Total War: Three Kingdoms
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Total War: Three Kingdoms — Sega shows first cinematic gameplay and lead characters

Sega Europe and Creative Assembly revealed the first in-engine cinematic trailer for Total War: Three Kingdoms, the next historical title in the Total War strategy series. Launching in the the spring, the game is inspired by a romanticized version of history in Luo Guanzhong’s 14th century historical epic about China: Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

It follows the dramatic lives and deeds of near-mythical warlords and their retainers in second to third century China as they try to unite the country under their rule and forge the next great dynasty.

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