In case you missed it, SEGA and The Creative Assembly released the first major expansion to Napoleon: Total War (PC) earlier this week.

Dubbed "The Peninsular Campaign," the downloadable add-on--available exclusively through Steam--brings a new campaign and numerous new units to the historical PC strategy game, including the ability to play as the Spanish, in exchange for $9.99. Read more »

SEGA has announced an expansion for its strategy and warfare game Napoleon: Total War -- The Peninsular Campaign -- which will be released this summer exclusively through Steam on the PC.

The expansion will sport "a brand new campaign map featuring 32 controllable regions divided amongst 4 different factions." Spain will also be a playable faction for the first time. Read more »

Got a hankering for some historical strategy but not sure if Napoleon: Total War (PC) is up your alley? Then I've got some good news: a demo is now up for grabs on Steam.

The 1990MB download includes two sections, a "War on Land" tutorial and "Battle of Ligny," with the latter offering the option to player as either France or Prussia.

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With Napoleon: Total War out this week, publisher Sega celebrates with a trailer for the latest in The Creative Assembly's strategy series showing nine minutes of 2v2 warfare on the Eurovision-winning battleground of Waterloo, narrated by TCE's Kieran Brigden.

Napoleon: Total War arrives for PC in North America today then Europe on Friday. Read more »

"What's new in Napoleon: Total War?" asks a new trailer for The Creative Assembly's Napoleonic strategy, prompting studio communication manager Kieran Brigden to reel off new additions including the simulation of seasons, detailed terrain, new diplomatic options, repairing damaged ships, General abilities and the multiplayer campaign.

Napoleon: Total War is scheduled for a PC release in North America on February 23. Read more »

Fresh off word that Napoleon: Total War (PC) will include campaign multiplayer upon its release come February 23, we now have a trailer that shows off the functionality.

All digital and retail copies of Napoleon: Total War and Aliens vs. Predator PC will pack Steamworks integration, publisher SEGA and digital retailer Valve announced today, meaning that both will require players to have installed Valve's Steam platform.

Both games will utilize the Steamworks platform for achievements, matchmaking, leaderboards, stats, and server-side Cloud data storage, explained Valve. Aliens vs. Predator launches February 16, with Napoleon: Total War coming February 23. Read more »

With owners of Empire: Total War currently beta testing the promised addition of campaign multiplayer, publisher SEGA has announced that the latest entry in the series, Napoleon: Total War (PC), will sport that functionality when it hits on February 23.

"For the first time in Total War history, the Campaign Mode in Napoleon: Total War will feature both single player and multiplayer modes," SEGA wrote of the latest from its historical strategy series developer The Creative Assembly. Read more »

The Creative Assembly's Napoleonic latest entry in its large-scale warfare strategy series Total War will arrive for PC on February 23, publisher Sega has announced.

Napoleon: Total War sees players rewriting history from the general's early days in Italian and Egyptian campaigns through the ill-fated invasion of Russia, all leading to europop's favourite battle at Waterloo. Improvements are promised over Empire: Total War in areas including diplomacy, the campaign map, and land and naval battles. Read more »

The French's most feared diminutive dictator stars in the newest trailer for the upcoming wartime strategy game, Napoleon: Total War. Be warned, you may feel the need for a smoking jacket and brandy while watching the clip.

Northern Italy, Egypt, and "The Grand European Campaign" comprise the three campaigns in this strategic juggernaut and players will have the option of siding with or fighting against Napoleon himself. The combination of real-time battles and turn-based strategy returns in epic fashion with this newest entry in the Total War series by The Creative Assembly. Read more »

The Creative Assembly has released a handful of new screenshots from Napoleon: Total War, its upcoming strategy focused on the exploits of the Emperor of the French.

Players will be able to rewrite history by stepping into the boots of either Napoleon or his opposing generals in missions spanning his entire commanding career, from Egypt and Italy through Moscow and ultimately to the most Europop battle of all--Waterloo. Read more »

Creative Assembly communications director Kieran Brigden explains the concept of Napoleon: Total War in this video interview. Essentially, players can either assume the role of Napoleon, or match their might against him in the grand campaign.

Napoleon: Total War is scheduled for a February 2010 release.

The Creative Assembly will kick off a new story-driven branch of its PC strategy series 'Total War' with a game focused on Napoleon Bonaparte, owner Sega announced today.

Napoleon: Total War will tell the Emperor of the French's tale in three individual campaigns, from his early conflicts in Italy and Egypt, through his assaults on Russia, finally leading to the Battle of Waterloo, where, my my, Napoleon did surrender. Read more »