Command thousands of troops on massive battlefields ~ take control of legendary historical heroes

In Medieval II: Total War, you'll take Command a huge ancient army and fight to expand your territory! Direct massive battles featuring more than 10,000 bloodthirsty troops on epic 3D battlefields, while presiding over some of the greatest Medieval nations of the Western and Middle Eastern world in Medieval II: Total War.  Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms is the official expansion to last year's award-winning Medieval II Total War, presenting players with all-new territories to explore, troops to command, and enemies to conquer.

• Medieval II Total War 
• Medieval II Total War Kingdoms Expansion Pack

Medieval II Total War 

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After more than seven years in development, Medieval 2: Total War is the fourth installment of the award-winning Total War series of strategy games. Take command of a massive army featuring an unprecedented 10,000 dynamic characters on epic 3D battlefields, while reigning over some of the greatest medieval nations of the Western and Middle Eastern world.   Spanning the years 1080-1530 - the most turbulent period in European history your quest for power takes you through Europe, Africa, and the Middle East and even onto the shores of the New World.   Leadership on and off the battlefield is paramount. With the turn-based campaign map, you'll control everything from building and improving cities to recruiting and training armies. Employ diplomacy to manipulate allies and enemies, outsmart the dreaded Inquisition, and influence the Pope. Lead the fight in the Crusades and bring victory to Islam or Christianity in the Holy War.  

With detail-rich graphics, an expanded, historically accurate campaign and a fully redesigned multiplayer mode, Medieval 2 lets you experience the most cinematic, epic and brutal real-time battles ever seen in the genre.

Features:

• Bigger battles with fine-tuned details - Command massive numbers of meticulously detailed troops - all of which feature heraldic finery and the distinctive colors of medieval warfare.   
• New epic campaign - Explore three continents and sail across to the Americas to confront the Aztecs on their home soil.
• Greater accessibility - Experience a faster multiplayer mode on the battlefield and keep the online conflict raging.  
• New settlements - Build through six levels of settlement ranging from humble villages and vast cities to wooden forts and stone fortresses.    
• History in the making - Obey the demands of the Papal States or take a stand against the Pope? The stakes are high and strategy is as critical as the sword.

Medieval II Total War Kingdoms Expansion Pack

Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms Expansion Pack has a richer variety and deeper historical gameplay.  The New World campaigns that have been included will let conquer, while expanding the game to over 70 hours of gameplay.

The expansion pack features four brand new campaigns, including an opportunity to more fully explore the New World that was unlocked toward the end of Medieval II.  Three additional campaigns focus deeper on Great Britain, Northern Europe and the Holy Land, with many more regions than were originally shown. Featuring 13 new playable factions and over 110 new units, Kingdoms allows gamers to control multiple armies on a single battlefield and lead them into conflict with new hero characters such as Richard The Lionheart and Saladin, each armed with new, powerful battlefield abilities.  In the new campaigns, players will use moated forts to garrison vast armies or seize control of key strategic points and explore new technology trees, governed by religion and prestige.

Lead your armies to victory across four new campaigns in Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms, the largest Total War expansion pack ever created!  
After the crushing of the Red Prince, the empire of Basa in the south of Raudrlin is being rebuilt, but the important trade route to the distant Hidun, to the empire of the great mogul Praphat is blocked and neither goods nor news are getting through.  Time has come for your knights to help the Mogul to restore the empire to splendor and glory and to fill the deserted provinces again with life of returning villagers!

Features:

• Command the dangerous Mayan and Aztec empires and protect your homeland from invasion.
• Take control of legendary historical heroes to boost troop morale and power.
• Exert absolute military control as you command multiple armies and reinforcements.
• 110 new units to take into battle
• Choose from 13 new factions
• 27 new multiplayer maps
• More than 70 hours of strategic gameplay

• Windows 2000, XP
• 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 or equivalent processor
• 512 MB of RAM
• 128 MB Video Memory
• 9 GB uncompressed free Hard Drive space
• 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit Sound Card and latest drivers.  Sound Blaster X-Fi series is recommended
• 1024 x 768 resolution or above
• DVD-ROM drive
• Windows 2000/XP compatible Mouse
• Windows 2000/XP compatible Keyboard
• Windows 2000/XP Latest Drivers

• 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AD Athlon 64 processor or equivalent
• 1 GB of RAM
• 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 7300 or greater or ATI Radeon X1600 or greater
• Sound Blaster X-FiTM series Sound Card

• Internet (TCP / IP) play supported
• Internet play requires broadband connection and latest drivers
• LAN play requires Network card