Experience Egypt during its last golden age as Total War brings its players to Egypt next in the upcoming expansion. Here are the details for Total War: Pharaoh, including its release date, factions, and more.
Total War: Pharaoh Release Date: October 11, 2023
For starters, let's talk about when Total War Pharaoh is coming out. The expansion will come out on October 11, 2023. The official website describes the expansion as such:
The old Pharaoh is dead and Egypt is calling out for a new leader. In the newest entry in the Total War franchise, uncover a breathtakingly vibrant recreation of ancient Egypt during its last golden age and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction. Can you rise above your adversaries to become Egypt’s last great Pharaoh and stand against the collapse of an iconic civilisation?
The game's FAQ page gives us a little bit more information about the upcoming expansion. For starters, the game will have a total of eight playable factions, divided between three diverse cultures, each with their own playstyle and unit roster:
- Egyptian
- Ramesses
- Quick progress
- Flexible and plentiful resources
- Ideal for new players
- Elite and adaptable
- Strong medium infantry and archers
- Charging chariots
- Losses are additionally damaging
- Seti
- Seeks to overwhelm opponents in battle
- Quick and easy expansion
- No interest in diplomacy
- High numbers of cheaper, weaker units
- Expendable units
- Risks running low on units after losses.
- Tausret
- Defensive
- Powerful economic and regional synergies
- Early Nile access
- Failures can quickly snowball.
- The best chariot faction
- Can achieve the strongest army composition given time.
- Amenmesse
- Access to vast wealth
- Safe starting location
- Susceptible to rebellions.
- Very strong archers
- Can defeat rivals from a distance
- Units are expensive.
- Ramesses
- Canaanite
- Bay
- Master of intrigues and court politics
- Strong diplomacy
- Often outmatched in battle.
- Strong ambushers
- Access to Vanguard Deployment, Stalk and Sneak
- Weak face-to-face units and chariots
- Can take units from others.
- Irsu
- Sacking and plundering
- Vast profits from battle
- Little land ownership
- Resources dry up if he stops fighting.
- Tough, heavy units
- Strong armor
- Fast recruitment.
- Bay
- Hittite
- Kurunta
- Sabotage, assassination, good at plots
- Exploiting weakness outside of battle
- Struggles in direct engagements.
- Mercenaries
- Heavily armored units
- Frontal assaults
- No ranged units.
- Suppiluliuma
- Measured campaign pace
- Frequent battles
- Faces war on multiple fronts
- Fragile economy.
- Numerous medium and heavy units
- Powerful chariots
- Strong defense
- Weak ranged options.
- Kurunta
The expansion will be available in three versions and is currently up for pre-order for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store:
- Base Game ($59.99)
- Total War: Pharaoh base game
- Deluxe Edition ($72.87)
- Total War: Pharaoh base game
- DLC Faction Pack 1
- Digital Soundtrack
- Dynasty Edition ($91.46)
- Total War: Pharaoh base game
- DLC Faction Pack 1
- DLC Faction Pack 2
- DLC Faction Pack 3
- Digital Soundtrack
Compared to buying their contents at full price, the Deluxe Edition is 10% cheaper while the Dynasty Edition is 25% cheaper.
Additionally, players who pre-order Total War: Pharaoh will be able to participate during the game's Early Access Weekend. Not only that, but they will also receive an Avatar of the Gods Cosmetic Pack for the eight playable faction leaders. They will also get the Heart of the Shardana Cosmetic Pack, which contains unique Sherden outfits for the bodyguard units. Players can receive these pre-order bonuses as long as they buy the game more than a week before the game's official release.
A physical standard edition will also be available to select retailers in Europe later this year. It will contain download codes for the expansion, the pre-order bonuses, and a printed double-sided poster.
That's all the information we have about the upcoming Total War: Pharaoh expansion, from the release date to the factions, and more. Check out our gaming news articles for the latest in gaming news.
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