Hannibal at the Gates DLC coming to Total War: ROME II

Posted by: 3/13/2014

Today Sega and Creative Assembly announced a new campaign expansion for Total War: ROME II called ‘Hannibal at the Gates’, which will be dropping players into the Western Mediterranean at the outbreak of the second Punic War.

The new content features a new campaign map that is focused on the tinderbox geopolitical situation which brought two ancient world superpowers to all-out war. The two sworn rivals Scipio and Hannibal are at the very heart of the conflict.

Hannibal at the Gates also comes with five playable factions including a wealth of new units. The main protagonists Rome and Carthage will benefit from a new civil tech tree based around diplomacy, while the challenge in the shadow of these mighty empires for newcomers Syacuse, the Arevaci and the Lusitani will be formidable.

In addition to this, another significant free content update for ROME II will also drop soon, benefitting all players regardless of whether they own any DLC. Details will be revealed in the next episode of community TV show Rally Point, coming soon.

Check out the new trailer for the expansion below, which is coming on March 27th and will cost $14.99/£9.99/€14.99.

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