Gamers can also get a Special Edition with more content

Nov 24, 2014 22:00 GMT  ·  By

The development team at The Creative Assembly and publisher SEGA have announced that Total War: Attila is at the moment set to be launched on February 17 of next year, and they are ready to also talk about the special content that will be offered to those who pre-order and those who plan on getting the Special Edition of the title.

Interested players can choose to get the game from the official store or from a number of other retailers, including Steam.

Total War: Attila is set to get a first downloadable content pack as soon as it launches, called The Viking Forefathers Culture Pack, adding the Danes, the Jutes and the Geats as playable factions.

The developers state, "These warlike Norse factions have their own unique land and naval units, missions, cultural and factional traits, and are poised to launch southwards from their icy homelands on campaigns of raiding, looting and conquest."

The DLC is offered for free to all those who place a pre-order for Total War: Attila and all other gamers will have to pay a price of 7.49 Euro or 7.99 dollars.

The development team has not said so far how many content packs it plans to launch for the strategy title.

Total War: Attila is also getting a Special Edition

The two companies are also planning to introduce a Special Edition for Total War: Attila, which is designed to include an official biography for Attila the Hun, linked to the most recent academic research and theories.

The tome is illustrated with maps, a number of specially commissioned pieces of artwork, and photographs of archeological sites linked to the Huns and their conquest spree.

A reference guide poster for the game is also included, which shows the campaign map on one side and the factions with their unique nature on the other.

The Special Edition for Total War: Attila also includes the three new playable factions.

The game will only be offered on the PC, although The Creative Assembly has long sought to find a way to move the strategy franchise to home consoles.

The new title will focus on the decline of the Roman Empire and the rise of powerful barbarian factions, the most powerful of which are the Huns.

The studio is delivering a darker take on the genre, which includes enhanced roles for disease, climate change, fire and fear, both on the campaign map and in the tactical engagements.

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