Game development studio Creative Assembly has announced that the RTS game Total War: Warhammer 2 will be releasing in September. The new game is the sequel to the first Total War: Warhammer game.

Total War: Warhammer 2 will introduce at least four new playable races, including High Elves, Dark Elves and Lizardmen, as well as several new locations, including Ulthuan, Naggaroth, The Southlands and Lustria.

The game will feature the same gameplay mechanics that were introduced in the first game but will contain a new storyline for the game's singleplayer campaign in which the races fight over the Great Vortex.

In the game's campaign Lizardmen are fighting High Elves because they interfere with the Cosmic Gates, an ancient device that can open a portal into the Realm of Chaos. For such a heinous transgressions, the Lizardmen claim the Elves must be punished as decreed by Mazdamundi, the Lord of the Solar City.

Total War: Warhammer 2 launches on September 28th 2017 for PC, Linux and OS X.