I dont think China will be in the game...already said...

Maybe Ottoman(looks middle eastern especially the escort behind it)

Heck maybe even India...no idea really..

It should be King George the fourth in 1730 something and his father George the third before that. Queen Victoria took the throne during 1800's and this period was known as the Victorian period and the famous term "The sun never sets on the British Empire" was coined during this period as Britain became the most powerful nation.

So during Empire's period it should be "God save the King" not queen.

yup.. u got that right. really need brain power to strategize. how to attack and create routs, siege etc..

i remembered rome where i can win with only 1000+ army against a combined 6000+ army.

No they have said that SEA will be a trade theatre...You cant conquer any nation in trade theatre's. Just trade with them...Asia Pacific region i dont think will be in(Chine, Hong Kong etc)...They mention the Indies which includes Malaya and Indonesia and maybe philipines...But only as trade theatre...

India will be a theatre of War where you can have full interaction with..

Australia still question mark...my guess is that it wont be in...Expansions yeah...thats what i suspect...Or maybe they will choose to do like what they did in Kingdoms...A few smaller campaigns focusing in particular regions...

I will be really suprised if they didn't do a expansion centered on Napoleans campaign(SInce the current timeline cuts off just before the Napolean Era).

Yes...but Napoleans campaign only really started late 1700's something like 1798/99...That means near end game already...I dont think ETW will feature 1800 to 1820...I think they cut that out already. Empire: Total War will end at 1800...which means(most probably) that Napolean will emerge as a threat really late in game...Sort of like a preview of what is about to happen in the next century...

But there has been talks by CA that the french revolution can be forced to happen earlier etc...so I'm not sure if France will get Napolean earlier due to french rebelion early...it is possible...

Actually
They are trying to include a multiplayer campaign mode....confirmed Thats why delayed...But they are going to make it 1v1 only for the beta.

Im already a RTS freak.Most of my games on my computer are RTS.

Im not gonna say 2009 gonna be a good year for RTS cause i used to say that every year.At the end of the year,i always wonder:"Was year ???? a good year for RTS?".

Still,i think this year have quite a lot of RTS coming out.Hope Halo Wars and End War comes to PC too.

Recommended specs aren't out yet...but as you can see...very low

I think the collectors edition is the special forces edition...This info is for the steam download...I'm not sure if the retail version will be priced the same especially when it has the other extras like soundtrack etc...
Servicable...Not great...some of the earlier ones were better(the Shogun and Medieval total war)...The new ones haven't improved AI much...but they claim this one is an overhaul in terms of AI..