Ancient Egypt is the next setting on the docket in Creative Assembly’s mission to let us fight throughout history. People have been clamouring for an Egyptian Total War for a long time, and thanks to Total War: Pharaoh we’ll all be able to muck around during the Bronze-Age Collapse, where the mighty Egyptian New Kingdom faces apocalyptic threats from neighbours, invaders and natural disasters. 

Things aren’t looking too good for Egypt. The Pharaoh has died and there’s competition for the throne, both domestically and abroad, with foreign and Egyptian rivals all vying for power. Society is crumbling, the weather is looking pretty bad and war is about to become everyone’s main hobby. So it’ll be up to you to “save Egypt from the cusp of destruction,” says game director Todor Ni…