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Last year, CA showed Rome II for the first time at Rezzed. This year, they'll be back with the first playable code. Check out the link below to find out more! http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-20-total-war-rome-2-and-company-of-heroes-2-playable-at-rezzed-next-month

It’s the news you’ve been waiting for – we’re excited to say that Total War: ROME II is now officially available for pre-order. You can reserve your copy today by clicking here. We’ve also announced the game’s release date – September 3rd, 2013. Closer than you thought? Pre-order bonus We’re doing things a little bit [...]

During his session at GDC 2013 in San Francisco today, Lead Designer James Russell revealed a brand new title under development at the UK studio. ...

Last year, this happened. This year, @RezzedGameShow gets playable code. PLAYABLE CODE. Pllllllaayy.... you get it. http://t.co/8zaxXo3c2e

Our friends over at Pan Macmillan have just announced the brand new book coming this September, Total War: ROME - Destroy Carthage, which will tie into the Total War series! Check out the cover, and for more details head on over to www.totalwarbooks.com

Friends, Romans, people of West Coast USA, lend me your ears! How would you like to attend an exclusive community event in San Francisco for Rome II next week? How would you like to see the full Battle of Teutoburg demo from start to finish? How would you like to meet some of the key [...]

Name all Shogun 2 Gold Units to Join The WALL OF HEROES! How well do you know your units? To celebrate the launch of SHOGUN 2: Gold Edition,...

RT @Peter5tewart: There's a @totalwar book now! Finally answering the question "How far would you go for Rome?" The answer; Waterstones.

I have checked with the internet, and have verified that this is the historically correct number of vowels for this quote. As the Greek States Culture Pack has been announced, I can finally post: “THIS. IS. SPARTAAAAAA!” Oh, er, just kicked my coffee over. That’s a right mess. For more information on the Greek States and the Collector’s Edition, head over to the official Total War Wiki: http://www.totalwar.com/rome2_collectors

Good news for collectors – the very limited, one-print only Shogun 2 Gold Edition is available for preorder now! European and US versions vary in box design and contents, but here’s a look at what’s included in the European edition. *Contents vary by region – US version has different box design and contents. Please check [...]

This is a call to arms! We're looking for people to come along to a community event in America - specifically San Francisco, California on Tuesday...

For more information, check out @panmacmillan's Total War Books website - http://t.co/0OK1zP4BXN

This one goes out to all you fact fans! ‘Pyrrhic victory’, a term which pops up a lot in Total War meaning to win a battle, but at a devastating cost. This term was first coined after the military campaigns of King Pyrrhus against the Romans in 281 BC. The more you know…. Head over to the Total War Wiki for more information: http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Factions

Including the award-winning SHOGUN 2 (2011), plus its thrilling expansions Rise of The Samurai (2011) and Fall of The Samurai (2012), Total War SHOGUN 2 GOLD Edition is a stunning collection that contains the entire saga from start to finish, and features hundreds of hours of award-winning strategy gaming. North American Gold Edition Total War: [...]

The Christmas picture competition is over and I'm pleased to announce the winners are.................. 1st -Azurespecter -copy of Total War:Rome...

Our friends over at @panmacmillan have today announced that a brand new book, Total War: ROME - Destroy Carthage is out in September!

A screenshot from our newest announced faction, in case you missed it last week, Pontus, will be our first Free-LC and will be available for everyone on the day of release (and will remain free for everyone who picks up a copy of Total War: ROME II). For more information on the how & why, check out the latest Rally Point: http://youtu.be/dB9stwC2wBA

Hey all, it’s been a while since we updated the Total War Blog – and you might be wondering why? Well, we’ve been busy developing the Total War Wiki – a brand new destination full of rich imagery and information. We’ll be looking to host more and more great information on the Wiki in the [...]

Hi all! In the spirit of the Holiday season, we’ve released a brand new developer diary on Total War: ROME II. This new video talks about the...

Hoping to have some campaign details in the next Rally Point as there is so much awesome stuff happening.

Viking: Battle for Asgard is 75% off for the next 8 hours. I guess you could say that they SLASHED those prices. Get it, slashed, because he uses an axe? Ok, Tuesday puns are bad. Head on over to steam for more information: http://store.steampowered.com/app/211160/

As you may be aware, we released a brand new piece of DLC for Total War: Shogun 2 last week – the Saints and Heroes Elite Unit Pack. To answer any questions about what might be included, we created this handy guide! What is the Saints and Heroes DLC? A brand new downloadable content-pack for [...]

Rally Point Episode 8 is here! Craig isn’t here today, so it falls upon me (Will) to post. On this episode, Craig and I went up to the amazing...

The campaign map is shaping up brilliantly - it's HUGE. Videos and pictures in the coming months - we're getting closer!

We’ve got the best kind of Rome II info – news of a free faction DLC! Thanks to the magic of Steam, we’re able to bring you free DLC on day one. Click to find out what it is! http://youtu.be/dB9stwC2wBA

So, in the first episode of Rally Point, we mentioned that something new was coming from The Creative Assembly – something you’d not seen before – and we said we’d talk about it on May 18th. Well, we’ve decided to bring forward that announcement to give the community some time to digest what we’re doing [...]

*Your chance to win a copy of Total War: Rome II* Yes It's that time of year again -welcome to our Fourth annual Christmas picture competition :)...

RT @Pie_84: @RomeIICommunity @Will_Overgard @craigelaycock @jamiejferguson @jameshrussel collector edition.....it is my :) http://t.co/6GMz…

Gamespot have just put up a full in-depth walkthrough of the battle of Teutoburg Forest, so head on over for a more detail: http://uk.gamespot.com/total-war-rome-ii/videos/total-war-rome-ii-battle-of-teutoburg-forest-walkthrough-6407363/?tag=Topslot;TotalWarRomeIi;TotalWarRomeIiBatt Please note, this video shows pre-alpha gameplay and is not fully representative of the final game.

Today we’ll be launching the Dragon War Battle Pack, a complete suite of historical battles for the award-winning Total War: SHOGUN 2. The Dragon War Battle Pack consists of six consecutively-played legendary battles from the Boshin War, depicting the campaign of Saigo Takamori. Previously only available in the “Fall of the Samurai” expansion, they can [...]

Hi guys, As part of the TotalWar.com community, I wanted to let you guys know first that we're starting the first phase roll-out of the public...

We previously stated it was available regardless of retailer, but some retailers are not offering the Greek States bonus. Please check.

Wouldn’t it be great if we released the full Battle of Teutoburg walkthrough? Watch this space in the next couple of days. It’s happening.

Here at The Creative Assembly, we’ve always embraced new ideas and innovations. With the original Shogun: Total War, we combined campaign gameplay with real-time battles to create a whole new genre. Ever-mindful of that spirit of adventure, we’ve just released Total War Battles: SHOGUN – a brand new tactical handheld game designed to bring a [...]

Image: http://tww-data.s3.amazonaws.com/1/15/Assembly-kit-facebook.jpg As discussed at our recently-held Modding Summit, The Creative Assembly...

Just to clarify: please check your retailer when preordering. The Greek States Culture Pack will be free from *participating* retailers.

In the run-up to the next batch of Rome II news, here's another awesome bit of concept art we dug out. There will be epic new naval battles in the game - are you looking forward to them?

Hello modders! For Fall of the Samurai, we’ve made a number of changes to the savegame and startpos formats (chiefly compression) in order to optimise them and reduce their size. An unfortunate side effect of this that we’ve identified is that community-generated modding tools to read these files will no longer function. We’re really keen [...]

Red hot off the press is the latest instalment of Rally Point! This episode of the show is all about the dark art of motion capture: ...

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