Total War: WARHAMMER III News

Chaos is coming to Total War: Warhammer III. We've suffered the rage of Khorne and the machinations of Tzeentch. Now we must prepare for an onslaught of Nurgle abominations and Slaanesh's seduction as Creative Assembly lifts the veil on the final two Chaos Warhammer 3 races.

Today's announcement focuses on Nurgle, the Plague Lord, and his champion Ku'gath Plaguefather, who will be the faction's launch Legendary Lord. Nurgle factions in general thrive on spreading disease and debuffing their foes, while also giving their own forces a boost. Their buildings are cyclical, in the sense that they grow and then perish, while units can be recruited directly into armies for reduced strength.

Ku'gath, as the father of plagues, is unsurprisingly all about breeding new contagions and testing them on his foes, with an aim to create the ultimate disease that can infect even the gods. Much like the Ogre Kingdom's Greasus Goldtooth, Ku'gath gets carried into battle on a palanquin, although he's no slouch when it comes to melee combat or spellcasting. There's been nothing revealed about Slaanesh just yet, although it seems the final chaotic pair are being set up as rivals fighting over new followers.

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We had a peek at the Ogre Kingdoms unit roster in Total War: Warhammer III last week, courtesy of several strategy game YouTubers who got early access to a battle replay. Now developer Creative Assembly has rolled out a more complete list, along with some of the spells and beasts the ogres will be carting into battle when the Total War: Warhammer III release date rolls around early next year.

As we noted before, it's a surprisingly well-rounded group, considering the ogres are primarily interested in acquiring and eating meat. We've met legendary lords Greasus Goldtooth and Skrag the Slaughterer already, but the Ogre Kingdoms have additional characters who can lead armies. These are called tyrants, and they are the largest and fiercest ogres in a tribe, having proven themselves capable of wrestling giants and eating an entire American breakfast.

Slaughtermasters are ogre butchers who can use the magic drawn from the Lore of the Great Maw or the Lore of Beasts. The latest Total War blog post has a selection of spells and abilities in the new Lore of the Great Maw, which includes your standard single-unit armour buffs and hexes as well as a gigantic explosion simply called The Maw, which rips open the very ground itself beneath an enemy's feet.

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