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Both promoted to executive vice president roles, with Clark responsible for publishing and Heaton for studios
Read More »Sega promotes John Clark and Creative Assembly’s Tim Heaton to EVP roles
Sega announces Total War Saga spin-off series
Sega and Creative Assembly’s Total War franchise is getting a brand-new standalone spin-off series under the banner ‘A Total War Saga’, the publisher announced today. There’s no new game to announce just yet, said Sega, but initial plans for this "new class of historical Total War game" are now underway, …
Read More »Creative Assembly unveil new video promoting studio culture
Following acquisition of CA Sofia, the video shows the new ethos behind the studio
Read More »Creative Assembly: Interview with Tim Heaton and Maya Georgieva
Develop spoke to Creative Assembly studio director Tim Heaton and CA Sofia's game director Maya Georgieva about how the growth of the developer and what's in store for the future
Read More »Halo Wars 2: Controlling the Battle
Sean Cleaver spoke to Creative Assembly’s Alistair Hope about Halo Wars 2’s new game modes and the reasoning behind keeping the original game’s control scheme
Read More »Sega acquires Crytek Black Sea to form Creative Assembly Sofia
Sega Europe and Creative Assembly have acquired Crytek’s former Black Sea studio to create a brand-new facility known as Creative Assembly Sofia, the publisher has announced today. The 60-strong Bulgaria-based development team will be developing new titles in addition to Creative Assembly’s currently unannounced slate of games for 2017 and …
Read More »Creative Assembly acquires Crytek Black Sea
Studio to be renamed Creative Assembly Sofia
Read More »Creative Assembly on how Halo Wars 2 could bring RTS games to a wider audience
Microsoft and Creative Assembly collaboration Halo Wars 2 has the potential to be a RTS game for everybody.That’s according to Creative Assembly’s console creative lead Alistair Hope, who told MCV that the combination of Creative Assembly’s experience in the RTS genre with the Total War franchise and Microsoft’s mass market …
Read More »Wargaming launches Alliance publishing label, teams up with Sega to release Total War Arena
Wargaming has started a new publishing label called Wargaming Alliance. This a third party publishing label that plays to Wargaming’s strengths, aiming to give developers the tools and resources to get into free-to-play gaming. Today, in addition to announced the newly created publishing label, they’re announcing their partnership with Sega …
Read More »Creative Assembly hopes to convert new RTS fans with Halo Wars 2
Creative Assembly says it will introduce a new interface and new controls into the PC version of Halo Wars 2, but insists the game will remain one of the studio’s most accessible strategy titles. Xbox marketing chief Aaron Greenberg told MCV @ Gamescom yesterday that he believes Halo Wars 2 …
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