Nooo! I didn't know the Samnites in Total War: Rome II were actually zombie cannibals. When the graphics are running on extreme, a minor, probably temporary glitch could render this horrifying—yet hilarious—texture-effect. Read more

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Creative Assembly's latest PC strategy game, Total War: Rome II, is out today. Make sure to watch your back while slaughtering armies and conquering all those cities, lest you end up lying in a pool of your own blood. Don't follow the trailer's example, folks.

The Roma Surrectum mod for Rome: Total War allows us to play on ridiculously steep battle maps like the one in this picture. It's just too bad the game's physics engine won't let us launch history's biggest human avalanche. Read more

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The latest playthrough demonstration of Total War: Rome II takes a wide view, dipping into the diplomacy and campaign overview bits of the upcoming strategy game.

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Total War: Rome II will be out everywhere on September 3rd. The collector's edition comes with a replica catapult! The first slice of DLC—which offers up the three additional factions of Epirus, Athens and Sparta—is free if you pre-order. So, render unto Caesar… this is madness, etc.

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