I wish people would stop going on about DoW3, They said there working on something big on coh2 that's why as it seems like they might make an opposing fronts style expansion. Also the rights to Warhammer are with gamesworkshop and they would not start development unless they get it. If they do develop it though they need to actularly make you be able to customize your army and include all the factions
I don't know id you can tell by my apathy but I would rather coh3 than DoW
Like I said, GW has been allowing various studios to make games with the license. We got Space Hulk as a self-published game from Full Control studios in 2013. In 2014 we got "WH40K: Armageddon" from Flashback Games + The Lordz Games Studio and published by Slitherine Ltd. We are now getting
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada from Tindalos Interactive, as well as "
Total War: Warhammer" from Creative Assembley
published by Sega.
Not saying it's 100% totally confirmed that DoW3 is now being worked on, but it is quite probable. There is absolutely a precedent for GW being extremely liberal with the license right now, and Sega is already working with GW properties. It's an established, profitable series and it seems like Relic is hiring new blood to expand. The revitalized interest in the DoW / DoW2 community seems to be a hint that they want to foster those communities going into the future. Could Relic work on a big expansion for CoH2 while also starting development of DoW3? Absolutely.