And now comes Napoleon: Total War, the first ‘expandalone’ in the franchise’s history. This English-mangling corporate buzzword means that you don’t need the original Empire to play Napoleon, but if you do own it, some of Napoleon’s whiz-bang new features will integrate into Empire.

There’ll be up to 322 unique units in the game, although some of these will only be usable when playing certain historical scenarios. To accommodate so many different varieties of unit, there’ll be an increase in the number of soldiers visible on screen during the battles.