UK PC Gamer (04/07/2008)

- Drop Pods can now hit enemy troops
- Space Marines are super soldiers. The magazine compared them to the Spartans of 300, though for the Space Marines it's more like "30"
- Less focus on resource gathering and building (which sounds like buildings are still in, but not to the same extent as DoW)
- Bridges are functional instead of just decoration, and can be destroyed with troops on them (though Assault Marines will automatically jump to safety)
- Assault Marines can deal damage with their landing
- Troops can shoot from buildings they enter, but can be screwed if the enemy bombs or flames the building
- Orbital Bombardment leaves a patch of molten earth where it hits
- Wargear can be collected on the battlefield and equipped on different troops
- Campaign missions may have multiple objectives (such as "save the civilians" or "get the wargear"), and you may have to choose between them... your choices can affect later missions

US PC Gamer (04/16/2008)

- The instant reinforcement system is gone, but they haven't mentioned what it has been replaced with, although the journalist mentioned drop pods.
- If your named squad leader dies, it will apparently "change the way the game is played."
- RPG-like wargear upgrades will affect the entire squad, not just the sergeant.
- Cover can be demolished with grenades, flanking maneuvers, flamers, and melee units.
- Units will be very vulnerable in the open.
- Squads will "think" for themselves like in CoH

PC Powerplay (05/01/2008)

It should be noted that this article's information is limited entirely to the single player portion of the game.

- Single Player unit Death Mechanic, apparently this means that the death of a single squad member will have pretty hefty consequences in the single player campaign.
- Every Unit is named, and has full back story
- No resource gathering. This does not necessarily mean that there won't be some kind of resource system, just that the economy probably won't be based around using worker units to mine or gather resources. Though, this isn't much of a departure from DoW and CoH.
- MMO style wargear ratings (green standard -> purple epic items)
- Players base of operations is a Battle barge
- Dynamic World Meta Map
- Knock Back effects
- Sync Kills now known as Extreme Kills
- Interactive Battlefield, perhaps something in line with CoH
- Orks are kinda Slimy (this may just be due to the "glossy" look some of the ork models have right now)
- Multiplayer has Pre-Match Battle barge setting up
- Possible Mission specific units
- Army Painter Confirmed
- Dawn of War 2 is optimized to run on Multi-Core Systems
- You can possibly play DoW2 on 3-year old PCs with decent frame rates.

Danish PC Player Preview (05/05/2008)

- Members in a space marine squad will each have their own designated role in the squad, the examples used here were flank man (dunno if it is called that, but you get the idea) and weapons specialist. You can then equip each squad member in accordance with their role. For instance, the flank man might get an artificer armor and the weapons specialist a Mark IV heavy bolter.
- Buildings are not out, but they have a lesser role to play than in DoW. The comparison used was, that if base building in DoW had been placed on the backseat, then in DoW 2 it would be in the trunk of the car.

Russian Igromania Preview (05/07/2008)

- There will be two campaigns (cooperative mode supported): one for Space Marines and one for Orks. There will be no campaigns for other [tentatively possible] race(s).

- Depending on complexity missions are divided into red (hard), blue (medium), and green (easy). Besides mission objectives there will be long-term goals that will require completion of several missions (and a certain set of objectives thereof). These long-term goals may be completed in different ways and mission sequencing is up to the player.

- There will be hidden missions that may be unlocked if certain time and quality criteria were met when completing previous mission objectives.

- There will be no base building whatsoever. Here's a direct quote: "I.e., you will not have to build bases at all." Though, the Danish PC Player preview did say that buildings were in, but relegated to a more tertiary role. This might mean we'll see some sort of static "home base" structure, but there won't be any building placement or construction involved. Note, however, that it has not been stated whether this applies to multiplayer.

- Each unit in a squad will have their own name, look and specialization.

- Unit specialization is configurable. Configuration is not defined based on the player choosing from a defined list of options. Instead, unit specialization depends on what artifacts and objects (that can be acquired on the battlefield) they are equipped with.

- You can take up to six squads per mission. It might mean that you can try a stupidly heroic option of taking on a red mission with just one squad. And it most likely means that there will be more than six squads to choose from prior to any given battle.

- All squad leaders have to survive in order for you to complete a mission.

- Some missions will require you to make choices such as whether you try to save as many civilians as possible or try to grab some new equipment instead. There will be consequences to all of these decisions.

- The primary focus is on infantry. Vehicles will be powerful but few and far between. Air and naval units are not in.

- Scale of all buildings, vehicles, units and objects looks very natural.

- Buildings can be garrisoned. Buildings and terrain objects can be destroyed (in a strategic way such as to block / form paths and make new cover areas). New craters will provide cover too.

- Jump packs will allow jumping on top of almost any building. But it has not been said whether higher ground will provide any strategic advantage...

French Preview from PC Jeux (05/08/2008)

- Six marines per squad.

- Each squad will have it's own specific role to fill.

- Developers didn't talk a lot about resources but they explained that resources will be used to research new technologies or recruit new soldiers.

- Both the space marine and ork campaigns will be co-op.

- Wargear items are randomly given but it's based on the level of the mission (if you play the 1st mission , you won't have the best wargear).

- There will be wargear for squads, for vehicles, and for leader units.

- There will be primary and secondary objectives.