Smoke becomes fire and Total War: Rome II is official. Recently rumoured to be in the making, this Creative Assembly title is really out of the bag now and there's an early preview (or four) online to prove it.
It seems too that Caesar would be proud of the scale of this undertaking, as per the following excerpt from the Eurogamer piece:
(...) the game's budget is their biggest yet - "about 40 per cent bigger" than anything they've made before. So is it fair to say this is Creative Assembly's most ambitious game to date? "In terms of budget, in terms of the variety of assets we need to produce, and the nature of Rome itself," he says. "It's a big step up."
Do douse your expectations a little though as the game is currently still in pre-alpha stage and won't be invading our shores before the second half of 2013.
In the meantime, and in breaking news, it appears there are a couple of video interviews at PC Gamer as well, so check them out here.
