The Dawn of War II Website has word that Relic is working on a few things in preparation for the promised closed beta test of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution, their real-time strategy expansion. Word is:

While we work towards a fix for code distribution for the Beta we wanted to let you know about two important things:

First, to get the beta in your hands as soon as possible, tune in to our Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/wh40kdow) and Twitter pages (http://twitter.com/wh40kdow). We’ll be giving out as many keys to our followers as possible, so keep your eyes peeled.

Secondly, we’ve closed the forums temporarily to so we can keep the community up while we squash a few bugs.

Thanks for bearing with us while we tackle these technical issues.