{"id":28745,"date":"2013-05-10T07:32:18","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T21:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=28745"},"modified":"2013-05-10T07:32:18","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T21:32:18","slug":"total-war-rome-ii-release-date-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=28745","title":{"rendered":"TOTAL WAR: ROME II RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b>PRE-ORDER AND COLLECTOR\u2019S EDITION CONTENT REVEALED<\/b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA \u2013 May 9, 2013 \u2013<\/strong> SEGA\u00ae of America, Inc. and SEGA\u00ae Europe, Ltd. today revealed the release date, final pack art, pre-order bonus and Collector\u2019s Edition for <i>Total War\u2122: ROME II<\/i>.<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Release Date:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The global release date for the most keenly-anticipated <i>Total War<\/i> game yet will be <b>September 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2013<\/b> across all territories on both physical and digital formats.<\/p>\n<p>The game is now available for pre-order from the SEGA Store (<a href=\"http:\/\/download-store.sega.com\/eshop\/total-war\/rome-2-3418.html\">http:\/\/download-store.sega.com\/eshop\/total-war\/rome-2-3418.html<\/a>) and other retailers world-wide <a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalwar.com\/preorder\">http:\/\/www.totalwar.com\/preorder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pre-order Bonus:<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Those gamers who pre-order any edition from participating retailers will receive <i>ROME II<\/i>\u2019s first DLC for free alongside the game on release day. This first DLC, the Greek States Culture Pack, adds three additional playable factions to the game; Epirus, Athens and Sparta.<\/p>\n<p>These factions have their own unique units, buildings, missions and win conditions alongside a distinct tech tree and, in the case of Sparta, will present a considerable challenge to the advanced player wishing to restore the famous city state to its former glory.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Collector\u2019s Edition:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The <i>Total War\u2122: ROME II<\/i> Collector\u2019s Edition will be produced in a single, extremely limited run; only 22,000 individually numbered copies will be manufactured.<\/p>\n<p>The CE contains a wealth of custom, Roman-themed games and items, bound in a leather-effect presentation box, complete with gold logo and magnetic closure; including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Numbered<i> <\/i>copy of<i> Total War\u2122: ROME II<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The most ambitious and expansive game in the <i>Total War\u2122<\/i> series to date, <i>ROME II<\/i> brings the statecraft, politics, intrigue, diplomacy and epic battles of the ancient world to life in thrilling detail. This version comes in a debossed Steelbook\u2122 case, laser-etched with your unique collector\u2019s number in Roman numerals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tabula set<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>The Roman forerunner to Backgammon, this Tabula set comprises 30 bone-effect game pieces supplied in their own burlap drawstring bag; the board itself is built into the base of the Collector\u2019s Edition box.<\/li>\n<li><b>Tesserae Dice<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Three replica bone-effect dice for use in a variety of games. The design is based on original Roman Tesserae, found at the archaeological site of Herculaneum.<\/li>\n<li><b>Total War Cards\u2122: PUNIC WARS<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Designed from the ground up to echo elements from <i>ROME II<\/i>, Total War Cards is a game of skill and luck for two players. Involving combat, territorial control, resource management and technological development, PUNIC WARS consists of 58 high-quality playing cards and a game-board printed with the PUNIC WARS tech-tree.<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Canvas Campaign Map<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>A reminder of the world you must conquer, this ribbon-tied canvas map depicts each of the 57 provinces of the <i>ROME II<\/i> campaign.<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Roman Onager <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>A complete, fully-functional Onager, or Roman siege catapult. This easy-to-assemble kit is constructed from weathered wood and steel, measures 26cm x 12cm x 12cm, and is capable of unleashing small projectiles at a variety of inanimate objects which may have affronted the glory of your empire. <b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A remarkable way to mark over 10 years of <i>Total War<\/i> games and Creative Assembly\u2019s 25<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary, the <i>Total War\u2122: ROME II<\/i> Collector\u2019s Edition is only available through selected retailers. Follow the link to pre-order from a list of participating stockists: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalwar.com\/rome2_collectors\">http:\/\/www.totalwar.com\/rome2_collectors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The award-winning Total War series returns to Rome in 2013 with the hotly anticipated <i>Total War: ROME II<\/i>, setting a brand new quality benchmark for strategy gaming. Players can become the world\u2019s first superpower and command the Ancient world\u2019s most incredible war machine. Find out more about ROME II at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalwar.com\">www.totalwar.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRE-ORDER AND COLLECTOR\u2019S EDITION CONTENT REVEALED\u00a0 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA \u2013 May 9, 2013 \u2013 SEGA\u00ae of America, Inc. and SEGA\u00ae Europe, Ltd. today revealed the release date, final pack art, pre-order bonus and Collector\u2019s Edition for Total War\u2122: ROME II.Release Date: The global release date for the most keenly-anticipated Total War game yet will be September<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=28745\">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-28745","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\/28745","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=28745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28746,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28745\/revisions\/28746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}