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May 4, 2006

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Sega quickly announced a new expansion pack due out in June for Creative Assembly's Rome: Total War.  Titled Alexander, the game predictably follows the adventures of Alexander the Great as he unified Greece, and marched Eastward, conquering one land after the next.

"The next challenge for Rome: Total War fans has arrived," said Scott A. Steinberg, Vice President of Marketing, SEGA of America, Inc. "The impressive detail and craftsmanship with 

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which The Creative Assembly has designed Rome: Total War – Alexander is guaranteed to transport players back in time to ancient battlefields to experience some of the most epic battles in human history."

Our question of the day is why the expansion focuses on Alexander the Great, when the game is called Rome: Total War.  Rome wasn't really much of a power in the region for centuries to come when Alexander was around.  Shouldn't the game then be called Greece / Macedonia: Total War?

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