Just as I was talking about Total War, colour and character, here we go: an art book featuring concept and promo pieces dating all the way back to the very beginning of the series.
Published by Titan, it was released last month, and along with dev commentary and behind-the-scenes info it features a ton of great art, like the examples you can see below from artists like Bjorn Hurri, Joe Ward, Sarah Ford, Howard Rayner, Nick Smith, Rado Javor, Pawel Wojs, Miroslaw Jakubiec, Angel Diaz, Jim Russell, Gilles Ketting and Ester Reeve.
You can see a selection of images from the book below. Boy, that Shogun II was a pretty video game...
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