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Title: Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Genre: Strategy
Developer: CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Publisher: SEGA, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Franchise: Total War
Release Date: Mar 4, 2009
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System Requirements

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    • Supported OS: Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista™
    • Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel® Pentium® or greater or AMD® Athlon® equivalent CPU
    • Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP,) 2 GB RAM (Vista™)
    • Graphics: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible hardware accelerated video card with shader version 2.0 support, 256 MB video memory
    • Display: Minimum screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels
    • Sound: Directx9.0c compatible sound card
    • Hard Drive: 15 GB free hard disk space formatted as NTFS
    • Peripherals: Windows compatible mouse and keyboard

    Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions.
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    • OS: macOS 10.15
    • Processor: 1.1 GHZ Intel Core M or greater
    • Hard Disk Space: 22GB
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512MB, AMD Radeon R9 M290, Intel HD Graphics 4000
    • Hard Disk Space: 24GB
    • Additional Notes: The game is officially supported on the following Macs. To check your Mac model and when it was released, select About This Mac from the Apple menu on your menu bar.
    • * All 13” MacBook Pros released since Mid 2012
    • * All 15” MacBook Pros released since Mid 2012
    • * All 12” MacBooks released since Early 2016
    • * All MacBook Airs released since Mid 2012
    • * All Mac minis released since Late 2012
    • * All 21.5” iMacs released since Late 2012
    • * All 27” iMacs released since Late 2012 *
    • * All 27" iMac Pros released since Late 2017
    • * All Mac Pros released since Late 2013

    * 2017 and 2019 models with an AMD Radeon Pro 570, 575, 580, 570X, 575X, 580X require macOS 10.15.2 for official support.

    NOTE: ONLINE MULTIPLAYER IS NOT AVAILABLE ON macOS

    Pre 10.15 Users:

    Players using a version of OS X before 10.15 can access a compatible version of the game via the Beta tab in the game’s properties window. Select the ‘Mac_Retail_1.4 - macOS 10.14.6 or older only' branch for a version that is compatible with 10.9.5 up to 10.14.6.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Steam OS or Ubuntu 14.04.1 (64 bit required)
    • Processor: 2GHz
    • Memory: 4GB Memory
    • Graphics: 512MB*
    • Hard Drive:18GB HD space
    • Other Requirements: Nvidia 600 series+, AMD 6000 series+, Intel Iris Pro.
    • IMPORTANT: Requires 64bit OS to play.
    Recommended:
    • OS: Steam OS or Ubuntu 14.04.1 (64 bit required)
    • Processor: 3 GHz
    • Memory: 8GB Memory
    • Graphics: 1GB*
    • Hard Drive: 18GB HD space
    • Other Requirements: Nvidia 700 series+, AMD R7 series+
    • IMPORTANT: Requires 64bit OS to play.