Gamers will be able to choose to support Octavian, Lepidus or Marc Anthony

Sep 5, 2014 06:09 GMT  ·  By

The development team at The Creative Assembly and publisher SEGA are delivering an official trailer for the upcoming Imperator Augustus campaign which will be included in the Emperor Edition of Total War: Rome II, a new version of the title that all those who purchased the experience will get for free.

The cinematic-focused footage shows the premise of the new narrative-driven single-player content, which will allow gamers to take the reigns of a variety of factions at the start of the major civil war which followed the assassination of Caesar.

Octavian, Lepidus and Marc Anthony all command powerful armies and the neighbors of Rome are also paying attention and are ready to jump on any opportunity to weaken the superpower of the Ancient Age.

The Creative Assembly states, “Alongside numerous improvements to performance and gameplay and all additional free content released since the launch of Rome II (including four bonus playable factions), the Emperor Edition introduces an improved politics system, refined unit balancing and new building chains.”

The Emperor Edition is set to arrive on September 16 for all gamers and those who are interested in trying out some of the new gameplay mechanics can download the beta version of patch 15 via Steam.