Empire: Total War DLC Brings Elite Reinforcements

June 23, 2009 8:26 AM

Empire: Total War has received its first downloadable content in 'Elite Units of the West,' adding fourteen of the 18th century's fanciest fighting forces to the PC strategy title.

Units on offer include the Legion of the United States, France's Swiss Guard, Prussian "professional scoundrels" the Frei-Korps, and Russia's Gardes a cheval--"selected not for their soldiering ability but more for their relative attractiveness to Catherine the Great."

A comprehensive Empire: Total War patch released on Monday added a free fourteen other less-elite new units, in addition to a bumper crop of performance and bug fixes.

Elite Units of the West is available now through Steam for the small sum of $3.49.

Alice O'Connor

Filed Under

From The Chatty

Refresh Go To Thread

oO SilentK Oo

 reply
June 23, 2009 8:57 AM

Apparently it was a requirement world wide for 18th century elite forces to grow mustaches and beards.
- Schuultz
  
   reply
  June 23, 2009 10:37 AM
  
  It was fashion, the same way 95% of modern soldiers are shaved. Back then, mustaches and beards were a sign of manhood.
  
  Sadly, there's currently an issue with Steam that doesn't recognize the DLC. It's associated with your SteamID and you don't loose any money, but until they release the hotfix, the game won't recognize the DLC. You might want to wait a night or two...