At an EGX event in London today, The Creative Assembly announced the next game in the Total War franchise, Total War: Attila.
It seems the game will be somewhat darker than past installments, at least according to the development team.
Speaking to Eurogamer, senior battle designer Simon Mann commented, "It's a very apocalyptic game. Rome is beset on all sides, even from the inside. Historically, you've got this idea of the Seven Seals being opened, you've got the four horsemen personified by Attila and his hunt. These were things that people were writing about at the time.
"Contemporary Christian authors were seeing disease, were seeing climate change, were seeing Attila coming down on them, and they thought 'This is it. This is the End of Days for us.' Attila was the scourge of God, the punishment for Christian sin and decadence."
Lead artist Pawel Wojs says the game is "Fitting. We've had Rome 2, with its glorious celebration of this great empire, now this is a wonderful way to close that chapter, with the dawn of the Dark Ages."
Total War: Attila is set for release in 2015 and the game's announcement trailer is included below.
