{"id":34633,"date":"2012-03-22T13:25:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T11:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=34633"},"modified":"2012-03-22T13:42:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T11:42:46","slug":"huge-total-war-shogun-2-patch-promises-new-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/34633-huge-total-war-shogun-2-patch-promises-new-content","title":{"rendered":"Huge Total War: Shogun 2 patch promises new content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Company Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/21519-Sega\">Sega<\/a> has announced that a massive update is set to go live for Total War: Shogun 2 alongside the release of the Fall of the Samurai expansion later this week.<\/p>\n<p>The patch introduces some cool stuff, including 40 vs 40 battles and improved AI.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of the changes being implemented will only affect The Fall of the Samurai expansion, but the majority apply to the standalone game too.<\/p>\n<p>There is a massive change log that you can check out over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twcenter.net\/forums\/showthread.php?p=11196902#post11196902\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, but here are some of the primary changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>40v40 unit battles available via &#8216;control large armies&#8217; option in Custom Battles and Multiplayer<\/li>\n<li>Numerous Battle and Campaign AI improvements (see Battle and Campaign sections below)<\/li>\n<li>Greatly reduced save-game file sizes (meaning reduced game save and load times) and full Steam Cloud support<\/li>\n<li>Battlefield load time improvement (approximately 30% dependent on machine spec)<\/li>\n<li>Greatly reduced AI turn-time<\/li>\n<li>22 brand new Land, Naval and Siege battle-maps<\/li>\n<li>Towers can now be ordered to fire at specific targets<\/li>\n<li>General optimisations across all areas of the game<\/li>\n<li>Ability to queue technology tree research<\/li>\n<li>Ability to set groups to AI control<\/li>\n<li>Campaign AI turn-times reduced due to pathfinding optimisations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On top of the general patch stuff that we have come to expect, the patch will also introduce 12 new multiplayer maps, 6 new naval battles,\u00a0 and 4 new siege battles.<\/p>\n<p>On a side note, Total War: Shogun 2 is on special on Steam for just $7.50 (R60) today. 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