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Pontus Faction Coming to Total War: Rome 2 for Free

Creative Assembly has announced a new faction coming to Total War: Rome II. Available as day-one downloadable content, the Pontus faction will be free and marks the ninth playable faction in Total War: Rome II.

According to Creative Assembly, “hailing from the mountainous lands around the Black Sea, The Kingdom of Pontus is distinctly eastern in outlook and attitude. Resolute in battle and feared for its swift, deadly scythed chariots, Pontus stands poised to sweep South into the Arabian Lands, or West, to threaten Asia and Greece.”

More information on Pontus is available on Total War’s official site.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

SEGA Inks New Partnership With Games Workshop

SEGA has teamed up with the studio behind the Total War series, Creative Assembly, to enter into a multi-title licensing deal with Games Workshop.
As a result of the deal, a new development team has been set up at Creative Assembly‘s UK studio to work on the first of several games based in the popular Warhammer universe, which is due to release sometime after 2013.
Tim Heaton, Studio Director at Creative Assembly, said, “The incredibly rich and detailed Warhammer world is something we grew up with, and has left an indelible imprint on us as both designers and gamers.
“We’ll be doing the Warhammer universe justice in a way that has never been attempted before.”
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Source: IGN Video Games