Creative Assembly has released a Video Diary entitled The Art of Duelling for Empire: Total War, which is set to be released on the PC.
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We've just confirmed that Empire: Total War team is open for interview with Strategy Informer. Hence, if you have any questions that you would like to ask the team, submit them here, and those most meaningful ones will be included to our questions list. A fair amount of questions goes at around 10-12 so we'll need to filter the best ones.
Sega has sent Strategy Informer the official final box art shot for Empire: Total War.
Empire: Total War looks gorgeous and with the addition of naval battles it's more than likely to explode the bar of standard for the series extremely high. SEGA and Valve have decided to dip the games pre-order in delicious honey by offering gamers Rome: Total War (Gold Edition) free for download now.
Rumours from US mag EGM that the developer is already hip deep in GoW3 are "total nonsense" says Epic's VP Mark Rein. EGM claim it'll star a "five player co-op experience" and be ready for Christmas 2010. Rein refutes the notion explaining that they're still improving Gears of War 2 at the moment.
Creative Assembly today announced that Empire: Total War has been delayed from February 3rd to March 2009. Empire: Total War is set in the 18th century, a turbulent era that is the most requested by Total War's loyal fan base and a period alive with global conflict, revolutionary fervour and technological advances. With themes such as the Industrial Revolution, America's struggle for independence, the race to control Eastern trade routes and the globalisation of war on land and sea, Empire: Total War promises to be amongst the richest and most dynamic PC RTS games of all time.
SEGA Europe today announced that the next iteration of the Total War series, Empire: Total War, will be shipped to stores in North America and Canada from 3rd March and available to buy in stores around the world from the 4th March. In addition, customers will be able to purchase the game as a digital download from 18:00 GMT on the 3rd of March, with the exception of North American and Canadian customers who will be able to purchase a digital download from 09:00 GMT on the 4th of March.
Sega announced today that a demo for Empire: Total War will be released today via Steam from 4pm GMT. You will get to play as the mighty British Empire as they do battle against the Americans in the 'Battle of Brandywine Creek' and then take on the French Navy in the 'Battle of Lagos'...
Total War developer Creative Assembly has said that you can't just give "more of the same" each release or expect the franchise to die. Empire Total War adds naval battles for the first time in the series, "something that we've always wanted to do," and could thanks to "such a big leap forward in terms of tech."
Sega announced today that it would be rolling out the first of a series of updates for Empire: Total War. The first patch will be released today with a variety of fixes.
Creative Assembly's Vispi Bhopti has said the "very robust grounding" Total War has given them helped the team overcome the console hurdle for Stormrise. Stormrise is Creative's futuristic console RTS, that will also release on PC, and has been developed from scratch with the living room gamer in mind. It's releasing this March 27th.
Mark O'Connell, community manager for Sega, revealed today that the team are working on another patch for Empire: Total War. The fixes planned for this patch contain crash to desktop preventions, general sound balancing improvements, saving or loading issues and more.
The figures for March's best selling Top 20 PC games in the US have been released from the NPD, with SEGA enjoying the top spot on the podium. Creative Assembly's Empire: Total War has knocked the Wrath of the Lich King down to number two, after a four month high. Blizz still hold another five Top 20 spots in the chart.
Empire: Total War is going to get a spruced up unit rooster for some factions, though Creative Assembly is adamant this won't interfere with game fixes. This free update is to increase the "graphical and unit variety" for some of the nations, which will also help balance gameplay. These units "do not require" coders, only artists.
The developers over at Creative Assembly are nearly ready to go live with their latest update for Empire: Total War, adding big support for multi-cores. The team have been working on the game's "multi-threading" and made "many optimisations" for singe-cores too. Gamers "will see huge benefits" through land and sea frame rates.
Sega has announced that the first downloadable content for Empire: Total War will be available today on Steam. "Featuring 14 new unit types for different playable factions, this downloadable content will add an extra layer to the already in-depth offering that is Empire: Total War." said Mark O'Connell, Empire: Total War community manager.
Total War developer Creative Assembly will be launching a story-driven Total War around the life of Napoleon in three separate campaigns, with the chance to rewrite history. It includes his time in Italy, Egypt, on his way to Moscow and finally crossing paths with the Duke of Wellington at The Battle of Waterloo. Creative promise it's "a step further" than Empire.
SEGA Europe announced today that Update 1.4 for Empire: Total War will be available in late September. The update includes an overhaul of the Artificial Intelligence, implemented both on the campaign map and in the real time battles. Improvements have also been made to sieges and navel battles. "This update will please all Empire: Total War players as we've continuously listened to the feedback received via our forums", says Mike Simpson, Creative Director at The Creative Assembly and father of the Total War Series. "The framework has been laid down for all the exciting content that will come to the series in the future, and that's thanks to all the players of Empire: Total War"
SEGA has officially announced the Warpath Campaign Expansion for Empire: Total War, which will only be available to purchase from Steam. The expansion contains a new campaign and 5 new American Indian factions. These factions can be played in single player and multiplayer games. A new detailed North American Campaign Map expands the Empire: Total War experience, with 5 brand new American Indian factions, new units and technologies. Experience battles in the new Warpath Campaign and lead one of the 5 new factions in an epic war to defend your lands and drive out the invaders. Or take these units and their unique strengths into multiplayer battles.
The latest update for Empire: Total War has now been released. The update will be applied to the game automatically when your Steam client is launched.