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While The Creative Assembly team is busy working on their Empire: Total War mini-expansion The Warpath Campaign they are also planning to release some new free content as well via their next patch. An update on the game's official message boards reveals that the upcoming 1.5 patch for the historical RTS game will include five multiplayer maps.

While the patch will be released the same day the $9.99 Warpath Campaign will be made available via Steam, the new multiplayer maps will be totally free and will not require players to purchase the mini-expansion. There's no word on when the patch or the expansion will be released. The maps are:

• Grassy Flatlands - This is a flat, balanced map designed for competitive/tournament play.
• Austrian Pinnacles - A maze like European landscape with plenty of opportunities to outflank and maneuver around your opponent(s).
• Syrian Ridge - A desert map with several oasis scattered around and a large sandy hill near the centre to dominate the opposition.
• Siberian Plateau - A balanced flat snowy tundra map, heavily forested to allow for ambush and concealed fighting.
• Homestead - An American plains map with several cabin dwellings and low rolling hills with opportunities to seize elevated positions.

The Total War series is as much about re-writing history as it is about experiencing it. The upcoming Empire: Total War - The Warpath Campaign DLC expansion does just that by allowing players access to five new Native American factions (the Iroquois, Huron, Plains, Pueblo and Cherokee nations) that each come with their own Elite Units. Using them, players can try to repel the Colonial invasion. The downloadable expansion is expected to release in October and can be purchased exclusively through Steam.

"A new detailed North American Campaign Map expands the Empire: Total War experience, with 5 brand new American Indian factions, new units and technologies. Experience battles in the new Warpath Campaign and lead one of the 5 new factions in an epic war to defend your lands and drive out the invaders. Or take these units and their unique strengths into multiplayer battles."

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Some fans of Empire: Total War were a little miffed that developer The Creative Assembly and publisher Sega announced plans for an all new stand alone game, Napoleon: Total War, recently. They believed the game should be an expansion to Empire: Total War. Today, however, word has come down that there will in fact be a downloadable mini-expansion for Empire: Total War coming very soon.

The expansion is titled The Warpath Campaign and will be made available exclusively via the Steam download service. Look for five new playable American Indian factions that you can use in the new campaign (Iroquois, Huron, Plains, Pueblo and Cherokee) along a newly expanded North American map, new elite units, new agent types, new tribal technologies and more. The price for the mini-expansion will be $9.99. The Warpath Campaign will be released in late November.