{"id":21965,"date":"2012-07-03T07:36:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T21:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=21965"},"modified":"2012-07-04T07:27:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T21:27:03","slug":"total-war-rome-ii-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=21965","title":{"rendered":"Total War: Rome II Announcement and Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Total-War-Rome-II-Feature.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Spectacular Sequel to Multi-million Selling,<br \/>\n92% Metacritic-rated Gaming Classic Announced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO &amp; LONDON \u2013 July 2, 2012 \u2013<\/strong> SEGA\u00ae of America, Inc. and SEGA\u00ae Europe, Ltd. today announced that The Creative Assembly, creator of the multi award-winning <em>Total War\u2122<\/em> series of PC strategy games, is currently developing <em>Total War: Rome II\u2122 <\/em>for PC.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Encompassing one of the best-known periods in world history, <em>Total War: Rome II\u2122<\/em> will combine the most expansive turn-based campaign and the largest, most cinematic real-time battles yet seen in any game.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Total War: Rome II\u2122 <\/em>will sink players into the dangerous political machinations of Rome\u2019s senate, while asking them to struggle with family dilemmas and question the loyalty of \u2018friends\u2019 and allies. Leading the greatest army ever seen into battle will be just one challenge you will face at the head of the world\u2019s first superpower.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.joystiq.com\/media\/2012\/06\/romewar.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Will you help forge an empire? Restore the Republic? Or grasp the reins of power for yourself, and assume the hated title of tyrant? Who will you conquer? Who will you betray? Who will you sacrifice?<\/p>\n<p>How far will you go for Rome?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur games have always encompassed a grand vision<em>\u201d<\/em>, said Mike Simpson, Creative Director. \u201cBut we\u2019re now pushing that vision at both ends of the spectrum. From the immense reach of the sandbox campaign right down to the human-level drama of a single warrior on the battlefield, we\u2019re aiming for an unprecedented level of detail and scale\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our 25<sup>th<\/sup> year of games development, it feels fitting to return to our most critically acclaimed era\u201d, continued Rob Bartholomew, Brand Director. \u201cThere\u2019s been a multi-generational leap in technology since the original game and we are ready to set another benchmark in gaming.\u201d<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Total War: Rome II\u2122<\/em> is due for release in 2013. For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalwar.com\/\">www.totalwar.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object style=\"height: 390px; width: 640px\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xK4lAfDwpUY?version=3&#038;feature=player_detailpage\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xK4lAfDwpUY?version=3&#038;feature=player_detailpage\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spectacular Sequel to Multi-million Selling, 92% Metacritic-rated Gaming Classic Announced. SAN FRANCISCO &amp; LONDON \u2013 July 2, 2012 \u2013 SEGA\u00ae of America, Inc. and SEGA\u00ae Europe, Ltd. today announced that The Creative Assembly, creator of the multi award-winning Total War\u2122 series of PC strategy games, is currently developing Total War: Rome II\u2122 for PC.\u00a0 Encompassing<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=21965\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21965"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22013,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21965\/revisions\/22013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}