Empire: Total War campaign multi beta details

Sega's announced that the 1 vs. 1 Campaign Multiplayer Open Beta for Empire: Total War will be available on December 7 via Steam.

This Multiplayer Beta will allow 2 players to go head to head or cooperative against the AI on the full campaign map of Empire: Total War, including all 3 theatres of war, Sega says.

The free Campaign Multiplayer Beta is only available for owners of Empire: Total War and to get access you'll need to sign up on the Beta Program website, it adds.

"After over 6 months of internal testing, we're happy to finally give all players of Empire: Total War a taste of the future of Total War," says Mike Simpson, creative director at the Creative Assembly.

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"Information and user feedback gathered from this Open Beta should help us getting the Campaign Multiplayer mode ready to be a regular feature in upcoming titles
in the Total War series"

Also on December 7th, the Elite Units of America downloadable content for Empire: Total War will be released, adding 15 new elite units to the American, British and French factions.

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Andy Robinson