Total War: Pharaoh has a release date, and a sweeping campaign map flyover video

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The Creative Assembly and SEGA's Total War: PHARAOH has a release date, 11th October 2023. There's also a physical limited edition coming to Europe on 23rd October, for those of you who revel in such things as portraits of faction leaders, packs of cosmetics and posters of the game's campaign map, which you can also check out in the new campaign flyover video below.

In case you're wondering, I've checked with the authorities and yes, PHARAOH should be written in all capitals, makes a laughing stock of all previous RPS reporting. If it feels unnatural, try to imagine that you're bellowing the game's title from the summit of a pyramid, so as to remind your embattled subjects of your magnificence. RPS boss Katharine behaves similarly in morning meetings. "EDITOR-IN-CHIEF," she roars at us repeatedly, until somebody rushes her the daily traffic reports, a steaming goblet of sphinx eggs and a gif of somebody pulling off a crafty kill in Shadow Gambit.

Speaking of Katharine, she's just published a piece about Total War: PHARAOH's brand new dedicated tutorial campaign and various other new strategic mechanics. These include "extensive religious strands and deity-related buffs", plus "court-jostling" and the prospect of the collapse of the Bronze Age. It's been a while since I've played historical Total War - there's so much Warhammer to get through - but it all sounds enticing.

If you are overcome with daydreams of PHARAONIC opulence and just can't resist, you can preorder the game to participate in an early access play session from 29th September to 2nd October. This features a couple of factions, "prestigious Ramesses and the barbaric Irsu", and grants you 60 turns of strategic campaign gameplay, with no limit on replay