While fans did look forward to playing the new factions and more story-focused campaign inTotal War: Warhammer 3, many were ancitipating one major update that would tie this trilogy ofWarhammergames together. As Mortal Empires did forTotal War: Warhammer 2, Immortal Empires will bring the factions from all three games into one giant map, allowingTotal War: Warhammer’sGreenskins to fight theLegion of Chaos fromTotal War: Warhammer 3, for example, and Grand Cathay to test its might against the Empire.
Considering Mortal Empires released as a free expansion for owners ofTotal War: WarhammerandTotal War: Warhammer 2just over a month after the second game released, some were expecting Immortal Empires on a similar timescale. However,Total War: Warhammer 3has suffered numerous setbacks since it first launched in February, with a lot of players having issues with the overall state of the game. In order to prioritize bug fixing,Total War: Warhammer 3developer Creative Assembly pushed back the release of new content for the game.
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This meant that Immortal Empires' release would arrive much later than had first been anticipated. Now, fans finally have a solid date on when the combined map and campaign of all threeTotal War: Warhammergames will arrive. Previously, thanks to anew trailer forTotal War: Warhammer 3, Creative Assembly informed players that Immortal Empires would be comingsometime in August. In a recent video response to a Reddit AMA, it was confirmed that Immortal Empires will launch on August 23.
This date may be later than fans were expecting, as it points more towards the end of August than had been predicted by some. However, it seems as though Creative Assembly is hoping to give itself as much time as possible to ensure the launch of Immortal Empires runs smoothly. With the aforementioned criticism ofTotal War: Warhammer 3’slaunch statethat led to quick hotfixes and patches being brought out to balance the game, it is likely Creative Assembly doesn’t want a repeat of that situation.
The Immortal Empires launch is also being referred to as a beta, implying that should anything be majorly wrong with the expansion when it releases, it is not in a finished state. Alongside Immortal Empires and more content forTotal War: Warhammer 3,Creative Assembly is also working onHyenas, a team-based FPS game that is set to launch in 2023. It is clear then, that the developer is keeping itself busy.
Total War: Warhammer 3is available on Mac, Linux, and Windows PC. Immortal Empires launches August 23.
