Total War: Warhammer is almost upon us, but not all is well. Fans of both the Total War games and the Warhammer universe have been raising a ruckus about the availability of the Chaos Warriors DLC, which is available as a bonus to those who pre-order the game.
Amidst the complaints, the game’s developers at Creative Assembly and its publisher Sega have made it so that the Chaos Warriors DLC will be free for anyone who buys the game up to a week after its release on May 24, 2016.
Still, some confusion about the DLC remains: will the DLC will be only made available to those who get the game early? What about anyone who buys the game a month or two down the line? Will anyone who pre-orders the game have a permanent advantage over those who do not?
To that end, we spoke to Creative Assembly’s Al Bickham who helped to clear up the confusion surrounding the Chaos Warriors.
“We’re not restricting the availability of Chaos Warriors to preorder/week one only,” said Bickham. “Even if you don’t preorder, or buy the game week one, you can still buy the Chaos Warriors DLC further down the line if you wish, and that’s been the case since we announced it.”
In the same interview, we asked about the studio’s reasoning behind making the faction kind of exclusive.
“Chaos are in the game already – though in a slightly more limited and non-playable form – regardless of whether you own the DLC,” clarified the developer. “They’re an integral part of the world and form a major late-game threat for the player, whichever faction he plays as. The preorder makes them playable, fleshes out their unit roster somewhat, and adds further legendary lords, and with that, we sincerely wanted to offer something of extra value to players.”
So there’s that. Be sure to check out the rest of the interview.
