SEGA has announced that the latest entry in the Total War series, Rome II, will be available across the world from September 3, both physically and digitally.

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Pre-orders for the game are now being taken; anyone who elects to take advantage of this will be given the game's Greek States Culture DLC for free on release day, which unlocks the Epirus, Athens and Sparta factions for play.A Collector's Edition has also been created, though only 22,000 individually numbered copies will apparently be available. It's set to include a numbered copy of the game, a Tabula game set (a sort of Roman version of Backgammon), three Tesserae dice, a canvas map, a Total War Cards: Punic Wars game and a completely functional siege catapult measuring 26cm x 12cm x 12cm.Will you be picking up the Collector's Edition come September? Let us know in the comments.

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