THQ has announced The Last Stand, the free downloadable content pack for the Real-time Strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, is now available worldwide.

The Last Stand is an all-new cooperative survival mode that gives gamers control of an individual hero unit and drops a small multiplayer team into a battle with impossible odds. Players can choose between a Space Marine Captain, Eldar Farseer or Ork Mekboy and will team up with two other squad-mates in an attempt to hold out as long as possible against wave after wave of relentless attackers.

Hero units level up and are fully customizable as new armor and weapons become available from game to game. Working together to devise innovative strategies is the key to success in this brand-new battle mode. The Last Stand is included in an automatic update that also contains two new multiplayer maps, balance updates and bug fixes for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II.