Well, this certainly came out of nowhere. Internode, a gaming site on the Internet, has a stand alone demo for Soulstorm, the upcoming Dawn of War expansion, available to download at pathetically slow speeds. I guess the game is closer to release than I thought. It will be on store shelves on March 7, 2008, if Wikipedia is to be believed.

I just recently bought Dawn of War and its first two expansions during the Steam holiday sale. It was only $3.00 cheaper, but I’ve been putting off buying the game since I was in the beta in 2004. As I’ve said before, it’s totally the best RTS since Starcraft; Warcraft 3, Company of Heroes, and Rise of Legends be damned. Oh, hello Google. Didn’t see you there.

Later today: A Contra 4 review and a seemingly endless spew of Contra 3 nostalgia, depending on how much time I waste on this demo.