Total War: Warhammer is coming

[Solmyr]

Announcement trailer for the third game just dropped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAr7yUlM0Po

Kislev and Daemons of Chaos. 

Edit: Apparently Grand Cathay will be in the game on launch, as well. It's generally thought to be certain that Chaos Dwarfs and Ogre Kingdoms will come later.

[Syt]

They can't release a new one, I only have 3.9 hours in TW:WH2 yet!

[Solmyr]

They can't release a new one, I only have 3.9 hours in TW:WH2 yet!

Get to it then, you have most of this year!

[Josquius]

Will it connect to the others?

Interesting to see a region rarely touched by warhammer.
Chaos dwarfs ho!

[Solmyr]

Will it connect to the others?

Interesting to see a region rarely touched by warhammer.
Chaos dwarfs ho!

Presumably the initial map will only include the races new to the game (which is why Cathay is in, otherwise it'd be just Kislev vs all of Chaos). Probably with placeholders for Chaos Dwarfs and Ogres who will come later. They said that they plan to do a grand combined map for owners of all three games (same as with Mortal Empires for TWW1 and 2), but that will be some time after launch, not right away.

[Fate]

Initially Skaven was going to be a DLC race to WH2 but they got bumped up to release. They're saying there's a race pack for early adopters of WH3 so maybe that's Chaos Dwarves or Orges. Otherwise at the start you're just going to have a huge blob in the Darklands between Kislev and Cathay that's going to be all generic Orcs (and maybe a few rando Skavens and Norsca).

Also having 4 base WH3 factions at release gives them way more room to add DLC lord pack pairings without having to do the complicated "DLC for DLC" route like they did for Wood Elves that makes the plebs butthurt.

[Syt]

I see that TW:WH3 is up for pre-purchase on Steam - Troy was an Epic exclusive, though, wasn't it?

I wonder if they decided to not go exclusive anymore, or if, closer to release to decide to go exclusive again, and cancel Steam pre-orders.

[Tamas]

I see that TW:WH3 is up for pre-purchase on Steam - Troy was an Epic exclusive, though, wasn't it?

I wonder if they decided to not go exclusive anymore, or if, closer to release to decide to go exclusive again, and cancel Steam pre-orders.

Troy was not just an exclusive but a free giveaway.

[Grey Fox]

I see that TW:WH3 is up for pre-purchase on Steam - Troy was an Epic exclusive, though, wasn't it?

I wonder if they decided to not go exclusive anymore, or if, closer to release to decide to go exclusive again, and cancel Steam pre-orders.

Yes, CA posted in a FAQ somewhere that they had no plans to go Epic exclusive again.

[Solmyr]

I already preordered it. You can get it here for a 17% discount: https://2game.com/en/total-war-warhammer-iii and if you use the discount code GTG10 it becomes around 25% off.

[Solmyr]

Incidentally, I really like how CA is handling preorder policy for these games. You get the preorder bonus even if you buy the game up to a week after launch. So you can actually see the reviews before making a decision. This should be how preorder bonuses are handled everywhere (looking at you Paradox).

[jimmy olsen]

Will it connect to the others?

Interesting to see a region rarely touched by warhammer.
Chaos dwarfs ho!

They'll probably port in the basic units from Three Kingdoms and add some magic flourishes like armies of terracotta warriors and dragons.

[jimmy olsen]

KISLEV!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaLtE3cCEIs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxe4C2kX_mU

[jimmy olsen]

[Threviel]

Those shields are thick, look really heavy. The Chaos dudes must be insanely strong.