Total War: Rome II is the latest title to be announced as coming to Valve's recently announced platform. The strategy title from Creative Assembly and Sega is heading to Linux and SteamOS early next year, and when it does it will come with full Steam Controller and Big Picture support.
The announcement on the Steam Universe group page includes the following statement from CA's Rob Bartholomew: "At Creative Assembly we want our customers to be able to play on as many platforms and in as many locations as possible, so today we are announcing future support for both SteamOS and the Steam Controller."
"We've always wanted the Total War franchise to be enjoyed by living room gamers, but the limitations of traditional hardware made our style of game play impossible. Last month, when Valve invited us to test out the new Steam Controller and unveiled their plans for SteamOS - we were impressed. We believe it will provide us with the control fidelity and platform we need to make a living room experience for ROME II that could be a more compelling experience than playing with keyboard and mouse."
We very much enjoyed the experience of playing Rome II with the traditional mouse and keyboard combo (you can read our review here), so the promise of an even more compelling experience certainly has us intrigued.