Total Warhammer 2’s Tomb Kings rise in January

The Tomb Kings aren’t a crust punk gang who meet within the vaults of Greyfriars Kirkyard. No, they’re a Warhammer rabble riffing on Ancient Egyptian beliefs, a faction of ancients pharaohs and their servants, risen to rebuild their empire. We’ve recognized for some time that these sandy kinds are headed to Total War: Warhammer II in paid DLC, and now we all know when: January 23rd. Alongside this information, the builders as we speak launched a cinematic trailer giving a peek on the Tomb Kings, them with their skeletal warriors, animal-headed giants, scorpions of stone and bone, serpentine sentinels, bonebirds, Necrosphinxes, and oh my god is large statue taking pictures zapbeams out its eyes?

Yes, I imagine it’s.

The Tomb Kings shall be playable on Total Warhammer 2’s Vortex marketing campaign map with, I’m advised by as we speak’s announcement, “a raft of race-specific gameplay mechanics, victory objectives, and lashings of authentic lore.” They’ll additionally come to Mortal Empires, the marketing campaign smooshing collectively the worlds of the primary two Twarhammer campaigns – which Fraser Brown declared “Total War’s best grand campaign.”

It is a bit of completely different to another Twarham DLC, and the devs say that’s on youse:

“In response to player feedback, Rise of the Tomb Kings does not contain a supplementary story campaign, but instead 2 additional Legendary Lords for a total of four, with their own skills, traits, quest-chains, legendary wargear and situational challenges. Players may embark on Tomb Kings campaigns as Settra the Imperishable, Khalida, Khatep and Nagash’s former lieutenant, the malignant Arkhan the Black.”

Tomb Kings is coming to Steam on January 23rd, 2018. Hit today’s announcement for extra particulars.