<Tr> <Th> Mode (s) </Th> <Td> Single - player, multiplayer </Td> </Tr> <P> Total War: Warhammer II is a turn - based strategy and real - time tactics video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega . It is part of the Total War series and the sequel to 2016's Total War: Warhammer . The game is set in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe . The game was released for Microsoft Windows - based PCs on 28 September 2017 . </P> <P> Total War: Warhammer II is set in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe . The game takes place across four continents--Ulthuan, Naggaroth, The Southlands, and Lustria . The game will center around control of the Great Vortex in Ulthuan . The Vortex campaign features a narrative storyline for each of the four races as they cast rituals to either stabilize or control the Great Vortex . </P> <P> Total War: Warhammer II features turn - based strategy and real - time tactics gameplay similar to other games in the Total War series . The game's announced races in the campaign include the Lizardmen, High Elves, Dark Elves and Skaven . Those that own races from the first game will have the same races unlocked for multiplayer in the second and a grand campaign map spanning the first and second games' campaign maps will be released in a patch after launch . The game's campaign will be more narrative oriented than the sandbox campaign of the first game with each race battling to save or destroy the Great Vortex over Ulthuan . </P>

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