Sega Announces Rome: Total Warâ„¢ – Alexander

Sega Announces Rome: Total Warâ„¢ – Alexander

SEGA ® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced Rome: Total Warâ„¢ – Alexander, the latest expansion pack for Creative Assembly’s award-winning strategy title, Rome: Total War. Due for release on PC in June 2006, Alexander will utilize the unique gameplay of Rome to bring to life the meteoric rise of one of history’s most brilliant generals: Alexander the Great.

SEGA and The Creative Assembly will offer Alexander exclusively for digital download from www.sega.com, www.totalwar.com, and www.sega-europe.com. The expansion offers an epic addition to the Total War series boasting more that 30 hours of gameplay and will feature a brand new campaign game map, spanning Alexander’s unification of Greece and his subsequent conquest of the Persian Empire. The expansion pack will also include six new historical battles portraying Alexander’s triumphs against the Greek, Persian, and Indian forces. These new battles will also be available for online and LAN multiplayer use.

“The next challenge for Rome: Total War fans has arrived,” said Scott A. Steinberg, Vice President of Marketing, SEGA of America, Inc. “The impressive detail and craftsmanship with which The Creative Assembly has designed Rome: Total War – Alexander is guaranteed to transport players back in time to ancient battlefields to experience some of the most epic battles in human history.”

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