SEGA and the Creative Assembly have announced a new downloadable content pack for Napoleon: Total War.

Arriving on Steam this winter, the DLC will retell Napoleon’s campaign in Spain. The new map will include 32 regions and four factions, France, Spain, Britain and Portugal.

The campaign will add three new agent units, the provocateur for Britain and France, the priest for Spain and Portugal, and also the Guerrillero for the Spanish.

 

Napoleon: Total War will receive its first downloadable content pack tomorrow. Entitled the “Imperial Guard Pack,” this free additional content will add six new units to the British and French armies and give players a chance to play as Britain in an alternate version of the Battle of Waterloo.

Gameplanet scored Napoleon: Total War 9/10, writing, “Where Empire broke new ground roughshod, Napoleon paves it. Empire was a game with unbridled potential and ambition, Napoleon picks up where it left off, rounding out its predecessor’s rougher edges and delivering a gameplay experience that will set the course for future titles in the series.”

To get the Imperial Guard Pack, simply log on to Steam tomorrow.

 

Developer Creative Assembly and publisher SEGA have today announced that Napoleon: Total War, the upcoming grand strategy title for the PC, will have online campaign multiplayer.

Initially announced for the game’s predecessor, Empire: Total War, Napoleon’s online multiplayer will allow players to go head to head or cooperate with one another as they seek to conquer Europe.

The Creative Assembly has also announced the drop-in battle system, which allows real people to control opposing armies in a player’s singleplayer campaigns. This is something we mentioned in our hands on preview of Napoleon, last Friday.

Napoleon: Total War is due to be released in New Zealand on the 25th of February.

 

Last year’s real-time grand strategy title, Empire: Total War, proved to be an interesting experiment in balancing ambition and implementation. The fifth full installation in the Total War series was a radical departure from the franchise's tried and tested “swords and bows” format. Spanning three continents and introducing the widespread use of gunpowder, naval combat also made its much-needed debut.

So vision Empire had in spades, but peaking beneath the game’s lace-trimmed bodice induced indignant flabbergastery in some of the most hardened of brandy-swilling armchair generals. Pre-release, the title suffered frequent delays as the Creative Assembly tinkered with online campaign play before finally going live without any such multiplayer functionality.

 

SEGA have announced today an Imperial Edition of their forthcoming Empire: Total War expansion, Napoleon: Total War.

The Imperial Edition comes with premium packaging, an A3 poster depicting “The Life and Battles of General Napoleon Bonaparte”, an “Elite Regiment” special unit pack and a “Heroes of the Napoleonic Wars” special unit pack. The Imperial Edition will also be available via Steam, but comes without the poster and “Elite Regiments” special unit pack.