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Total War: Rome II gameplay shows AI skirmish

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 12, 2013 8:00am PDT

The Creative Assembly has shown off a fair bit of Total War: Rome II's campaign already, but what will you play when that's all done and dusted? Its AI skirmish mode is the focus of a new-ish nine-minute gameplay walkthrough, showing Macedonian forces totally warring against...

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"Looks great but that guy is really bad at Total War. Can't flank with cavalry until the melee is ..."

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Total War: Rome 2 PC requirements confirmed

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 28, 2013 7:30am PDT

Will thousands of pretty Romans and barbarians running around murdering each other in Total War: Rome II strain your PC too much? Before you scoff that your 'rig' can handle anything, as well as confirming the system requirements today, developer The Creative Assembly has re...

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Total War: Rome 2 trailer gives 10 minutes of gameplay

By Alice O'Connor, Apr 24, 2013 8:30am PDT

Sega teased a little of Total War: Rome 2's Battle of the Teutoburg Forest mission in February, and today came back with a solid 10 minutes of narrated actual gameplay. It's an ambush rather than a straight-up army vs. army battle, so come watch doggies and horsies chasing t...

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Total War: Arena is free-to-play RTS-MOBA-y thing

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 28, 2013 12:55pm PDT

While the rise of the MOBA has been a fascinating one, it's a shame that so few bandwagon-hoppers have tried to do anything particularly new with it. Or come up with a better name. The Creative Assembly today threw its hat in the general direction of the battle arena, announ...

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"Not just you, a lot of these seem like money grabs plain and simple. I'm sure it'll shake out ..."

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Total War: Rome 2 trailer shows Teutonburg Forest battle

By John Keefer, Feb 28, 2013 4:30pm PST

Total War: Rome 2 likes to show off big battles, and the newest trailer shows off one of the most decisive battles of the Roman era. The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in Germania in 9AD saw more than 15,000 Roman troops routed by Germanic tribes led by a former vassal of Ro...

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"That's true. People can get verbose about the fall when really it wasn't that complex. I do ..."

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Total War dev making Warhammer Fantasy games

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 06, 2012 6:00am PST

Multiple Warhammer fantasy games are in the pipeline at Total War developer The Creative Assembly, Sega announced today. The publisher has scooped the rights to Games Workshop's classic magical elves-and-ratmen tabletop wargame and set up a new team at TCA to bring them to o...

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Viking: Battle for Asgard hitting PC next week

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 11, 2012 6:45am PDT

A curious bloody blast from The Creative Assembly's past is coming to PC next week. The Total War series creator's second console game, the hack-and-slash Viking: Battle for Asgard from back in 2008, is unexpectedly getting a very late downloadable release, seemingly jazzed ...

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"I found the stealth parts to be fun, but frustrating at the same time. Combat was pretty decent ..."

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Total War: Rome 2 debut trailer cuts in

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 03, 2012 8:30am PDT

Having announced the long-awaited sequel Total War: Rome II yesterday, publisher Sega today shared the live-action first trailer for The Creative Assembly's Roman strategy-o-rama.

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"I'm not sure I would even call it dumbed down. RTW had some bad mechanics and scripted AI ..."

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Total War: Shogun 2 map editor released

By Alice O'Connor, May 24, 2012 6:00am PDT

The Creative Assembly has released Total War's very first official map editor, the delightfully-named TEd for Total War: Shogun 2 and its expandalone and its expandalone Fall of the Samurai.

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Total War dev: iPad is a console

By John Keefer, Apr 19, 2012 7:45am PDT

The studio behind the high-energy Total War PC strategy series releases its first iOS game.

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"I'd invest more in iOS if they weren't such douches about version control. I have an older ..."

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Total War: Shogun 2 DLC gives gore galore

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 01, 2011 10:30am PST

As you can't have a proper samurai showdown without arterial spray and dismemberment, new Total War: Shogun 2 DLC amps up the bloodletting to the requisite level. If you'd rather be a sneaky ninja, there's another pack which lets you be the Hattori clan.

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Total War: Shogun 2 'Fall of the Samurai' expansion announced

By Steve Watts, Nov 28, 2011 12:00pm PST

Sega announced the "Fall of the Samurai" expansion for Total War: Shogun 2 today, coming in March of 2012.

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"Every god damn time I read Shogun 2 I think it says Shogo 2 and I get all fucking excited ..."

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Total War: Shogun 2 getting 'Rise of the Samurai' expansion

By Steve Watts, Aug 11, 2011 12:15pm PDT

Sega has announced an expansion for Total War: Shogun 2, titled "Rise of the Samurai." It's due in September and will add 16 new land units, 10 naval units, plus four heroe units and four agent types.

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'Alien' game coming from Total War dev

By Alice O'Connor, May 12, 2011 7:15am PDT

A video game based upon seminal sci-fi film Alien--yes, Alien, not Aliens--is being made by Total War developer The Creative Assembly.

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":) What other types of game could we work aliens into? Alien Theme Hospital. Only one disease ..."

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Realtime Worlds Gutted and on Sale, APB Support Will Continue

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 19, 2010 5:53am PDT

The workforce at Crackdown and APB creator Realtime Worlds' main office in Dundee, Scotland has been slashed from 210 to only 53 after the dev...

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"It seems to me to be insulting to make spend to the people 50 Euros to buy the game and to pay ..."

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