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Total War: Three Kingdoms Adds Han Warlord Dong Zhuo

11th February 2019 By Dan Thornton Leave a Comment

There’s now a 12th faction to choose from as Total War: Three Kingdoms adds Han warlord Dong Zhuo. The military general and warlord lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China and took control of the capital in 189 for a brief but bloody reign.

His reputation was made by torturing captured enemies during lavish banquets and then placing them in the middle of the food, and killing thousands of public servants and civilians.

Should you want to take on the role of the evil tyrant Dong Zhuo, you just need to either defeat him in battle, or reach the rank of Emperor. And your forces will include his adopted son Lu Bu, who is the greatest warrior in the land (And also the person that eventually assassinated Dong Zhuo in 192.)

Total War: Three Kingdoms Adds Han Warlord Dong Zhuo and his adopted son/bodyguard Lu Bu

If that’s wetted your appetite for bloodshed, fear and intimidation, check out the Total War: Three Kingdoms Dong Zhu cinematic trailer below:

Watch the Total War: Three Kingdoms Dong Zhu Trailer:

Watch the Total War: Three Kingdoms Dong Zhu trailer and discover why he wasn’t a very nice chap

In other Total War: Three Kingdoms news, the release date for the game has been slightly delayed. The game will now be available from May 23rd, 2019.

“We’re lucky to be in a position to do the right thing for our games, and in this case, it means taking the time to get everything ready for you,” said Rob Bartholomew, Studio Brand Director at Creative Assembly. “It’s important that we give you a game that you can enjoy to the fullest, and we’re excited for you to see what we have in store.”

You can buy the game as a Steam pre-purchase here to have it unlocked on May 23rd. The physical edition is available on Game, and pre-orders receive the Warlord Pack DLC for free. And Play-Asia have the European Limited Edition available, with the game, Premium Deluxe Case, and Double-sided campaign map and poster.

New – A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia Gaelic Kingdom Trailer

26th February 2018 By Dan Thornton Leave a Comment

We’ve previously mentioned the announcement of A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia. It’s a new approach by Creative Assembly to focus on a particular area in more detail, rather than covering an entire region and time period. And the first of the Saga games will cover the British Isles in 878AD, which comes after the Viking Great Heathen Army has invaded and Alfred the Great has become the King of Wessex. And now here’s an interesting new A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia Gaelic Kingdom trailer.

So it’s a pretty interesting time in British history, and also a tense one. And to build excitement, Creative Assembly and publishers Sega have now released a new in-engine cinematic video. The Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia Gaelic Kingdom trailer introduces Flann Sinna. He’s the King of the Gaelic Kingdom of Mide.

If you’re not up on history, Mide was an Irish kingdom for more than 1000 years, and the name literally means middle, which is exactly where it was located. It was composed of the whole of County Meath Westmeath, and parts of Cavan, Dublin, Kildare, Longford, Louth and Offaly. Flann Sinna was born in either 847 or 848 and lived until 916 as both King of Mide from 877 and the High King of Ireland from 879.

In addition to being one of the more successful kings of Ireland, Flann Sinna also managed to be married to at least three different women, and his recorded children included 7 sons and 3 daughters.

So a pretty interesting alternative to his English contemporary Alfred the Great.

A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia will be out for the PC in 2018. In the meantime, Amazon is starting to list the game for pre-order, and there are always the existing Total War games to enjoy.

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WW2 Strategy Game Klotzen! Panzer Battles Announced

17th February 2018 By Dan Thornton Leave a Comment

A turn-based World War 2 strategy game isn’t the most unique concept in video games. But fans of the genre will still want to give Klotzen! Panzer Battles a look. The first game from Croatian indie studio Maxim Games is packing in a lot of content for a Summer 2018 PC release.

At launch, Klotzen! Panzer Battles will have more than 600 unit types within 22 different classes. So you’ll deploy infantry, and mechanized forces across air, sea and land. Which means using your planes, battleships, tanks and submarines effectively.

And you’ll be able to use them to change the course of history with over 60 different historical scenarios based on real-life military campaigns from World War 2.

It means being able to manage fast paced action across a variety of map sizes from 200 km to more than 1000 km. And tackling everything from the snow of the Eastern Front to the deserts of North Africa. In addition to moving your forces across the maps of 20 km hexes, you can also choose 80 commander skills to use to customise your army units.

You can choose to fight in a campaign mode where you use one specific nation to move through each scenario, or a standalone mode to pick from either Axis or Allied forces. You can then take on battles like the invasion of Normandy, or a historically based assault on locations like London or Moscow

“We’re very excited to bring Klotzen! Panzer Battles to PC later this year. It’s a game where you can literally change the course of military history with ‘what-if’ based scenarios”, said Zoran Stanic, Lead Developer of Maxim Games. “We’re focusing on a feature set that delivers a realistic player experience, where aspects like unit customization, unit development and the way air and sea units can be utilized to bring something fresh to WW2 turn based strategy games”.

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