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The Hordes of Chaos will finally hit the battlefield this year with Total War: Warhammer 3, announced today by Creative Assembly and Sega. Along with the four main flavors of Chaos (Khorne, Nurgle, Slaanesh, and Tzeentch), the third game in the strategy series will add polar bear Kislev and Chinese analogue Cathay. Here, come see an Ice Witch from Kislev kick a demon in the cinematic trailer.
The series has been one of the best strategy games so far so yes, more please. For the third, the great campaign revolves around “saving or harnessing the power of a dying god”. Today’s announcement reads: “Each race offers a unique journey through the nightmarish realm of Chaos, culminating in an endgame that will determine the fate of the world.” It seems irresponsible to put this in my hands.
Creative Assembly is still planning to release a massive map of all three games in one campaign, for people who own all three, although they note in an FAQ that “right now we’re focusing on Total War: Warhammer III.” The Mortal Empires campaign ended up hitting Twarhammer 2 a month after its launch, suggesting that Twarhammer 3 could follow later as well.
Total Warhammer 3 will be coming to Epic as well as Steam, and they also plan to bring back the first two. If you already own either one on Steam, it’s probably best to stick with Steam as you won’t have access to the others or their DLC on Epic. So you will need all three on the same store to read the combined card, and so on. While they are “hoping” to put in place a way for people to link Steam and Epic accounts, don’t count on it. “We cannot guarantee this functionality at any time currently”, they say, “but we will continue to work on it in cooperation with the showcase operators”.
Total War: Warhammer 3 is slated for release later this year on Steam and the Epic Games Store. It’ll be on Windows at least at launch, with the Mac and Linux versions of Feral Interactive coming “as close to launch day as possible.” They plan to offer a Race Park as an “Early Adopter Bonus” for people who pre-order or buy within the first week.
Disclosure: Oh hey, our co-founder Alec Meer (RPS in peace) wrote for Total Warhammer 3.
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