TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER announced

Sega, Games Workshop and Creative Assembly have officially announced Total War: Warhammer, their new wargame which takes the Total War franchise into the fantasy arena for the first time.

The new game will depict a battle for control of the Old World between the forces of the Empire, Dwarves, Orcs and Undead, although if armies of Chaos don't show up halfway through the game, I'll be surprised. Creative Assembly have already said they are planning two major post-release expansions, so Bretonnian, Elf, Skaven and Lizardman fans can keep hoping.

No release date has been set, but I'd be surprised if we saw it before 2016.