Overview Norsca is a playable race introduced in Total War: Warhammer. Norsca is playable in campaign, custom battles and multiplayer. The land of Norsca is an icy mountainous peninsula in the far north, under the shadow of Chaos.
- Total War: WARHAMMER just got a new DLC, 'Norsca', which released for Windows. Sadly Linux & Mac gamers have to wait on it which wasn't communicated very well. The DLC pack had a SteamOS icon during the pre-order phase and it still does have a SteamOS icon right now indicating it supports Linux (same with Mac).
- Playing as Norsca you have two factions to choose from, each sporting a different starting point, which causes the beginning to look a bit different for each of the legendary lords. In both cases, though, you'll begin in Norsca, and spend some time there before you can venture south to kill and plunder.
The DLC pack had a SteamOS icon during the pre-order phase and it still does have a SteamOS icon right now indicating it supports Linux (same with Mac). The problem is, that you would only have known it wasn't going to release on the same day if you went to the Steam store page for the DLC, expanded the full DLC description, scrolled right to the bottom (it's quite lengthy) and saw the one-liner about 'Norsca coming soon to macOS and Linux'.
Burying those kind of details at the bottom is a big no. It's not clear, it doesn't look good and ends up feeling hidden away.
Feral have now, after the release of this, put up a news post to say it will arrive for Linux & Mac on the 24th of August and you can pre-order it from the Feral store.
You know what we generally say: don't pre-order and you will never get disappointed. I really hope we don't see more of this happening in future, not a good look in my book.
For those interested in the new DLC, here's the trailer Feral just put up:
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The release of 'Total War: Warhammer 2' is drawing closer, but the original game continues to get updates — the latest of which is the Norsca downloadable content (DLC).
The expansion was released last August 10 and is already enjoying rave reviews on Steam. For those who have yet to pick it up, SEGA is offering a way to get the DLC for free.
Players who preorder 'Total War: Warhammer 2' or buy the game within the first week of its release (it will be out Sept. 28), will receive the Norsca DLC as a bonus. They can then not only use it on 'Total War: Warhammer,' but also on the sequel.
As SEGA details, a 'gigantic' free update will be released for both titles that will enable players to 'conquer both the Old World and the New' as any race from both base games and any owned DLC including Norsca.
Norsca adds the long-awaited Vikings to the fray. The DLC introduces two new tribes, namely the Norsca and Wintertooth with the 'relentless executioner' Wulfrik the Wanderer and the gifted troll Throgg as their respective Legendary Lords.
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The DLC promises 'very mobile and combative' playstyle that should always keep enemies busy and at variance with other factions. 'Total War: Warhammer' players can read all about Norsca here.
In battle, Norscan armies are swift and vicious, featuring a backbone of increasingly fierce and more heavily armed Marauder infantry units. With the right buildings in place, they can also recruit a wide array of monstrous units such as Trolls, Fimir Warriors, Norscan Ice Wolves and Skin Wolves. At the top of the tree are the Frost-Wyrm and the colossal War Mammoth.
While Steam players are already sacking and raiding in the 'Total War: Warhammer' like there is no tomorrow, Linux and macOS users will have to wait until Aug. 24 to get their hands on the Norsca DLC.
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