Empire: Total War DLC Announced

SEGA Europe Creative Assembly announce the Warpath DLC campaign for the strategy Empire: Total War. The DLC is going to be available exclusively through Steam in October 2009.

“The Warpath Campaign adds a new detailed North American campaign map to expand the Empire: Total War experience. In addition to this, The Warpath Campaign also adds 5 brand new American Indian factions, the Iroquois, Huron, Plains, Pueblo and Cherokee tribes. The new playable factions will battle the invaders in the Warpath Campaign, and are also playable in multiplayer battles. A new technology tree, with 18 tribal technologies, will only be available to these new factions, as well as 2 new agent types, namely the mystical Shaman and the cunning Scout. These new factions will also have their own unique Elite Units.”
Here are the key features that will arrive with the DLC:

5 New Playable Factions: Play through the new Warpath Campaign or in multiplayer as one of 5 new American Indian factions in Empire: Total War, including the Iroquois, Huron, Plains, Pueblo and Cherokee nations.
Expanded North American Territories: A new, more detailed North American Campaign Map featuring new regions and a new start date.
Shaman and Scout Agents: Two new agent types – Infiltrate enemy territory with the new Shaman unit and sabotage the opposition with the cunning Scout.
New Tribal Technologies: 18 new tribal technologies including Spirit Medicine, the Call of the Wild and Dreamwalking creating a brand new tribal technology tree.
New Objectives: New winning objectives for each of the playable factions.