Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
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| Thursday 30th April: Show & Tell Livestream | 2026-04-24 | Hello everyone,You’ve maybe heard me mention that we’re working on a new stream for the end of this month. As it’s the first of its kind, I wanted to give some context about what we’ll be showing. On April 30th at 3pm BST, we’ll be going live on Twitch, YouTube and Bilibili with our first ever Total War: Show & Tell. Show and Tells are something we regularly do internally, where different development teams come together to share snippets of the cool things they’re working on, and we wanted to try and extend an invitation to one of these publicly. Before we get into it – I just want to highlight that we’ll be showing you in-development footage |
| Total War 25th Anniversary Showcase | 2025-12-04 | Total War Community, That’s a wrap on our 25th Anniversary Showcase – we hope you enjoyed it. A huge thank you to everyone who tuned in from around the globe to witness this small piece of history and to welcome this exciting new era for the franchise. Below, you will find all the information you need to know about the new announcements, including an FAQ at the bottom to help answer any pressing questions. TOTAL WAR: MEDIEVAL III We’ve been waiting a long time to say this: Total War is going back to the medieval era. We’re in the opening stages of Total War: MEDIEVAL III’s development – pre-production, to be precise, meaning we’re still years |
| 25th Anniversary Showcase Timings | 2025-12-01 | Total War Community, An exciting new era is upon us. Join us on December 4th, 4pm GMT for the Total War 25th Anniversary Showcase – a special video presentation celebrating exciting new projects across historical and fantasy Total war. This showcase will be your front seat to see what we’ve been eagerly building behind the scenes. Across the franchise, we’re working on a variety of projects that span different settings and stages of development and now we finally get to share some of them with you. Wherever you are in the world, we can’t wait for you to tune in and be part of it. You can watch the 25th Anniversary Showcase on our official cha |
| Join us for the Total War 25th anniversary celebrations | 2025-06-12 | Hey Total War fans, 25 years ago, in a small one room office just down the road from where I write this message, Total War was born. The vision was rooted in a love for both history and strategy gaming, with the aim of seamlessly mixing the best parts of grand strategy and real-time tactical battles into a single experience where you truly felt like the commander of a vast empire. During those early years Total War’s identity formed. The team were focused on authentic recreations of the most pivotal moments in human history from the Age of Antiquity through to the emergence of the great naval empires. As the genre evolved and our teams change |
| Total War Historic Sale now on until July 27th! | 2023-07-20 | TOTAL WAR HISTORIC SALE NOW ON! From now until July 27th you can grab up to 75% off a bunch of Total War historical titles, including the brand new Total War: ROME II Ultimate Edition! Click here to check out the rest of the deals! 🕙 Sale ends Thursday, 27th July @ 10AM PT/6PM BST For the latest news and announcements, don't forget to visit our official social channels. Steam Discussions Twitter Facebook Instagram Discord |
| Total War: ROME 2 Game Update | 2023-06-22 | We've released a game update for Total War: ROME 2 which includes, ↗️ Compiler upgrade - This is an update for the game to better use modern architecture and improve performance. 🖥️ Fixed game crashing when running on CPUs with more than 32 logical processors Alongside this, as the current chat systems in our game are both antiquated and limited in the modern online era, it is necessary for us to remove those services from Total War: ROME 2 and our other legacy titles. We are, however, continuing to investigate ways to implement and support chat in our future projects properly and will keep you updated on any future changes or developments. |
| Total War: ROME REMASTERED is OUT NOW! | 2021-04-29 | Total War: ROME REMASTERED is out now! Soldiers of Rome! Grab your pilum and tighten your armour, it's time to take back your Empire! ⚔️ 🛡 Will you make the Senate proud or will you crush the eternal city? https://store.steampowered.com/app/885970 Make those Gauls and Romans even shinier in glorious 4K with the free Enhanced Graphics pack: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1419050/Total_War_ROME_REMASTERED__Enhanced_Graphics_Pack/ |
| Total War: ROME REMASTERED - Announcement | 2021-03-25 | The glowing light of a new dawn shines on the Roman Empire. Conquer Ancient Rome like never before... Send merchants on trade missions, command ferocious battles and build your empire in Total War: ROME REMASTERED on 29 April 2021 - developed by Feral Interactive. Take back your empire with improved visuals such as updated 3D unit models and textures, new campaign map overlays, 16 additional playable factions, a redesigned UI, Steam Workshop mod support, and much more... Any questions? Check out the FAQ Choose your faction and join the fray in the Total War Discord server Pre-purchase on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/885970 |
| SEGA's 60th Anniversary Celebration | 2020-10-13 | Come Celebrate SEGA's 60th Anniversary with us on Steam! Get Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for FREE from October 9th-18th! While you're around, check out some of our new HIGHEST DISCOUNTS. Grab our EXCLUSIVE FREE MINI-GAMES that we’re giving away every day from October 15th – 18th. These brand new games were created just for SEGA’s 60th and are available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Be sure to come back every day to claim the daily mini-game! We look forward to seeing you there and hope you enjoy celebrating 60 years of SEGA with us! |
| Total War: ROME II – Emperor Edition is 75% off! | 2020-07-06 | Whether you choose to spread the glory of Rome throughout the known world, or try to quell it’s expansion, now is the time. Check out this video from Simpzy to find out why ROME II – Emperor Edition is his favourite game in the series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y5FwMGrDME |
| Introducing Total War: ROME II – Enemy at the Gates Edition | 2020-02-06 | Still haven’t played ROME II? Now is a great time to pick it up! Total War: ROME II – Enemy at the Gates combines the original game and its best expansions to take you back to ROME sweet ROME. Check out everything that’s included here: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/introducing-total-war-rome-ii-enemy-at-the-gates-edition/ |
| New Launcher Now Live | 2019-02-26 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4458423/cafb386660e278c8dcb4a7c3cb499919a88f74a6.png The new Total War Launcher is now live for the following games: Total War: ATTILA, Total War: ROME II, Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA, Total War: WARHAMMER, and Total War: WARHAMMER II. To find out more about exactly what’s included in the new launcher, click here: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/welcome-to-the-new-total-war-launcher PLEASE NOTE: We recommend that all modders back up their mod descriptions from Steam before updating their mods. Once done, you can update any mod descriptions that may have been deleted. |
| Pre-Purchase Now - Total War: THREE KINGDOMS | 2019-02-07 | Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam! Three heroes, sworn to brotherhood in the face of tyranny, rally support for the trials ahead. Scenting opportunity, warlords from China’s great families follow suit, forming a fragile coalition in a bid to challenge Dong Zhuo’s remorseless rule. Will they triumph against the tyrant, or will personal ambition shatter their already crumbling alliance and drive them to supremacy? https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31196189/da13104d2feedfcde64c4152fdda43c2203dbc28.jpg |
| Total War: ROME II Mod Community Fixes Patch | 2018-12-10 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4458423/440fe1dc361d96ba10efb68689c453b73bf09964.jpg We’re releasing a small patch for Total War: ROME II today that contains a couple of minor fixes for the mod community: + Issues generating startpos files using BoB should now be resolved - We should note that you should refrain from naming your database tables using the campaign prefixes (e.g. main_3c for Empire Divided) which will result in the start-pos.esf failing to be created + Character limit for UI has been increased to alleviate some of the issues encountered by the Chinese localisation mod |
| The Rise of the Republic balance patch is now live! | 2018-09-04 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4458423/440fe1dc361d96ba10efb68689c453b73bf09964.jpg The Total War: ROME II - Rise of the Republic hotfix is now live! You can find the full patch notes here: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-rome-ii-rise-of-the-republic-balance-patch-notes Rise of the Republic is meant to offer you a more challenging experience. For some tips on tactics and which faction to start as, check out this Total War Academy video about Rise of the Republic’s new factions: https://youtu.be/nFN3rdDhLhg It was also Total War: ROME II's fifth anniversary yesterday - happy birthday, ROME II! |
| New Changes to Agents & Generals | 2018-08-30 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4458423/a38763a916095d569689229c0be33b57dcc201ef.jpg Rise of the Republic brought in some subtle but effective changes to how agents and generals work in Total War: ROME II. Check out this Total War Academy video to learn more: https://youtu.be/VFCUKqcE0cM For a full list of the changes introduced in the Ancestral Update, head over to the Total War blog: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-rome-ii-ancestral-update |
| The Total War: ROME II - Rise of the Republic hotfix is live! | 2018-08-15 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4458423/2de3cb4b87c26be20c47888eb022897948929083.jpg The Total War: ROME II - Rise of the Republic hotfix is live! Check out the full details here: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-rome-ii-rise-of-the-republic-hotfix-notes |
| Total War: ROME II - Rise of the Republic is out now! | 2018-08-09 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4458423/8898b76724845f2a67cb4e4741d4dd0ccda94db6.png The year is 399 BC, and Rome is poised for greatness. However, its very existence balances on a knife-edge. A crossroads in history: a time of threat – and of opportunity. A time for the republic to rise. You can find more information on Rise of the Republic – or to purchase it if you haven’t already – here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/850010/Total_War_ROME_II__Rise_of_the_Republic_Campaign_Pack/ Don’t forget that this comes alongside the Ancestral Update – everything about it can be found here: https://www.totalwar.c |
| Total War: ROME II – Ancestral Update Additional Patch Notes | 2018-08-08 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4458423/306acc4be6931839ac9a716e632aebb6cdaf30a4.jpg Total War: ROME II – Rise of the Republic will be out tomorrow to download and play, and ahead of our release we have some updated patch notes from the Ancestral Update beta - check them out here: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-rome-ii-ancestral-update-additional-patch-notes The free Ancestral Update introduces the family tree feature along with numerous tweaks, fixes, and improvements to ROME II’s base game and DLCs. The update will be live tomorrow alongside the Rise of the Republic campaign pack DLC. |
| Meet Camillus | 2018-08-07 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4458423/d2cfbc955d0f798d2bef8158a98d04354733c646.png General Marcus Furius Camillus, conqueror of Veii and resistance leader against the Gauls, will be coming to ROME II with Rise of the Republic on the 9th of August. Find out more about him here: https://twitter.com/totalwar/status/1026842029492461568 If you want to learn more about Camillus and the battle at the Allia river, check out this article from Ancient History Encyclopedia: https://www.ancient.eu/article/879/the-battle-at-the-allia-river-390-bce/ |