THQ has announced The Last Stand, an all-new cooperative multiplayer mode for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, the Real-time strategy game from a Relic Entertainment. The Last Stand will be a free downloadable content pack this October which features two new multiplayer maps and a number of balance and bug fixes.

The Last Stand is a 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.