Total War: ROME II is coming back to Mac

Feral Interative, in association with Creative Assembly, have announced that Total War: ROME II will soon return to Mac computers, first via Steam and then in the Mac App Store. This is not just relisting the game, but rather listing a new version of the game, one that has been rebuilt to take advantage of Apple’s latest hardware and their Silicon chips.

Total War: ROME II returns to macOS as the Emperor Edition, complete with all free updates, including the Imperator Augustus campaign. A further five Campaign and five Culture Packs will be available to buy from launch; among these paid DLC are the Desert Kingdoms Culture Pack, and Empire Divided and Rise of the Republic Campaign Packs, all of which come to macOS for the very first time.

Players will lead one of 28 playable factions, drawn from the great Roman houses and other cultures including the Parthians, Greeks and Gauls, to recreate the Roman Empire in all its glory — or to attempt its destruction. The richly detailed campaign map is a strategic playground where players seek to subjugate rivals through decisive military, economic, and diplomatic action. On the battle map, players take the role of great generals in massive real-time engagements: as thousands of troops clash, the terrain, weather and martial traditions of opposing armies combine to challenge their tactical skills.

The best news thought is that anyone who owns the game now on Mac, via Steam or Mac App Store, will get this new version for free.