Developer The Creative Assembly’s Total War spin-off A Total War Saga: Troy will be free to download and keep when it launches as an Epic Games Store exclusive on 13th August.
Total War Saga: Troy is The Creative Assembly’s second entry in its strategy spin-off series – following on from 2018’s decent Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia – and, like its predecessor, is designed to offer a shorter, more focused take on the core series’ blend of turn-based empire management and real-time tactics.
While Thrones of Britannica set its strategic action in the British Isles of 878 AD, Troy heads to the Mediterranean of the Bronze Age – the earliest period the Total War series has tackled so far – focusing on the battle between Troy and Mycenaean Greece, better known as the Trojan War.
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“Homer’s Iliad is rich with myth, legends, gods and monsters,” says the blurb. “Troy casts these stories through a historical lens to consider what might have really happened but ultimately lets you decide which heroes will fall in battle and which will be immortalised in legend.”