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	THE GAMES Empire: Total War is set in the eighteenth century, a turbulent period alive with global conflict, revolutionary fervour and technological advances. With themes such as the Industrial Revolution, America's struggle for independence, the struggle to control Eastern trade routes and the globalisation of war on land and sea, Empire: Total War is one of the richest and most dynamic PC RTS games of all time.

	Immerse yourself in Norse mythology as Skarin, a fearsome Viking warrior fated to defend mankind and discover the secrets of his past. Viking: Battle For Asgard is the latest console title from the award-winning and critically acclaimed development studio, The Creative Assembly. As Skarin, a new iconic gaming hero, experience the violent yet spectacular world of the Vikings and their Gods on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the Sony PlayStation 3 early in 2008.

	Take to the battlefield in four brand new campaigns including an complete attempt to conquer the New World in Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms, the expansion pack for the multi-award-winning PC strategy title from Creative Assembly. In the all-new Americas campaign, retrace the steps of Hernán Cortés in 1519 as he seeks to conquer the New World. Three other new campaigns offer highly detailed 'magnifying glass' campaigns within Great Britain, Northern Europe and the Holy Land, opening up a host of previously inaccessible regions.

	From the creators of the multi-award-winning Rome: Total War comes a PC title to take strategy gaming to unprecedented heights of scale and graphical detail. Medieval 2: Total War is the latest and greatest instalment in one of PC gaming's most successful series. The game spans some of the most formative and fractious events in European history. The Crusades, the rise of the Vatican and the Pope, the dreaded Inquisition, the dawn of gunpowder and the discovery of the New World - all are yours to experience in unmatched depth.


	Spartan: Total Warrior for the PlayStation®2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube, represents the development giant’s first game in the new Total Warrior franchise. Total Warrior takes the core brand values of epic cinematic battles from Total War and redefines them for console producing a new genre of epic combat games. For more information about the game click here.


	Alexander is the second official expansion pack for the multi-award-winning Rome: Total War^TM. The add-on pack casts players as one of history’s most brilliant generals, Alexander the Great, handing them the opportunity to replicate his all-conquering achievements and tactical genius on the battlefield.


	It's 363 AD and a seemingly unstoppable tide of barbarian invaders is massing on the borders of a fractured Roman Empire. Command huge armies of would-be Barbarian conquerors or take control of Roman armies in defence of the old empire. An expansion pack for the award-winning Rome: Total War, Barbarian Invasion places you 200 years after the original campaign, where an epic war to decide the fate of the world's grandest empire is now yours to control!


	Rome: Total War^TM (out now) the next generation in epic strategy gaming from the critically acclaimed and award winning Total War brand. The aim of the game is to conquer, rule and manipulate the Roman Empire with the ultimate goal of being declared as the "Imperator" of Rome. Set in a time when the mighty Roman Empire emerged to conquer the known world against powerful enemies, when gladiators fought to a bloody death in the Coliseum; when Spartacus defied the might of the empire; when Hannibal led his invincible army and his war elephants across the Alps to strike fear into the very heart of Rome itself; and when Julius Caesar finally smashed the Barbarian Gauls. This was a time of brutal confrontation between civilisation and barbarism, and of civil war as the ancient world’s only superpower turned on itself.

	Medieval: Total War^TM Viking Invasion^TM is the expansion to the best-selling Medieval: Total War, and takes the action of the game back in time to the Dark Ages in Europe - a time of ceaseless warfare and chaos. A brand new Viking Era campaign with a completely new map of the British Isles and Scandinavia. 8 new Viking Era factions, including the Saxons, Welsh, Mercians, Northumbrians, Scots, Picts, Irish - and not forgetting the Vikings! A new Viking Era technology tree - including Drinking Halls, Sacrificial Shrines, a Warrior Hold and a few surprises. New Viking Era military forces, including Huscarles, Saxon Fyrdmen, Viking Thralls, extremely scary and shield-bitingly fearsome Berserkers - and more!

	Medieval: Total War is the latest in the series of Total War games. Set in the four centuries from the First Crusade (1095) to the Fall of Constantinople (1453), Medieval: Total War covers European history through some of the most dramatic centuries imaginable. It takes everything that was compelling about Shogun: Total War and then layers on new depth, accessibility, gameplay and strategy twists. Medieval: Total War is shaping up to be the new bees' knees of PC strategy games. In fact bees that play this game will be forced to refer to "The Creative Assembly's knees" when they need a superlative. Available now.


	Together in one BAFTA award-winning bumper box of samurai-inspired quality strategy gaming, the original Shogun: Total War and the Mongol Invasion expansion pack! This is the way to experience the excitement of war and to-the-death politics in medieval Japan if you haven't already been there and crushed your enemies! This is the history of the samurai and their daimyo warlords in an outstanding PC strategy title. Available now!
	Shogun: Total War: Mongol Invasion is the exciting expansion pack for players of the original Shogun: Total War game. Three hundred years before the civil wars in the first game, the Kublai Khan and his Mongol horde attacked Japan. This expansion gives you the chance to conquer Japan as the barbarians, or a chance to stop the Mongols in their tracks in one of the great "what ifs" of history! The game also includes new historical campaigns, new unit types and even more samurai-inspired mayhem than the original! Available now!
	The benchmark game redefines real time strategy titles! Shogun: Total War is the original epic strategy game of samurai warfare. Japan is being torn apart by rival warlords, each ambitious to be the Shogun, the supreme ruler of Japan and power behind the Emperor. Careful planning, base treachery, cunning strategy, bold tactics and a willingness to ruthlessly destroy your enemies are all needed for success. Available now!
	Rugby goes next generation with a stunning debut on the Sony PlayStation 2. A Rugby fan's dream - 20 international teams featured including the New Zealand All Blacks, the Australian Wallabies, the South African Springboks, England, Scotland and France. Take your team to victory in the World Championship, 6 Nations, Tri-Nations, or Friendly matches.

	Nothing beats the intense spectacle of a big rugby game. So many elements of skill, grit and inspiration crash head-on into each other. Rugby 2001 brings the entire international rugby experience to your PC with unprecedented detail, accuracy and playability. For all its physicality, this is also a game that rewards the thinkers as well as opportunist players. Picking the right tactics and being able to control your team all have a place in this sporting extravaganza. Available now!