Welcome to the latest edition of the Total War newsletter.
We’re less than a week away from unveiling Medieval 2: Total War to the world’s press at this year’s E3 so, as you can imagine, things are pretty hectic at CA towers right now. To add to the mayhem, we’ve just announced the brand new expansion for our current Total War game: Rome: Total War – Alexander.
The Alexander pack features a brand new campaign game in which players take on the role of the great military leader and are charged with replicating his incredible feats by unifying Greece before conquering the Persian Empire. The pack also includes six new historical battles - mirroring Alexander’s most significant clashes, a brand new multiplayer mode and voiceover by none other than Brian Blessed. Altogether there are four new factions, over 60 new units and more than 30 hours of gameplay.
The pack will be available as a digital download in June from
www.sega.com,
www.totalwar.com and
www.sega-europe.com.
You can take in the press release and lots more information on the pack on our Alexander mini-site at
www.totalwar.com. But as this newsletter is all about exclusive information we thought we’d begin by giving you a taster of things to come. As we mentioned, Alexander includes six new historical battles. We’ll be bringing you profiles of each of the new historical battles in newsletters like this and on
www.totalwar.com from now up until release. We’re kicking things off today with the first of those battles, Chaeronea.
Chaeronea is the first of six historical battles included in the Alexander pack, each of which unlock sequentially, so you’ll need to crack this particular nut before continuing the fight.. At Chaeronea you’ll take control of a young Alexander, fighting alongside his father King Phillip II against Athenians and Theban forces. Alexander has a vital role to play having been handed the task of neutralizing the feared Theban Sacred Band in order to swing the tide of battle. In addition to the single-player battle, there are 1v1, 2v1 and 2v2 multiplayer options included.
Read on for the full profile of Chaeronea and, once you’ve soaked up the history of the battle, keep your browsers locked on
www.totalwar.com. Here you’ll find all the latest on Medieval 2: Total War following our showing at E3 and more on Alexander, plus there are some big, exciting changes immanent on the site to watch out for.
Until next time…
