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Total War: Rome 2 launching Sept. 3 worldwide in standard and collector's editions

By Samit Sarkar on May 09, 2013 05.09.13

Total War: Rome 2 will be released Sept. 3 worldwide on Windows PC for $59.99, and pre-order customers will receive the strategy game's first downloadable content for free, publisher Sega announced today. Rome 2 will ship with eight playable factions, and developer The Creative Assembly announced last month that all players will be able to download a ninth, Pontus, as free day-one DLC. Pre-order players will also get the Greek States Culture Pack, which brings three additional factions into the game — Athens, Epirus and Sparta — on launch day. Each of the Greek factions offers its own units, buildings, missions, win conditions and tech tree. Sega also announced Rome 2's Collector's Edition, which will be available only in a limited production run of 22,000 individually numbered...

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Total War: Rome 2 getting ninth faction, Pontus, as free day-one DLC

By Samit Sarkar on Apr 26, 2013 04.26.13

Total War: Rome 2 will ship with eight playable factions, and developer The Creative Assembly will add a ninth, Pontus, as free downloadable content at launch, the studio announced today. The Creative Assembly's community team, Craig Laycock and Will Overgard, debuted the new faction in the 12th episode of their "Rally Point" series of developer diaries, which you can watch above. "Even though all the factions are in there and locked down, we have the flexibility," said community manager Craig Laycock, "to add some extra content in." He added, "We just thought, 'Hey, we've got the time to do it. Let's chuck it in there, and let's give it free for everyone.'" According to Laycock and Overgard, the Pontus faction will be the first piece of free DLC for Rome 2, with the implication...

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Total War: Rome 2 to feature Egyptian faction

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Mar 23, 2013 03.23.13

Total War: Rome 2, The Creative Assembly's turn-based, real-time hybrid strategy game, will feature a faction in Egypt, the developer announced via press release. Ptolemy founded Ptolemaic Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great. Because of the subsequent mix of Greek and Egyptian, the faction features pikemen, scythed combatants and war elephants. According to the game's wiki page, the faction is "progressive and forward-looking" and includes "skilled statesman and academics." You can read more about the faction here. Total War: Rome 2 is slated for Windows PC release later this year. The game currently includes eight factions; Parthia, an Eastern faction in the region of north-eastern Iran, was the most recently announced.

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Total War: Rome 2 adds in-game likeness of recently departed fan

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Mar 18, 2013 03.18.13

Developer The Creative Assembly has immortalized one of its fans in Total War: Rome 2, a 24-year-old player named James who passed away from liver cancer shortly after previewing the game last summer, reports Eurogamer. James' visit to the studio's U.K. headquarters last July was organized by national charity Willow Foundation, an organization that arranges special wish-fulfillment days for people suffering from terminal illness. James became first non-industry individual to play Rome 2. In addition to testing the game and touring the studio, James was re-created in the game as a Roman soldier character for the Siege of Carthage section. According to Total War community manager Craig Laycock, studio staff were "moved and humbled" by James' visit, offering assistance in organizing his...

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Total War: Rome 2 to have Parthia as a playable faction

By Jenna Pitcher on Mar 08, 2013 03.08.13

Parthia, the ancient confederation of tribes, will be a playable faction in upcoming real-time strategy title Total War: Rome 2. Parthia is an Eastern faction in the region of north-eastern Iran. Their strengths lay in equine disciplines-based combat such horse-archers and armored cavalry who don iron or bronze chain-mail, equipping both horse and rider. Trained and equipped in the Seleucid way, the infantry comprises of spear and skirmisher units, a smattering of mercenaries and Persian/Iranian hillmen. Their optimal battle conditions are open ground due to their equine disciplines and marksmanship. Parthia culture is at ease with foreign cultures, a trait that helps conquering new lands, but their stand against slavery "is detrimental to both the economy and to public order." Other...

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Total War: Rome 2 will be invaded by Suebi tribesmen

By Emily Gera on Feb 15, 2013 02.15.13

The latest faction joining the roster of warring groups in Total War: Rome 2 is the Suebi, barbarian tribespeople of the forests of Germania, Sega revealed today. The Suebi are numerous tribes joined together under a common, shared language and similar religious beliefs. Suebi warriors are only lightly equipped with weapons, using a javelin-like spear called the "framea," shields and basic cloaks as armor. This latest playable faction joins the Macedonians, Roman Republic and Carthage, previously revealed as factions in the upcoming game. Total War: Rome 2 will launch on PC in October 2013. Check out our interview with the game's lead designer James Russell on how this will be the biggest title in the series.

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The Macedonians are Total War: Rome 2's third playable faction

By Dave Tach on Jan 21, 2013 01.21.13

The Macedonians will be a playable faction in Total War: Rome 2, the upcoming strategy game from The Creative Assembly, according to a recent post on the Total War Facebook page. The game's official wiki describes Macedon as "an administration, with the king holding power and governing in the name of the people." Led by Antigonus Gonatus, "agriculture, forestry and the taxation of ports" feed its economy alongside the king's silver and gold mines. Macedonian troops specialize in infantry and cavalry and have advantages when fighting other factions born of ancient Greece, as well as barbarians. The developers and publisher Sega previously announced the Roman Republic and Carthage as playable factions. For more on Total War: Rome 2, check out our interview with lead designer James...

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Total War: Rome 2 to have ancient Carthage as a playable faction

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Dec 14, 2012 12.14.12

The ancient nation of Carthage will be a playable faction in upcoming real-time strategy title Total War: Rome 2, publisher Sega announced today. Carthage is a trading state located in northern Africa and has a relatively small native population. The state's army is primarily made up of mercenaries, and its special forces are a group of highly-trained Carthaginian citizens called the Sacred Band. Carthage and Rome have previously enjoyed a cool peace. The two countries fought side-by-side in the Pyrrhic War in 280 BC, after which Rome walked away with footholds all over the Italian peninsula and Carthage managed to wrangle Sicily. However, this uneasy peace is beginning to fray and the situation between the two nations is tense when Rome 2 begins. Carthage offers both seasoned...

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Conquer Europe with the Roman Republic in Total War: Rome 2

By Samit Sarkar on Dec 05, 2012 12.05.12

Total War: Rome 2, the upcoming strategy game from The Creative Assembly, will feature a variety of playable historical factions including Rome, publisher Sega announced today. With a world map stretching eastward from the Iberian Peninsula, Rome 2 includes Greco-Roman, Barbarian and Eastern factions, and according to Sega, "each offers a fundamentally different style of play." The Roman faction begins as the Roman Republic in present-day Italy, with players being able to expand through military conquests to the north (Etruscans, Barbarians), east (Greeks) and south and west (Carthaginians). In-game traits for Rome support such endeavors, with quicker military development and stronger metalwork as an economic boost. Players will have the choice to play as one of the three houses of...

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Sega lands Total War: Rome 2 four book deal

By Brian Crecente on Oct 09, 2012 10.09.12

A UK adult books publisher picked up the rights to a four-book run of novels based on the upcoming computer game Total War: Rome 2, according to The Bookseller. Pan Macmillian and Thomas Dunne Books teamed up to beat out eight other publishers for the deal. Bestselling novelist David Gibbins, who writes archaeological thrillers based on his own background as a archaeologist, will work on the series with developers The Creative Assembly. The first book will hit next October, set to tie in with the release of the game, which hasn't officially been dated. "We are delighted to be working with one of the most successful games franchises on the market," publisher Jeremy Trevathan told TheBookseller. "What is also particularly exciting is that they have an in-built, committed community of...

Total War: Rome 2 Releases
North America
  • Windows
    • Released 09/03/2013
    • Price at Launch 59.99
    • Publisher Sega
    • Developer The Creative Assembly
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