The developers at The Creative Assembly have announced a large consolidation of all Total War: Rome II content into a new version of the game, the Emperor Edition.
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The update--free and automatically downloaded for those who already own the game--consists of all the patches and free content released so far, in addition to new features. An entire Campaign Pack expansion, Imperator Augustus, will be included as well.
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The other new additions offered in Emperor Edition include an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles, and improved visuals on both the campaign map and in battles. Other features that were updated into the game through past patches include Twitch integration, touch controls, new units, and many gameplay and optimization fixes--all part of Emperor Edition. There is now a Mac version of the title, as well.
"Rome II was far and away our most ambitious game," said Mike Simpson, Total War Creative Director. "We see more people playing, and playing for longer, than any other game in the Total War series. However, we take our players' feedback very seriously. Through the multitude of improvements and free content updates we've brought to Rome II since its launch, we've worked hard to try and meet their expectations. We want Emperor Edition to be remembered as one of our finest games."
The Imperator Augustus campaign is a new sandbox campaign map reflecting the geopolitical boundaries of the Second Triumvirate War. It should offer "hundreds" of hours of gameplay according to the developers, though that likely represents multiple playthroughs (still valid, given the various experiences playing as different factions can give).
"With the Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack, we wanted to recreate the vast civil war which erupted after Julius Caesar's murder," said Jack Lusted, Development Lead of the studio's New Content Team. "You can tackle the campaign as various Roman and non-Roman factions, including Armenia for the first time. Our aim was to represent the titanic power struggle that led to Octavian becoming the first Emperor of Rome. It's a pretty epic campaign, and it's great that we can offer this to existing Rome II players for free as a thanks for their support".
The trailer below, the latest episode of the franchise's Rally Point show, unveils Emperor Edition and details about the Imperator Augustus campaign.
