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Total War: Warhammer developers have debuted an action-packed 10-minute video showing how the spin-off breaks out from the Total War series.

The demo showcases a huge skirmish between the Empire and Greenskin forces named 'The Battle of Black Fire Pass', taking a look at some of the units, spells and creatures that you can deploy on the battlefield.

The mission will be available as a unique Quest Battle mission as part of the game's overall Grand Campaign.

The developer-commentated footage is from the game's press demo at this year's E3 expo, and was said to be a scripted battle from yet-to-be finalised pre-alpha code.

First revealed earlier this year, Total War: Warhammer sees the tabletop fantasy game evolve into huge-scale battles on PC, complete with thousands of warriors, gigantic monsters and flying creatures.

Released sometime in 2016, it will be the first in a trilogy of new titles, followed by two standalone instalments and a host of content packs.

The spin-off follows the release of Total War: Attila earlier this year.