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The Romans are pretty groovy, but they were a bit boring in comparison to many of their neighbors. Now the Hellenic nations, they knew how to party. The latest Total War: Rome II nation getting shown off is Ptolemaic Egypt, a superpower born from Alexander the Great's short-lived conquest of much of the known world. Egypt, during this period, was a strange blend of traditional Egyptian customs and traditions with newer Greek ones. In Total War it gives this faction a balanced army made up of typical Hellenic units like deadly spearmen, with more exotic units like North African war-elephants. Despite Egypt's power, it's built on shaky foundations, and some Egyptians still resent their Greek masters. Players controlling this faction may have to deal with heated internal conflicts as they try to reunite the disparate Hellenic world. You can learn more about Ptolemaic Egypt over at the Total War wiki. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
1:30 PM on 05.09.2013 Total War: Rome II drops in SeptemberSeptember 3, 2013. Commit that date to memory -- it's when Total War: Rome II releases globally. Creative Assembly is offering DLC, the Greek States Culture Pack, as incentive for pre-ordering the game. This includes Epirus,...
2:30 PM on 04.24.2013 Ten minutes of Romans getting slaughtered in Rome IIThe Romans had quite a wee bit of trouble pacifying the Germanic tribes of Northern Europe, and now you can sit back and watch some of that trouble on top of a substantial amount of bloodshed, fire, and fleeing Italians in T...
6:30 PM on 04.11.2013 Biggest Total War screenshot ever taken is really bigI was never aware that creating gigantic panoramic screenshots of games was a thing, but after seeing this huge picture of the Massacre of Teutoberg Forest I wish more people did stuff like this. The image is 3...
3:00 PM on 03.28.2013 Creative Assembly announces free-to-play Total War: ArenaAnnounced at a Game Developers Conference talk by lead designer James Russel, Creative Assembly will be trying its hand at free-to-play gaming with Total War: Arena. Going in a slightly different direction, this new title is ...
1:15 PM on 03.18.2013 Total War fan remembered in Rome IIJames was a big fan of the Total War series who recently died because of cancer. As a memorial to his struggle with this terrible disease, he has become a character in Rome II. James was 24-years-old when he became one of the...
7:00 PM on 03.07.2013 Parthia is the newest faction in Total War: Rome IIIt's time for another faction to be announced for Creative Assembly's upcoming strategy title Total War: Rome II. This time, it's the little-known Parthians that will be joining the fray. Formed from a confederation of tribes...
4:30 PM on 03.05.2013 Go all in with Total War: Shogun 2 Gold EditionThe "Gold Edition" repackaging of Total War: Shogun 2 with the game's two expansions, Rise of the Samurai and Fall of the Samurai, is now available for purchase in North America and will find its way to Europe and Australia t...
11:00 PM on 02.28.2013 Total War: Rome II trailer takes us to Teutoburg ForestThis trailer for the impressive-looking Total War: Rome II recounts the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where Germanic tribes -- united by the son of a chieftain who was taken hostage as a child and raised in Rome -- ambushe...
8:00 AM on 12.06.2012 SEGA/Creative Assembly get Games Workshop licenseSEGA has inked a deal with Games Workshop in order to start bringing Warhammer games into production. Creative Assembly, the studio responsible for Total War, will be working on the fantasy tabletop IP. THQ still has th...
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