The game released on 17 February 2022 (PC), 5 May 2022 (Mac) and 16 June 2022 (Linux).
It is available on 3 online storefronts: Steam, Epic Games Store and Windows Store - an account for one of these stores will be required to play. Game keys can also be purchased on other stores such as Fanatical, Humble Store and GameBillet.
Additionally, the game is available on Xbox Game Pass for PC.
The official 9-page
manual
provides a brief introduction to the lore and mechanics for new and veteran players, and covers the standard installation, warranty and customer service information.
Treasure hunts
, which were introduced in Total War: Warhammer II, are not returning
Multiplayer
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Those who own all 3 games in the series will be able to play all content from all games/DLC in the multiplayer mode of TWW3.
CA are introduced a new mode/battle type called
domination
which features capture point style mechanics and players are be able to summon reinforcement units during a match.
Domination mode is intended to address player feedback about getting stuck in bad matchups, not being able to come back from behind, as well as players forcing draws by endlessly kiting.
As mentioned above, most campaigns now support up to 8 player multiplayer.
High-res version of the key art, depicting Kislev vs Khorne.
Early development
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In 2015, after Total War: Warhammer was announced but before it released, Creative Assembly announced that they planned to create a trilogy of Total War: Warhammer games.
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In 2016, Russian data-miners discovered plans in the
Total War: Warhammer
game files for a third game featuring Khorne, Nurgle, Tzeentch and Slaanesh as factions.
In June 2018, a
blog post
by Creative Assembly indicated that WH3 was in pre-production.
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One event the current world situation [the global Covid-19 pandemic] has certainly put the crimpers on is us announcing our next major Total War title. As you can imagine it’s all a bit chaotic here at CA, so please bear with us
Teasers
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A number of teaser trailers were released from 28 January to 2 February 2021.
On 28 January 2021, Creative Assembly released
"Azyr Stirs"
On 1 February 2021, this was followed by another video called
"Heed the Heavens"
The videos feature an
Empire
Celestial Wizard
using a telescope to view the stars at the Grand Astrolabe in
Altdorf
. In the first video he takes instructions from the
Grand Theogonist
to "heed the heavens" and sees a comet, which then reveals a constellation Grungni's Baldric. Later, further constellations are revealed: The Piper, the Drummer, and Rhya's Cauldron. The Wizard realises that each constellation appearing at this time of year (which is scientifically impossible) can only mean that "it is really happening" - the constellations represent Khorne, Tzeentch, Slaanesh and Nurgle respectively, they are omens of a
Chaos Invasion
. In the final video the constellation Ursun appears, and the Wizard speculates whether Ursun's people (Kislev) are saviours.
According to a Russian leak from before the release of
Total War: Warhammer
, the third game would feature four factions: Khorne, Nurgle, Slaanesh and Tzeentch. This same leak listed
Chaos Dwarfs
and
Ogre Kingdoms
as
DLC
factions for TWW3, along with
Tomb Kings
and
Skaven
as
DLC
for TWW2.
CA
has since confirmed this leak but stated it was very outdated. Everything turned out to be correct, aside from the
Skaven
who appeared as a base race of
Total War: Warhammer II
.
