Gamers will get free content for the winning title

Feb 11, 2015 22:00 GMT  ·  By

In a world where most video game developers celebrate Valentine's Day by offering gamers themed events and sweet and romantic rewards, the development team at Relic and The Creative Assembly and publisher SEGA are delivering a new edition of their Make War, Not Love event, which features a competition between Company of Heroes 2 and Total War: Rome II.

Gamers will be able to get both of them for free on the Steam digital distribution service starting on Thursday, February 12 at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time and can play them until February 15 at the same hour.

Gamers can play either or both in order to get access to new Achievements and score blows for their favorite strategy game experience and the community that manages to win will get access to special content offered by the developers at SEGA.

If Total War: Rome II manages to come out on top, the Black Sea Colonies Pack will be offered for free for a period which runs from February 15 to February 17 at 18:00 GMT.

At the same time, gamers will be able to get the first downloadable content for Total War: Attila for one day when it is launched.

If Company of Heroes 2 proves to be more popular, premium skins and commanders which are worth about 20 dollars or Euro will be offered for free to download from February 16 to February 18 at 18:00 GMT.

The rivalry between the two strategy game series is interesting and offers the two communities a good chance to pick up some new content.

Total War: Attila is also offered for pre-load to those who pre-ordered

The Creative Assembly is also announcing that gamers who have pre-ordered Total War: Attila are at the moment able to pre-load it, getting the files on their hard drives so that they only need to unlock the game when it is available on February 17.

Those who pay before launch will get access to three new factions to play with, all of them considered to be forefathers of the Vikings.

Total War: Attila focuses on the decline of the Roman Empire and the onslaught of the Huns and adds a range of new ideas, including hordes, climate change, fear and fire on the battlefield.