Total War: Rome 2 - third game update is live

Total War: Rome 2 has received its third update, which includes over 140 technical, gameplay, balancing and usability improvements.

According to the Creative Assembly, technical optimizations include: campaign performance improvements on some hardware configurations, fixes for UI flickering in SLI setups, and a significant multiplayer campaign-speed boost.

There are many gameplay improvements as well, such as alterations to the victory point system, and a reduction in the "circumstances in which victory points appear in battles."

Numerous other specific fixes are also included, and full patch notes can be found here.

Rome 2's fourth patch will be enterings public beta soon, with further technical optimizations and improvements to gameplay, balance and usability to come.