The Skaven are the new playable race in Warhammer II.
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Total War: Warhammer II brings in the slippery Skaven as 4th race

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Rats! The Skaven have been announced as the fourth playable race in Total War: Warhammer II, which is Sega’s fantasy real-time strategy game coming for the PC this fall.

The entry of the Skaven into the strategic mix of Warhammer II is bad news for the other races in the game, which include the High Elves, the Dark Elves, and the Lizardmen. I went to a preview event staged by Sega and its developer The Creative Assembly, and I got the lowdown on the Rat-men race in the game, which debuts on Steam on the PC on September 28.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.