Total War: WARHAMMER III News

Microsoft says strategy games are key for PC Game Pass, and it wants more

It seems Microsoft loves strategy games. I mean who doesn't, right? But it's not like your average RTS game gets the kind of mainstream attention that Halo or Cyberpunk gets. And yet, I recently sat down with Microsoft's general manager for portfolio planning and analysis, Matt Percy, to talk about how valued these experiences are for Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Now known as PC Game Pass, the 'Netflix for games' service has certainly proven to be a very potent arrow in Microsoft's quiver, and strategy games are reportedly an important component to its success. It's not all about Forza Horizon 5 or Halo Infinite, it's about Total War: Warhammer III and Microsoft's own Age of Empires IV as well.

Some fun facts about PC Game Pass: strategy games made up about 15% of the launch portfolio, with grand strategy game Imperator: Rome one of the genre's leading names on the service. Now, there are over 40 strategy games, and Percy couldn't be happier. "Strategy games have become some of the most popular titles in our portfolio," he tells us. "They're consistently in the top ten games every month and they drive as much as 20% of our monthly engagement on PC."

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Total War: Warhammer 3 reveals Slaneesh's horny, hedonistic army

While some Chaos gods have perfectly reasonable cover stories for their interests in pursuits like decay and mutation or murder and mutilation (I mean, one can hardly get skulls for one's skull throne at Ikea), Slaneesh is unashamedly 'horny on main' (as middle-aged people like me believe young people might still say, possibly?). This much is clear in a new trailer which introduces the Slaneesh of Total War: Warhammer 3, clad in hot pinks and meat lingerie.

Enter the World of Slaanesh

[h3]The wait is over...

Indulgence, agony and excess — let yourself go with the Dark Prince.

Enter a world of hedonism and perfection, feed your ego, fulfil your passions and submit to Slaanesh! [/h3]

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Here's what's coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC at launch next year

Oh Xbox Game Pass, that subscription service I constantly forget that I have. It's always nice to be pleasantly surprised by new games I didn't expect to play (or had no plans to buy outright). Microsoft have detailed a bunch more games I'll likely be surprised by coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC when they launch over the next year or so - from epic space RPG Starfield, to Arkane's vampire hunting adventure Redfall. It looks like they're revealing more later this week too.

Nurglings Unit Spotlight

[h3]Nurglings... Mischievous creatures and tiny versions of Nurgle are swarming the battlefield.

Within each swelling there grows a small and malevolent Daemon called a Nurgling.

They can even be deployed far out from the main force, what's not to love? 🥰[/h3]

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