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4 CommentsTotal War: Rome 2's Battle of Teutoburg Forest puts players on the losing side
By Philip Kollar on Mar 28, 2013 03.28.13
In a presentation at GDC 2013, Creative Assembly showed off Rome 2 with the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, one of the game's historical stand-alone battles. This scenario puts players into a challenging situation, since Tuetoburg is notorious as a battle where Roman forces got completely destroyed by Germanic barbarians. In this virtual re-creation of that event, players are tasked with getting as many of the Roman troops out alive as possible in an ambush they're fated to lose. Immediately leaning toward its inevitable outcome, the narrow forest map begins with Roman forces beset by flaming boulders rolled at them by the barbarians. One of the new features of Rome 2 helps rally the troops after this initial chaos: the tactical map. Players can pull the map out completely to see a full...
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1 CommentTotal 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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2 CommentsTotal 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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2 CommentsTotal 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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1 CommentTotal 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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8 CommentsThe 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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11 CommentsTotal 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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2 CommentsConquer 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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3 CommentsSega 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...
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0 CommentsTotal War: Rome 2's first trailer asks, 'Gods, what have we done?'
By Brian Crecente on Sep 26, 2012 09.26.12
This is our first look at Total War: Rome 2, sequel to 2004's turn-based, real-time hybrid strategy game, in action. The game, in development by The Creative Assembly and set for a release next year, has players fighting to turn the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire in a game that deftly mixes turn-based strategy with real-time tactics. This video, packed with sea battles, sieges, and legions of men bristling with spears and protected by shields, gives us a glimpse of tactician Scipio Aemilianus' attempt to break the three-year-long siege of Carthage in 146BC.
