Alright, so we've got Warhammer mixing with Total War - but what does that mean really? Creative Assembly are now ready to show us what it means with a 10 minute long pre-Alpha gameplay walkthrough with developer commentary. We're shown the Battle of Black Fire Pass where negotiations over tea and crumpets haven't gone well, so it's war! This gameplay video "depicts a desperate clash" between the Empire and the Greenskin horde.
You know what? You can keep your archers and your boring spearmen, what we really want to see on a Total War battlefield is an insanely ornate magical cannon mounted on a chariot firing fireball spells at the enemy. Thank the gods for Total War: Warhammer, then, and more specifically the Luminarch of Hysh, just one of the deadly units that the human Empire can bring to bear against the forces of evil. The Creative Assembly has released a brief profile video of this pimped-out death machine.
As prophesied, today we are treated to the very first in-engine footage of Creative Assembly's cinematic flair in Total War: Warhammer. There's a bigger treat on the way July 30th with a developer walkthrough. 'The Battle of Blackfire Pass' will actually show off some gameplay in a couple of weeks, but until then we can at least see what in-engine spectacles the studio has for us.
A new trailer for Creative Assembly's upcoming Total War: Warhammer looks at the part lion, part eagle cavalry of the Empire called the Demigryphs. Only the most renowned of knights ride these into battle. Such a monstrous charge is great for instilling fear into the enemy ranks, and who wouldn't fear those razer sharp claws and savage beaks? A new in-engine trailer is out this Friday.
In case you were wondering who the big winners were after Valve's Steam Summer Sale (apart from Valve, that is), then wonder no more. Steam Spy has gathered up all the relevant statistics, and though the number one spot probably won't blow your mind, there's some interesting titles on the list.
Creative Assembly is celebrating fifteen years of Total War this weekend, offering a free weekend of play for every single one of its historical war games. That's a whole lot of cavalry charges and ill-advised flanking manoeuvres. You can even head back to the roots of the franchise with Shogun: Total War and Medieval: Total War, available for the first time in high-def resolution.
I think it's fair to say there's a not-inconsiderable level of excitement around Creative Assembly's upcoming Total War: Warhammer, but the history buffs amongst the studio's fanbase might be a little worried that it's abandoning historical campaigns in favour of great big bloody dragons. Our very own Alex Donaldson chatted to campaign designer James Winston, and lead writer Andy Hall at E3 earlier this month, and they reassured him CA's three planned Warhammer titles are very much a separate project.
Creative Assembly are releasing The Last Roman Campaign Pack this week for Total War: ATTILA. It adds a "vast and highly-detailed" campaign map of Western Europe in 533AD with 35 provinces over a hundred regions. There will be five playable factions alongside the main Roman Expedition, which is a "narrative, mission-based experience". We might fight in Emperor Justinian's name, or perhaps reform Rome for ourselves.
In the latest episode of its often irritatingly jaunty behind the scenes web-show Rally Point, The Creative Assembly announced a brand new campaign pack for Total War: Attila. It's titled The Last Roman, and it's based on the campaigns of Byzantine general Belisarius. Set 150 years after the start of Attila's grand campaign, The Last Roman takes place in a world where the once-mighty Western Roman Empire has finally fallen. Emperor Justinian of the surviving Eastern Romans sends out his greatest general, Belisarius, to reclaim those lost lands.
PC Gamer recently took a trip to The Creative Assembly's UK headquarters to see the feverishly anticipated Total War: Warhammer in action, and they've uploaded a batch of screenshots that show off the game's cinematic fantasy battles. It's time to get excited, fellow Warhammer fans, because this looks great. Sure, the shots are clearly posed and edited for dramatic effect, and most PCs probably won't be able to get the game looking this good, but on the other hand just LOOK at those Demigryph Knights charging into battle alongside the Emperor.
Creative Assembly have let loose the modders of war with the Total War: ATTILA Assembly Kit, which gives the community the power to reshape the strategy title with new models, animations, maps and raw game data. It basically opens up everything to be tinkered with, from little cosmetic gems to full-blown conversion projects. This goes hand-in-hand with full Steam Workshop support, and is available now in the Steam Library.
It's finally happened. Creative Assembly have announced Total War: WARHAMMER is a thing that exists in this universe and have even posted a full cinematic announcement trailer. "Our Rules Have Changed" heralds a new era. Humans, Orks and Goblins, Dwarves and Vampire Counts make up the factions in the new grand strategy. What's more, the studio reveals there are to be "two further standalone instalments" making it a trilogy.
It's open beta season for Creative Assembly's free-to-play strategy Total War Battles: KINGDOM. We control medieval armies in the 10th century as mankind claws its way out of the Dark Ages. New cities can be raised along with fresh-faced armies to march off to victory, hopefully. It’s a cross-platform Total War that's coming to Mac and tablets soon, but is now in open beta on PC.
Fresh from holding a Ubisoft publisher's sale [url=http://www.gamewatcher.com/news/2015-13-03-ubisoft-weekend-steam-sale-offers-discounts-of-up-to-75]earlier this month[//url], Steam is now holding a similar event for SEGA, with several high-profile games available for heavy discounts. Titles including; Alien Isolation and its season pass, the Total War series, and the recently announced early access edition of Eastside Hockey Manager.
If you fancy spicing up your Total War: Attila experience by having your soldiers puke themselves before a battle, or watching heads and limbs fly about like big lumps of meat confetti, it's your lucky day. The Creative Assembly has released the bluntly named Blood & Burning DLC for its historical strategy game, along with the previously revealed [url=http://www.gamewatcher.com/news/2015-18-03-total-war-attila-s-faction-roster-expands-again-with-the-celtic-culture-pack-dlc ]Celtic Culture Pack.[/url]
Right, for my general thoughts on Creative Assembly pumping out faction DLC packs for Total War: Attila so soon after its release, I point you to 'exhibit A'. Good. Now that's out of the way, they've only gone and released another one. This time it's the Celtic Culture Pack, which celebrates three fearless warrior cultures of Britain.
To celebrate fifteen years of Total War games, Sega has released a retrospective video that charts the course of franchise from inception to present day. Most tantalizingly, the trailer also appears to tease the Total War: Warhammer game that developer Creative Assembly apparently has on the boil but has yet to make official.
Creative Assembly's Rome-sacking simulator Total War: Attila did a decent job for the studio in its first week on sale last month - according to the new issue of MCV, the game sold 21,680 (Digital/Retail) units in the UK. For some baffling reason game sales charts still omit digital purchases, which is fairly ridiculous since only 19 per cent of Attila's sales came via boxed retail copies.
Right, bear with me here, because I'm off on a bit of a moan. Now I liked Total War: Attila. I liked it a lot. I thought the various factions in it each felt distinct and a lot of fun to play. The grand campaign was the best the series has had in years. That was some good work, Creative Assembly, very good work indeed. What I'm less impressed with is the fact that we're less than two weeks past launch now, but we've already got two factions packs sold separately as DLC, the latest being the (admittedly excellently named) Longbeards Culture Pack.
Creative Assembly say they're future proofing Total War: ATTILA with the 'Extreme Quality' setting in the game's graphical options, which flicks on a number of demanding luxuries at 1440p. 'No one will default to this'. Also the 'Recommended Spec' is tied to 1080p on the 'Quality' setting for mid-range cards. PC specs for ATTILA are higher than Rome II because of the "newer iteration of our TW Engine."