Yesterday, the biggest piece of DLC yet for Total War: Three Kingdoms was announced. The Furious Wild will be the game's first fully fledged 'expansion pack' - as opposed to the chapter packs released to date - and will add four new factions from a wholly new culture, the Nanman, when it releases on September 3.
In stark contrast to the regimented Han and their successors, the Nanman are a group of jungle-dwelling tribes. Players craving something of Total War: Warhammer's unit diversity will be thrilled to hear that they'll add over 25 new units, utilise entirely different weaponry and tactics, pursue all-new campaign goals, and that each of the four new leaders will play differently. The paid expansion will also land alongside a free update that will expand the campaign map to include the Nanman homelands in China's southwestern jungle, as well as adding new Lord (Shi Xie), new units, and Gate Pass battle maps.
To dig into all this goodness for more detail on how the Nanman play, their basis in history, and how developer Creative Assembly is continuing to satiate the ravenous appetite of its broadest, most global audience yet, we spoke exclusively with senior designer Simon Mann.
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