Re: Expansion Announced

[Controller]

We are pleased to announce, after much speculation and guess work on the part of the community, the arrival of the new expansion pack for Medieval II: Total War. Kingdoms will feature four new campaigns of the epic proportions fans have come to expect in Total War games. Britannia, The Crusades, The Teutonic Wars and The Americas finish off a thrilling line up of scenarios for even the most discerning of Total War players.

 

 

 

A host of new features accompanies the expansion. Some 23 playable factions join the melee, including Native American and European factions. In total more than 150 new units grace the battlefield, including the deadly Greek Flamethrower.

 

 

 

Kingdoms also features the ability to control multiple armies, including reinforcement armies, while new historical characters and events appear, such as the rise of titanic figures like William Wallace. With many new mission types, six new multiplayer scenarios and 20 new custom battle maps, Kingdoms is a fantastic addition to Med II that will satisfy any fan of the game.

MEDIEVAL II: TOTAL WAR™ EXPANDS ITS KINGDOM

The Total War experience reaches further in to the New World…

 

LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (March 30th, 2007) – SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms, the expansion pack for one of 2006’s biggest PC strategy games, Medieval II: Total Warä.  Due for release on PC in Autumn 2007, Kingdoms will offer an unprecedented amount of new content that gives gamers over 75 hours of epic new gameplay.

 

Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms will feature 4 brand new campaigns, including an opportunity to more fully explore The New World that was unlocked toward the end of Medieval II.  In the Americas campaign, players will be able to retrace the steps of Hernán Cortés in 1519, as he seeks to explore and conquer The New World. Players can earn the support of Spain and explore the mystery and riches of the New World, or take control of the Aztec or Native American factions and call on the Gods and the bravery of vast armies to see off this new threat. 

 

Three other campaigns will offer more detailed “magnifying glass” campaigns within Great Britain, Northern Europe and the Holy Land, with many more regions than were originally shown in Medieval II.  Featuring 13 new playable factions and over 150 new units, Kingdoms will allow players to control thousands of men on a single battlefield and lead them into conflict with new hero characters such as Richard The Lionheart and Saladin, each armed with new, powerful battlefield abilities. In addition, players will use moated forts to garrison vast armies or seize control of key strategic points and explore new technology trees, governed by religion and prestige.

 

Players can experience a bloody clash between pagans and Christians in the Northern European Teutonic Wars, or take control of one of 5 factions in the Britannia campaign when England faces war on 4 fronts as once conquered lands rise up against them. Kingdoms will also include a new expanded Crusades campaign, where players renew their fight for control of the Holy Lands, with new factions, devastating new units (such as the terrifying Greek Flame Thrower), legendary heroes and powerful holy relics.

 

"With Medieval II: Total War we offered unrivalled scope of warfare, both on and off the field of battle, as you conquered the known world” commented George Fidler, Studio Director, The Creative Assembly Australia,  “Now with 'Kingdoms' we're looking to offer unrivalled richness and detail with four completely new campaigns, each offering its own unique features, challenges and flavour of Total War.”

 

Kingdoms will also include six new multiplayer scenarios, and 20 new Custom Battle battle maps.  Each of the campaigns is also fully compatible with a brand new Hotseat multiplayer mode, making this an essential addition to any Total War fans’ collection.

 

Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms will be released for PC in autumn 2007.  For more information please go to www.totalwar.com or www.sega-europe.com.  For assets please visit www.sega-press.com.

 

About SEGA® Europe:

SEGA Europe Ltd. is the European Publishing arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Corporation, and a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. SEGA Europe’s web site is located at www.sega-europe.com.

 

About SEGA of America:

SEGA of America, Inc. is the American arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Corporation, a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home.  The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.  SEGA of America’s Web site is located at www.sega.com/us

Pictures:

http://downloads.sega-europe.com/downloads/totalwar/newsltr_screens/20070330/King_Americas2.jpg

http://downloads.sega-europe.com/downloads/totalwar/newsltr_screens/20070330/King_Britannia5.jpg

http://downloads.sega-europe.com/downloads/totalwar/newsltr_screens/20070330/King_Crusades3.jpg

http://downloads.sega-europe.com/downloads/totalwar/newsltr_screens/20070330/King_Crusades.jpg

http://downloads.sega-europe.com/downloads/totalwar/newsltr_screens/20070330/King_Teutonic.jpg

Download Link to Trailer:http://downloads.sega-europe.com/downloads/totalwar/newsltr_screens/20070330/Kingdoms_Trailer_Low.wmv

 

link to Kingdoms page:http://www.totalwar.com/index.html?page=/en/medieval2/gameinfo/kingdoms/index.html&nav=/en/medieval2/1/4/

well this sounds intresting

Edited March 31, 2007 by Controller

[Guest]

HNFPDSAHL;DKFAS;LJE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

I KNEW THEY WOULD MAKE AN EXPANSION!!!

 

WAHOOO!!!!!!!

 

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I'm excited! 

[Dorkthehunter]

The Americas......hmmm, seems too much like the AoE expansion, but will still be good. Look like a worthwhile expansion.

[Guest]

yeah......... especially the gun wielding native americans. That's a BIG strech history wise. When did the native americans first start commonly having guns? like in the late 1600s maybe? I mean yeah sure they could take the guns off of dead spaniards but enough to actually be able to have an entire unit all equipped with guns?  ???

 

OH well. It still awesome. Dang, was hoping it would have more of the east. They could have another campagin with the mogols, chinese, japanese, etc.

[Controller]

the campagins i really want to play are the cursade one and the one set it Great Britain and the holy lands

Edit: as for the native wielding guns, i think they can get those when the ally with spain(but im not sure)

Edited April 4, 2007 by Controller

[Emperor_Cheeseman]

of course the natives can use guns, they had them long before the white men ever  came to the america's, the great sun gods gave the guns to them. but they didn't know how to opperate them during the time of the conquistadors.

 

I think the expansion looks great, I might get it...if I ever get around to buying Med. II.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

i think that this Expansion will be a great addition to the game. I also think that it will give the game newer dimensions for a player to explore.