealth mode.

They are the Space Marines Grey Knights, Imperial Guard Heavy Weapons Team, the Orks Flash Gitz, the Eldar Harlequin, and the Chaos Daemon Prince.

The addition of one new unit to each existing race was confirmed on 7 August 2006. It has been said by Tranj that there will be no new units for the existing races, but Grey Knights were spotted in released screenshots.

It also introduces a new option in which commanders can be customized in the campaign - Wargear. It features a new campaign including a new 'meta map', similar to that in Dune.

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