SEGA Europe Ltd and SEGA America Inc. today announced the launch of Total War: Eras for DVD-ROM.

Scheduled for release on June 30th 2006 in Europe and 25th July in America, Total War: Eras is the ultimate collectors item for any Total War or strategy fan.

Total War: Eras includes every currently available Total War game: Shogun: Total War with the Mongol Invasion Expansion Pack, Medieval: Total War with the Viking Invasion Expansion Pack and Rome: Total War with both the Barbarian Invasion and Alexander packs. All of these outstanding products make up one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful PC real-time strategy franchises ever.

“Total War is synonymous with some truly groundbreaking titles,” commented Matt Woodley, Creative Director of SEGA. “Each new game in the series has been a milestone in the real-time strategy genre. This is the first time each of the games and their expansion packs have been available as a collected works and represents excellent value.”

Those of you who played Total War, me included, are probably happy to hear about a Total War CE.

Here is what the CE contains:

• “The Total War Story”, a 40-minute documentary detailing the past, present and future of the Total War series, featuring exclusive interviews, game footage and discussion of Med II.
• Exclusive preview material for Medieval II: Total War, including a poster, screenshots and artwork.
• Art booklet plucked from the Creative Assembly archives detailing the creation and evolution of the Total War series.
• Glossy A2 poster for Medieval II: Total War.
• Five art cards covering the whole Total War series.

No price was given until now.