Kingdoms gave us a fantastic chance to delve deeply into the rich cultures and exciting warfare of small sections of the world in key times in history. Penny Sweetser: Well, Medieval II is a huge game, so it needs a huge expansion! Medieval II covers such a long period of time and breadth of geography and cultures, it left few areas uncovered so with Kingdoms we've focused, enriched, and deepened that experience.

What's the thinking behind such a huge expansion? Earlier Total War expansions featured around a quarter of the amount of content that's in Kingdoms. GameSpot: Kingdoms is big for an expansion pack. Kingdoms introduces a slew of new factions, including the mighty Teutonic Knights. We turned to Creative Assembly game designer Penny Sweetser for more on the expansion, which is scheduled to ship later this year. Well, Sega and Creative Assembly recently announced plans to make Medieval II a lot bigger with the addition of Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms, a supersized expansion that will add four new campaigns, a host of new factions, over 150 new units, and more. And if that weren't big enough, the game's real-time battles, which easily feature thousands of units rendered in incredible detail, are amazing enough to steal the show. Medieval II: Total War is already a big game, covering hundreds of years of European history and letting you play from the perspective of more than a dozen major powers of the time, such as England, France, the Holy Roman Empire, and beyond.

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