Total War: Warhammer II — the High Elves storm a citadel

In The Creative Assembly‘s new real-time strategy game, you can play four different races in a battle for control of the Warhammer fantasy world. The Sega-owned development studio will launch Total War: Warhammer II on Steam on the PC on September 28. I’ve had a chance to play it for around 20 hours or so, and here’s a video that captures one of my siege battles.

In my first official campaign, I chose to play as the High Elves, the faction that embraces magic and tends to look down on the less civilized races. In earlier campaigns, I also played as the Lizardmen and the Skaven, or the rat people. I’m still in the midst of reviewing the game, but here’s a good look at a battle where the High Elves, led by Tyrion, take on a rival faction for control of the citadel at Vaul’s Anvil.

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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.