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Empire: Total War - Gold Edition - now with added Multiplayer!

How fares the Empire?

Very well!

Today heralds the release of Empire: Total War - Gold Edition 1.1, a free update carrying all the glory and excitement of the original game along with new elements forged in the furnace of hard fought combat over the last few months.

Empire: Total War - Gold Edition 1.1 unveils a number of new features, including retina support, stability improvements, gameplay statistics and perhaps most excitingly of all Online Multiplayer with full support for Apple's Game Centre (Mac App Store version only) and GameRanger (all versions).

To download the patch, Mac App Store customers should visit the Mac App Store and click on the "Updates" tab. Everyone else can simply open the Empire: Total War - Gold Edition application and follow the prompts to update automatically.

If you’ve yet to stake a claim to Empire, there will never be a better opportunity to take part in the great game. Get your very own copy with the latest update already built in at the Feral store or the Mac App Store right now!

Empire: Total War - Gold Edition is a Creative Assembly game, developed and published for the Mac by Feral Interactive.

Looking Sharp — Hitman: Absolution - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Arrives on October 22nd

Agent 47 loves putting killer new hardware to good use. If you feel the same, prepare for the imminent arrival of Hitman: Absolution on Nintendo Switch 2.

This Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Upgrade Pack will be available for free for a limited time, from launch day until November 4th:

  • If you already own Hitman: Absolution on Nintendo Switch, simply grab the Upgrade Pack from the eShop for free. After November 4th, the Upgrade Pack will cost $9.99 / £4.99 / 4,99€.
  • If you own a Nintendo Switch 2 but don’t yet have Hitman: Absolution, simply purchase the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition directly from the eShop for $29.99 / £19.99 / 24,99€ saving 25%. From November 5th, the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition will cost $39.99 / £24.99 / 29,99€.

The complete dossier of improvements is over on the blog, but highlights include:

  • Increased output resolution in both Handheld and Docked Mode.
  • Frame rate improvements in Handheld Mode, to a maximum of 60 FPS.
  • Support for Joy-Con 2 Mouse Controls.
  • Improved animations and visual effects in the most demanding scenes.
  • Level of Detail (LoD), shadow quality and texture filtering improvements.

The cross-platform, challenge-setting Contracts mode will also be available on release day for Nintendo Switch 2 players.

Grab Hitman: Absolution on Nintendo Switch today, and be ready for your free upgrade on October 22nd.

Hit the Switch — Contracts Mode is Now Available for Hitman: Absolution on Nintendo Switch

Following its successful introduction to mobile, Contracts, the player-created challenge mode is out now for Hitman: Absolution on Nintendo Switch via a free update.

Select up to three marks from any of the game’s target-rich environments, choose how to eliminate them, then share your Contract online for others to tackle.

High scores and bragging rights are up for grabs on Contracts mode’s cross-platform leaderboards, so agent, get out there and make a name for yourself.

Head to our blog for all the intel, or download the latest update to get your Contracts career started right away.

Buy Hitman: Absolution now:

https://feral.in/hitmanabsolution/eshop