Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 Devs Lose Twice to Hard-Mode Ork AI in New Gameplay

King Art Games released gameplay footage for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 showing two developers losing twice to hard-mode AI-controlled Orks, highlighting the game's challenging difficulty ahead of its December 3, 2026 PC launch. Creative director Jan Theysen and senior game designer Elliott Verbiest faced the Ork AI in a 2v2 co-op skirmish, losing the first match in four minutes and surrendering after 13 minutes in the second, despite increasing Victory Point requirements. The developers intentionally shared the defeats to showcase the game authentically, with Theysen joking about the AI's strength and fans praising the transparency, while the video also demonstrated the new two-player co-op mode against enemy AI.