Why not nominate Total War: THREE KINGDOMS for Outstanding Visual Style in the Steam Awards? From the beautiful technology tree to the different seasons within the game, we think it's fair to say that THREE KINGDOMS has a distinctive look and feel that suffuses the entire game.

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS has been nominated for PC Game of the Year in the Golden Joysticks, and there’s less than two weeks less to vote – so if you felt like giving us a click, here’s the link: https://www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoystickawards/#pc-game-of-the-year

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS Patch 1.3.0 is now live!

This includes four new legendary characters, a Commander rework and a whole host of fixes and balance changes.

Take a look at the patch notes for more details: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-three-kingdoms-patch-1-3-0

If you haven’t tried out Dynasty Mode yet, why not have a go? Choose your favourite three heroes and see how long you can survive!

We’ve got more information about Dynasty Mode here, or just load up THREE KINGDOMS and try it out for yourself: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-three-kingdoms-dynasty-mode-faq/

Ever wondered how a THREE KINGDOMS character is made from start to finish? Join us as we follow everyone's favourite tyrant Dong Zhuo from being a twinkle in the THREE KINGDOMS team's eye to a fully fledged warlord: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/designing-dong-zhuo-how-to-make-a-total-war-three-kingdoms-character/

We have just released an update to the 1.3.0 beta for THREE KINGDOMS. This includes the following changes:

• Fixed an issue where Jia Xu did not have armour equipped at the campaign start
  
• Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Huang Gai, and Pang Tong now have the correct attribute bonuses for each of their three character levels in custom and multiplayer battles
  
• Huang Gai now has an older voice
  
• Guo Jia and Jia Xu’s events now only can happen for Han factions so Yellow Turbans no longer get them
  
• Reverted changes to Lü Bu’s unique ability which doubled its cooldown
  
• Fixed an issue where item sets did not correctly display ownership of individual items
  
• Fixed an issue where bonuses from passive abilities could stack if units left the radius of ability and then re-entered it (such as the ability of the Chanters)
  
• Devastating Roar: Added a 15-second timer to Sun Ce’s Devastating Roar ability so that it no longer gives -50 morale for the rest of the match
  
• Desperate Cry: This ability will only be available when the enemy force is stronger Desperate Cry Ability usage cap has also been reduced to 2 from 1
  
• Venomous Shot: This ability is now capped at three uses to stop Taishi Ci destroying whole armies with it
  
• Slight decrease in accuracy to bow-equipped Heroes to counter the increased missile vulnerability that all heroes now have
  
• The fatigue cost of combat in Records mode has been decreased from 30 to 25

For more details, including how to opt in, click here: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-three-kingdoms-patch-1-3-0/

We have just released an update to the 1.3.0 beta for THREE KINGDOMS. This includes the following changes:

• Fixed an issue where Jia Xu did not have armour equipped at the campaign start
  
• Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Huang Gai, and Pang Tong now have the correct attribute bonuses for each of their three character levels in custom and multiplayer battles
  
• Huang Gai now has an older voice
  
• Guo Jia and Jia Xu’s events now only can happen for Han factions so Yellow Turbans no longer get them
  
• Reverted changes to Lü Bu’s unique ability which doubled its cooldown
  
• Fixed an issue where item sets did not correctly display ownership of individual items
  
• Fixed an issue where bonuses from passive abilities could stack if units left the radius of ability and then re-entered it (such as the ability of the Chanters)
  
• Devastating Roar: Added a 15-second timer to Sun Ce’s Devastating Roar ability so that it no longer gives -50 morale for the rest of the match
  
• Desperate Cry: This ability will only be available when the enemy force is stronger Desperate Cry Ability usage cap has also been reduced to 2 from 1
  
• Venomous Shot: This ability is now capped at three uses to stop Taishi Ci destroying whole armies with it
  
• Slight decrease in accuracy to bow-equipped Heroes to counter the increased missile vulnerability that all heroes now have
  
• The fatigue cost of combat in Records mode has been decreased from 30 to 25

For more details, including how to opt in, click here: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-three-kingdoms-patch-1-3-0/

The latest update for Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is now in beta, and we’re pleased to bring you the patch notes – including new legendary characters, multiplayer battle balance fixes and more.

For information on all the patch content and instructions on how to opt into the beta, click here: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-three-kingdoms-patch-1-3-0/

We’re back with another Dev diary!

This time we’re talking about a part of our studio that are essential for making sure you get the best experience, the QA team.

Find out how we go about finding and fixing all types of problems here: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/dev-diary-pest-control-in-three-kingdoms