While we're all still squinting in the dawn of a new year and it being a fairly quiet time as far as major releases go, the natural inclination of many is to look at release lists to see what's coming up. For this feature, we'd like to focus on two of the biggest on the calendar. They're Relic's Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II and Blizzard's StarCraft II, and they've been the subject of countless message board debates since their unveilings.They're both science-fantasy themed real-time strategy games, they're both sequels, and they're made by two of the premier real-time strategy game developers around. 

In this feature, we'll examine the similarities, the differences, the general approach being taken by each studio, and hope the information presented here will give you a more rounded perspective and a better idea of what to expect if you haven't been following along with the coverage.