GFWL...Games For Windows Live and the article in question is probably like this http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/05/29/wh40k-dawn-of-war-gamespy-gfwl/
lol what THQ's space marine needed was a damn server, that client-side rubbish set up they went with is the cause of 99% of the player issues with the multiplayer
My mistake, I haven't played in a while and I was under the impression that it used GWFL. Apparently Dawn of War: Retribution have also moved to dedicated servers for multiplayer with this update, so hopefully Space Marine will eventually also get its own servers. http://steamcommunity.com/games/56400/announcements/detail/278414696212363131
DOW2/CR/RT all have an openbeta now which exchanges their servers to COH2's Actually DOW and COH series are also using COH2's now