Creative Assembly just finished work on their real-time strategy game Medieval II: Total War, and word on the web is that there won't pass much time until we will get to play it.

SEGA revealed that the game has just gone gold, meaning that the master disk containing the game will go to a production facility. Once the production and multiplication are finished, Medieval II: Total War will be distributed to stores.

Finally, the time has come for a game to be released first in Europe, while North America waits some more. It will be launched in Europe on November 10 and on the 14th of November in North America.

Medieval II: Total War is meant as an indirect sequel to Medieval: Total War, and is the fourth game in the Total War series. Gamers got a glimpse of the game, as a demo was released on October 10, featuring a tutorial. The demo covered three battles, namely the Battle of Hastings, the Battle of Agincourt and the Battle of Pavia.

Although it is set between 1080 and 1530, the game is very munch in tone with today's social and political climate as religion plays a big role in the game. The major religions included in the game will be Roman Catholicism, Islam, Paganism and Orthodox Christianity.