Developer Creative Assembly will say "thank you" to the community by including five new multiplayer maps free when the 1.5 patch goes live, which is when Warpath retails. Warpath is the mini-expansion to Empire: Total War. The patch is said to include significant tweaks to the game AI and the new maps support "all team sizes". Warpath here "soon."
Sega and Creative Assembly's Empire: Total War can now have its Warpath expansion downloaded exclusively from Steam, with the 1.5 update now available to gamers. Warpath adds an expanded Native American campaign to North America, and 5 brand new factions. The 1.5 update brings "major improvements" to the game AI, plus 5 new maps.
Sega has released 5 new screenshots for Napoleon: Total War, an upcoming historic strategy game exclusive to the PC. In Napoleon: Total War, aspiring generals have the chance to play as the legendary French general Napoleon Bonaparte or as one of his opposing factions. Battling through his three biggest military campaigns, the game will take you through Italy and Egypt, narrating the early years of the fearsome commander, while the third campaign will tell the story of his fateful drive towards Moscow and, ultimately, his showdown with the Duke of Wellington at one of the most famous battles of all - The Battle of Waterloo.
Sega has announced the long planned multiplayer campaign mode for Empire: Total War is entering beta this December 7th, via Steam. It features 2 players head to head or as allies against the AI on the full campaign map, in all theatres. It's had "over 6 months" of testing.
You're a warmongering videogamer, right? Creative Assembly's Empire: Total War now has more 'meat for the grinder' with its latest DLC. It can be pillaged from Steam, adding new units to the campaign and multiplayer matches for the "American, British and French factions".
Creative Assembly has confirmed that Napoleon: Total War will be released on February 23, 2010. Mark O'Connell, community manager for the Total War series, confirmed the release date on the official forums.
Creative Assembly is to debut their most requested feature for the Total War franchise in 'Napoleon' - gamers can now campaign online. That means a buddy can help you dominate the world, but Napoleon: Total War also includes "Drop-in Battles" to spice up the war.
In a random turn of events, Total War creators Creative Assembly have released a free DLC pack for their latest title, Napoleon: Total War. The pack comes with new units, and the ability to play as the British during the battle of Waterloo.
Real-time strategy legends Creative Assembly are taking on the sports genre in the biggest way possible, by looking to the 2012 Olympic Games. Sources claim they're going Olympian with it releasing in time for the 2012 event in London. Recent rumours pegged them to be on Football Manager.
Creative Assembly is to announce a brand new Total War instalment at this year's E3 event, and it appears they're hurtling back in time "to basics." There'll be no magical boom dust, otherwise known as gunpowder, to clear those fields of battle if reports are accurate. Could Rome be sacked again?
Publisher Sega has just revealed a new campaign is coming to Creative Assembly's Napoleon: Total War this summer, only through Steam. A new campaign map with 32 regions is included and divided among 4 factions, all taking place on the Spanish Peninsula. No firm summer date.
The brand new Total War from long-time strategy veterans Creative Assembly is to be Shogun II: Total War according to an appointment leak. Already we've learnt that the new Total War would be "returning to its roots" by leaving gunpowder behind. Looks like it's the samurai again?
Following teasers, rumours and supposed announcements, it seems facts regarding Creative Assembly's Shogun 2: Total War game have been leaked on the internet. The long awaited re-make is supposedly set to include campaign multiplayer, improved AI (ED: I think I've heard that before.) and updated land and naval battle gameplay. What do you think guys? Credible? Or a big hoax? Only time will tell I guess. Full leak details posted after the jump.
Following all the rumour and the leaked fact sheet, publisher Sega concedes defeat and confirms Creative Assembly's Shogun 2: Total War. It will hit PC exclusively next year with a smaller but 'more personal' scope. It's all about feudal Japan and rival warlords. It's in pre-alpha stage.
Sega and developer Creative Assembly reveal their ambition for Shogun 2: Total War is to achieve greater depth with much less global scope. Basically that means by focusing on only Japanese shores they can "immerse" in the culture of the period, and it can be "a thing of beauty".
Whispers in dark alleys spoke of publisher Sega, those crazy people behind Dreamcast, were thinking of seriously making a new console... Sega West president Mike Hayes pours extremely cold water, ice if you will, over any such notion. They "certainly won't" be returning to that, ever.
Publisher Sega is to skip gamescom this year with German fansite SegaStuff citing it as a "commercial decision" for 2010, so 2011 should be okay? Only Konami so far has confirmed their line-up for the Cologne, Germany event this August. Sega has Sonic 4 and Shogun 2: Total War in the works.
Creative Assembly will be at Edinburgh Interactive 2010 this August as they explore and celebrate 10 years of the strategy franchise they created. They'll also have Shogun 2: Total War, a sequel to the very first title in the series, on hand for the public to see for themselves. It's out for PC this year.
Sega has just released an in-game trailer for PC exclusive Shogun 2: Total War, from Creative Assembly, teasing a gorgeous epic battle. It shows a mighty army approach a fortress at night as the two clans collide. The game has us play as a clan leader, looking to be named Shogun.
When Empire: Total War got into the hands of gamers it was beset by a number of troubles and Creative Assembly spent 6 months patching it. The studio is determined to see fans enjoy a "deep, involving experience" of Shogun 2 at launch, noting that Napoleon was "incredibly stable".