Total War: Rome 2 - Enemy at the Gates will be the first PC games from Sega to officially ship with environmentally-friendly packaging.
]]>They are everywhere. In your garden, walking around the streets, teaching your children at school, creating drugs in pharmaceutical labs, flying into space in rockets, and there’s a good chance there might even be one in your house.
]]>Seven of the modern Total War games are available to play for free this weekend on Steam.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 fans have a chance to tackle the challenges of the Peloponnesian Wars in the latest campaign DLC.
]]>The next DLC update for Total War: Rome 2, Wrath of Sparta, will be released on December 18 and if you pre-order the content, you can take 10% off.
]]>The twelfth free content update for Total War: Rome 2 has been released, and it's the playable faction of Massilia.
]]>The Total War: Rome 2 - Black Sea Colonies Culture Pack is now available for pre-purchase on Steam.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 Emperor Edition has a release date.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 Emperor Edition will contain all free content released for the strategy title to-date, along with a new campaign pack.
]]>Ubisoft's just posted a big sale in celebration of E3 2014 next week, and it's cut the cost of games from big publishers like Bethesda, Square Enix, Sega and more.
]]>Sega has posted its financial report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. The Japanese firm has surpassed its own financial projections which were lowered earlier this year, marking a strong year for the company.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has been updated with the Hannibal at the Gates content as well as Seasons & Wonders, which is a free update. The latter also includes a unit-roster expansion for Carthage, Twitch streaming support, new great wonders for battlefields, touchscreen support, and introduces seasons into the ROME 2 Grand Campaign. The update also brings a host of new technical, AI and gameplay improvements in both battle and campaign. A video is below.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 will receive its second major campaign pack, Hannibal at the Gates, releases later this month.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 developer The Creative Assembly has responded to allegations it held content back from the main release game to drip feed players as paid DLC.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 developer The Creative Assembly has released its new Beast of War DLC pack, adding a range of killer creatures into the mix.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 and Company of Heroes 2 have got this whole Valentine's thing wrong. They're not in love, they're trying to beat each other to a pulp, and fans of the winning game will get free DLC at the end of the battle.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has received another update and it will download automatically via Steam. It is recommended that players disable any mods they are using until their authors can update them. The patch brings a major list of improvements and tweaks to all areas, with battles being the key focus. Many of the game’s units have undergone cost, statistic and ability rebalancing, and a number of technical aspects of the battle-engine have been enhanced, including performance, pathfinding, siege-engine usage, unit formations and much more. For the full, extensive list of improvements and bug-fixes, check out the release notes for Patch 9.
]]>A beta version of the Total War: Rome 2 Assembly Kit is now available for free in the Tools section of Steam.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has a new patch available, further improving the campaign and battle gameplay. Patch 8.1 also includes balances to campaign parameters, ensuring a more "aggressive and tactically-focused AI." Players will also find opponents raiding their territories more frequently, according to The Creative Assembly. Full patch notes can be found through the Total War wiki. The patch will download automatically via Steam.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 content drops next week and it's called Caesar in Gaul. The downloadable campaign pack brings with it the battle of Alesia, which artfully recreates the engagement in which Caesar finally conquered Gaul. This made the man famous, and infamous, and thus enabling his rise to dictator. In the game, though, players will battle at the hilltop fort of Alesia as it's under siege, and will have to weather attacks on two fronts: from Vercingetorix’ forces within the fort itself, and from a huge Gallic relief army. There's more on the wikipage. The content will drop on December 17 and is 10% off when you pre-order on Steam.
]]>Rome 2's Caesar in Gaul DLC was announced eight days ago (find out all about it here) and planned for release on Thursday for $15, but now Creative Assembly are pushing it back to December 17 to give them time to add more fixes to the patch that will download when the DLC goes live.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has a new faction available today: Baktria. Originally a part of Alexander The Great’s empire, Baktria was a "crossroads of commerce between east and west." Baktria offers players "a diverse battle experience blending units from the Greek rosters with those of Eastern cultures." Baktria will download automatically for Rome 2 players via Steam, and will require players to restart if already in-game.
]]>Total War: Rome 2: Caesar in Gaul is the first full expansion to The Creative Assembly's strategy title. The studio has just sent us the first snippets of information. Find out what it's all about here.
]]>A new video for Total War: Rome 2 has been released, and features commentary from historians Bettany Hughes, Mike Loades, Lynette Nusbacher and Dr. Adrian Goldsworthy along with footage from the game. The documentary short takes a look at The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, which saw three full legions of Rome destroyed. Watch below.
]]>Total War: Rome 2's latest patch is live. The Creative Assembly states that this is "the most significant gameplay-enhancing patch yet," as includes framerate improvements to high-end systems, and substantial gameplay, AI and behavioral improvements, particularly in settlement and siege battles. The attacking siege AI is more active, and the patch also bring about the first targeted unit re-balances. For full details, check out the patch notes. Steam users will be automatically updated upon logging into the service.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has been confirmed for release on Steams Linux-based operating system SteamOS.
]]>Sega has announced that The Creative Assembly's strategy title Total War: Rome 2 has sold over 800,000 units since launch. The news was revealed as part of the firm's earnings report for the six-month period ending September 30.
]]>As with Shogun 2 before it, The Creative Assembly is inserting some extra nastiness into Rome 2 with DLC aimed at making the battlefield experience a more revolting yet also more exciting by adding blood, gore and dismemberment. This pack is $3, and you can buy it now on Steam. Get a taste of the carnage in the trailer below.
]]>Total War: Rome 2's Nomadic Tribes Culture Pack DLC will be available for free for the first week of availability, The Creative assembly has announced.
]]>Total War: ROME 2 has been updated with the free Seleucid Empire faction for both single-player and multiplayer. The update includes Patch 5 which delivers further performance and gameplay balancing improvements. Full patch notes are through here. Also featured, is Steam Workshop support and activation of the mod manager in the Total War Launcher, making the sharing and loading of mods rather easy. Hit up the links for more information and to acquire the update, just fire the game up and it will patch automagically.
]]>The Creative Assembly has thanked its fanbase for providing invaluable feedback allowing the team to accelerate post-launch support for Total War: Rome 2.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has a fourth patch available which contains major AI improvements when it comes to the construction of new buildings, food supply management, creation of armies, "technology researches and tactics used during battles." The patch makes the AI more organized and challenging, and further tweaks and improvements have been made to the diplomacy, missiles, melee units and much more. Patch 5 will enter beta next week. You can view the large list of patch notes through the Total War Wiki.
]]>The Creative Assembly is bang behind SteamOS, and sees no problem in porting its games to Linux for Valve's new hardware scheme.
]]>The Creative Assembly was able to try out Valve's Steam Controller and according to the developers, it could put out a controller configuration file together for Total War: Rome 2 "within half an hour, certainly within an hour."
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has received its third update, which includes over 140 technical, gameplay, balancing and usability improvements.
]]>Rome 2 is a technical mess, but Creative Assembly is working to try to make that not be. Evidence of said work is now available in a new beta patch, which can be accessed from the betas tab in the Rome 2 properties window. Patch notes inside.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 developer The Creative Assembly has pushed out the game's second patch, that addresses some 100 issues. Get an overview here.
]]>The latest update for Total War: Rome 2 hopes to improve long wait times during AI opponent's turns.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has held its position at top of the Steam charts for a second week running. Payday 2 continues to nip its heels in second.
]]>Saints Row 4 has held its position at top of the UK charts for a third week running. Fellow heavyweight Farming Simulator has entered at ten. I'm neigh kidding.
]]>Total War: Rome 2's update promised earlier this week from The Creative Assembly is now available.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has received a new trailer called 'The Throwing War', which explains the game's projectile weapons with commentary from Brian Blessed.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 will be getting an update this Friday which will tweak the balancing, AI routines and other features now that the game is live and The Creative Assembly is getting real-time metric feedback from players.The firm said last month it would release said update, due to the likelihood of general system specifications causing issues for some users. The game will also be updated on a weekly basis in the immediate future. Full patch notes will be available on Friday, September 6, and the update will also address known instances of crashes due to hardware conflicts alongside several other performance fixes. Users experiencing graphical issues including low resolution textures, should check out the support forums at which contain "suggestions for settings which will improve visuals in almost all cases."
]]>Just one day from launch, Total War: Rome 2 is already three times as popular as previous entry Shogun 2.
]]>Valve has released its Steam weekly sales charts, crowning Total War: Rome 2 as the victor.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 reviews are dropping now, and as usual we're collecting all the scores as they drop here.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 activation times for release have been announced, and digital customers can start pre-loading the game through Steam starting today.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 players will be the recipients of post-release content in both free and paid formats, The Creative Assembly has announced.
]]>Another day, another Total War: Rome 2 trailer. This one takes the form of a Let's Play, focusing on the multiplayer mode. It starts with some in-depth commentary from the Creative Assembly team, and then shows off an epic multiplayer battle.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 pre-purchases through Steam will hand buyers a wreath in the Team Fortress 2 inventory which upon being equipped, will change the look of TF2 to Rome 2. It's mad fun, really.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 is has broken records by being the most pre-ordered title in the series' history, SEGA has announced. There's also an unboxing video - of sorts - for the Collector's Edition below as well.
]]>There's quite a difference between barbarian and Roman naval units on Total War: Rome 2.
]]>SEGA has announced that owners of Total War: Rome 2 will be granted access to the firm's free-to-play MOBA title Total War: Arena when it becomes available
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has received a 'Let's Play' video from developer The Creative Assembly, which shows how crushing the game's 'Very Hard' difficulty can be and how the AI will become more aggressive to meet your charge.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has a new video available focusing on the brilliant military strategist and Rome's greatest enemy, Hannibal. The video below shows the multitude of ways players can "outfox their opponents," and demonstrates the scope and variety of the campaign map. Total War: Rome 2 hits PC on September 3.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 developer The Creative Assembly recently held a press event for its sprawling strategy title in Rome itself. VG247s Sam Clay was there to drink in the violence and has produced a new clip that includes gameplay from the campaign's prologue and fresh insight from the studio.
]]>Stace Harman explores the lengths that the AI of Total War: Rome 2 will go to in order to crush you and speaks to The Creative Assembly’s James Russell and Pawel Wojs.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has a new "Let’s Play video" available focusing this time on the campaign mode.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 brings the epic scale of classical world warfare and makes it personal. Phil Owen is a Machiavellian dictator.
]]>The Creative Assembly has updated the Total War website with an Interactive Campaign Map for Rome 2. The map will give you an idea of the scale of the new Campaign Map and familiarize you with the various factions, diplomatic relations and more. Have fun with it. Game’s out September 3 on PC.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has a new entry available in the Let’s Play video series. In it, the viewer is shown an in-depth look into the Battle of the Nile, but from the Roman perspective this time. Watch below as Al Bickham and Joey Williams walk you through their effort to destroy Egypt. Game’s out September 3 on PC.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 develoepr The Creative Assembly has released spec requirements for its incoming strategy epic. See if you'll need to buy a new rig or not here.
]]>Rezzed 2013 is the UK's biggest indie and PC expo, showcasing panel sessions featuring Obsidian's Chris Avellone, and DayZ creator Dean Hall, along with gameplay of Total War: Rome 2, Dreamfall Chapters, Project Eternity, Sir You Are Being Hunted, Wildstar and more. You can watch it all live this weekend.
]]>As we all know, ancient Rome had more than its share of political infighting, or backstabbing, if you will. Famously, between 235 and 284 AD there were 21 'official' emperors, of whom all but one died of unnatural causes.
]]>Rezzed 2013 is the PC and indie games expo hosted by Gamer Network. The event's full developer schedule has been announced, feature appearances from Chris Avellone and DayZ creator Dean Hall, as well as game showcases featuring Hotline Miami 2, Dreamfall: Chapters, Total War: Rome 2 and Project Eternity.
]]>SEGA has announced its E3 line-up, and the firm is bringing five titles to the expo next week. SEGA’s full line-up includes: Sonic Lost World (Wii U, 3DS) out this Holiday; Castle of Illusion (PC, PSN, XBLA) out this summer; Company of Heroes 2 (PC); Total War: Rome 2 (PC); and The Cave (mobile). This will be the first publish showing of both the new Sonic title and the mobile version of Double Fine's The Cave.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has a new trailer available which highlights the story of Cleopatra: the lady who secured the throne of Egypt using the armies of Caesar and killed herself with an asp. Check out the battle for the Nile below. Rome 2 is out September 3 on PC.
]]>Total War: Rome - Destroy Carthage is the first of four books derived from The Creative Assembly's strategy series, and history, of course.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 and Company of Heroes 2 publisher Sega has confirmed that both of its strategy titles will be playable at his year's Rezzed expo, taking place June 22-23 at The NEC, Birmingham.
]]>SEGA has announced that Total War: Rome 2 is the fastest pre-ordered Total War game to date, with over six times the number of pre-orders its first official week compared to Shogun 2. The Collector’s Edition has also pre-ordered well, with over half the available copies already sold out in the US. The firm also said Total War sales hit 2 million last year "without a major release," to support the series. Those who pre-order the strategy title get the first DLC, The Greek States Culture Pack, free on the day of release. Rome 2 is out September 3.
]]>Sega has finally confirmed the release date for Total War: Rome 2 as September 3rd, 2013.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 developer The Creative Assembly has announced a new, free DLC faction for its sprawling strategy epic. Say hello to the Pontus.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has a new walkthrough video showing the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, and narrated by the Creative Assembly staff.
]]>Sega's sent over a link to a Panorama page on the Total War wiki, on which it posts staggeringly enormous screenshots. If you'd like to look at a landscape lovingly rendered in-engine and then pieced together into a 30000 x 9785 pixel image, that is a thing you can do. Total War: Rome 2 comes out on PC later this year and none of you have monitors big enough for anything approaching this level of image quality.
]]>The single-player campaign in Total War: Rome 2 will have 117 different factions, among other impressively large numbers.
]]>The latest faction for Total War: Rome 2 has been revealed the "independent, powerful" Egypt. These successors to Alexander The Great's legacy and the rulers of Ptolemaic Egypt bring "Hellenistic fighting prowess to north Africa, with serried ranks of fearsome pikemen, devastating scythed war-chariots and terrifying war-elephants." Yikes. Despite their prowess in batt;e, though, they are also well-versed in statecraft and diplomacy, so know thine enemy etc. You can find out more on the Egyptian faction through the game's wiki. Rome 2 is expected sometime in 2013 for PC.
]]>A visit to The Creative Assembly’s motion capture studio provides Stace Harman with the perfect excuse to don his spandex leisure-wear as he finds out what it takes to be a Roman legionnaire.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 developer The Creative Assembly has revealed another new faction for its sprawling strategy title, the Parthia.
]]>The Creative Assembly has always been a supporter of PC gaming, and is one of the first to defend the system when claims that it is "dying" come up. Now that PS4 has been revealed, Dom Starr, the campaign designer of Total War: Rome 2, says the console being "an adapted PC" is further proof that PC gaming is not even close to being in its death throws.
]]>SEGA has sent over a video featuring the Battle of Teutoburg forest in Total War: Rome 2 The video also demonstrates the game's new true line-of-sight system, deployable battlefield tech, and ambush scenarios. Some lovely new shots were also sent over as well. Rome 2 is expected sometime in 2013 for PC.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 developer The Creative Assembly has announced a new faction, the Suebi. The studio has also released the first screen of the Suebi in action.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 screenshots showing the Battle of Teutoburg Forest have been released by The Creative Assembly. The studio has also released a new video which gives you a taste of its score, which was composed by Richard Beddow. Check out the video below, which shows off the screens. You can also have a look over onPCgamesN. Rome 2 is expected sometime in 2013 for PC.
]]>The Arverni have been revealed as the latest faction for Total War: Rome 2. You ca find out more on the Gallic tribe through the game's wiki. The tribe is "feared and respected among all the barbarian factions," due to their fierce warriors and an understanding of gold-working and metal craftsmanship. Gallic tribes sacked Rome in 390 BC and "terrorized much" of the Aegean as recently as 279 BC, and invaded Thrace, Macedon and Illyria. Have a look at the faction below. The Iceni faction was revealed last week. Rome 2 is expected sometime in 2013 for PC.
]]>The lasted faction reveal for Total War: Rome 2 is the Iceni. These fellas are a "violent tribe from the south of Britain," sporting body-paint and they are "renowned for their use of highly maneuverable chariots in battle." A screenshot of the faction is below, and more information on the faction can be found through the Total War: Rome 2 wiki. Only four more factions to be revealed, again, if the wiki is any indication. The game is expected sometime in 2013 for PC.
]]>The Macedonians have been revealed as the next playable faction for Total War: Rome 2. A shot of the Shield Bearers infantry unit is below. In the game, the Hellenistic nation yearns "to return to the glory-days of Alexander The Great," but it is hemmed in by other Greek city-states which aren't very trusting of Macedon due to its past; therefore, players will have to "work hard to forge local alliances." You can find out more on the faction through the newly updated Total War wiki. Five more factions are yet to be revealed, if the webpage is any indication.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 developer The Creative Assembly has published its first behind-the-scenes dev diary for the title, which shows the creation and destruction of Carthage, the focal point of a great conflict between the Romans and the Carthaginian. Check out the gameplay footage and developer insight below.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 developer The Creative Assembly has unveiled and detailed one of the games key factions. The north-African Carthaginian army comes from the trading state Carthage, and with it brings a mighty force to challenge the Roman empire. See them in action and get more details below.
]]>Total War: Rome 2's first playable faction has been revealed as the Romans and SEGA has said more factions will be revealed in the "coming weeks and months." The strategy title will feature Greco-Roman, Barbarian, and Eastern cultures, each with its own agents and political system. Faction trees will represent civic, military and engineering disciplines, with each civilization facing internal dilemmas. Certain factions such as Rome, will be split into a number of playable families each with unique benefits which can be applied to their base faction traits. Total war: Rome 2 is expected sometime in 2013 for PC. More on the SEGA blog.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 is coming next year from The Creative Assembly, and Gamespot has posted nine minutes of gameplay footage featuring the battle of Carthage. Game's expected sometime in fall 2013 on PC. Thanks, Evil Avatar.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 takes the series back to a time of splendour, corruption and betrayal. VG247's Dave Cook speaks with The Creative Assembly to find out more.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 could be hitting stores in the fall next year, according to The Bookseller.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has received new gameplay screens from Creative Assembly. They show off huge skirmishes, flaming catapults, cities and more. Start saving for your high-end PC now.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 will require Steam in order to quell piracy issues, but The Creative Assembly is stopping short requiring always-online for the title.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 has a new video out showing the first look at in-game footage of the strategy title from The Creative Assembly. A full battle walkthrough is promised soon. Game's out on PC in 2013.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 developer The Creative Assembly, has released a new behind-the-scenes trailer featuring director Will McGregor discussing the creation of the game's live-action trailer The Faces of Rome. Watch below, as he describes his and developer's vision regarding Roman history. Total War: Rome 2 is out on PC next year.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 gives you the power to foster the Roman Republic or build towards the mighty Roman Empire. Oh, what do you care for history? It lets you watch badass dudes in skirts smack each other with swords.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 developer The Creative Assembly has revealed that it wants to make its full-scale battles uncomfortable for you to play, with horrific scenes, violence and tension by the truckload.
]]>Jamie Russell, lead designer of Total War: Rome II has said the game will contain "a darker vision of war" than the previous outing.
]]>As expected, Sega has confirmed the existence of Total War: Rome II, pegging the sequel with a 2013 release date.
]]>The Creative Assembly's next RTS game might well be Rome 2: Total War.
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