The new Total War™ engine has been developed over  four years at the Creative Assembly Head Offices in 
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Sussex, England. Featuring vertex and pixel shader support, weighted-mesh character models with complex 
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hierarchical skeletons, all-new, action-based particle systems and a city rendering system capable of displaying 
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cities of the ancient world at approximate real-size, the engine in Rome: Total War™ is cutting-edge technology 
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in every way.