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US servers for MOBA strategy hybrid Total War: Arena will go live next week, Creative Assembly has revealed. The North America closed beta for the free-to-play online multiplayer affair will open up on November 13th. The game is currently in open beta in Europe and Russia. To mark the occasion, …
Read More »Total War: Warhammer is coming to PC next April
Tabletop gamers and wannabe army commanders rejoice: Total War: Warhammer has a release date. The mash-up of Games Workshop’s iconic tabletop miniatures universe and Creative Assembly’s historical strategy franchise will land on PC screens April 28th, 2016. As previously revealed, the core game will include four races: Orks, Dwarves, Empire …
Read More »Alien: Isolation soundtrack was based on just three cues
Composers Joe Henson and Alexis Smith were asked to pick the most important moments of Jerry Goldsmith’s score
Read More »Sony hires Creative Assembly director to work on Project Morpheus
Design director Gary Napper leaving UK developer after working on Alien: Isolation VR demo
Read More »Halo Wars 2 ‘will not be Total War: Halo’
Creative Assembly’s Halo strategy game will not resemble its smash-hit Total War franchise, the developer has told MCV @ Gamescom. Halo Wars 2 was the shock announcement at Microsoft’s pre-Gamescom press briefing. Creative Assembly says it is paying closer attention to the original Halo Wars (created by now defunct studio …
Read More »UK studio Creative Assembly developing Halo Wars 2
Strategy game coming Autumn 2016
Read More »GAMESCOM: Microsoft’s ‘one more thing’ – Creative Assembly’s Halo Wars 2
Microsoft closed its Gamescom 2015 conference with a good old fashioned ‘one more thing’, this year, although it wasn’t what the preamble had led many to believe. The announcement – in autumn 2016 Microsoft will release Halo Wars 2 on both Xbox One and PC. The surprise, however, is that …
Read More »Is there really room for four new Total War games?
Last month, UK developer Creative Assembly proudly announced it has teamed up with Games Workshop to combine the worlds of Warhammer with its PC strategy series Total War. There were plenty of serious, business-related questions to ask about Total War: Warhammer and its prospects. But there was one question that …
Read More »Creative Assembly ventures into fantasy for Total War: Warhammer
Collaboration with long-running tabletop brand finally unveiled, first in a trilogy
Read More »Total War: Warhammer finally announced for PC
The long-rumoured Total War: Warhammer has at last been made official by publisher Sega. Developed by Creative Assembly in conjunction with Games Workshop, the game is in development for PC and Mac, as well as SteamOS. It has also been confirmed that the game will be the first of a …
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