It seems Sega are on a roll with regards to the Total War series. Following the recent announcement of the release date for the Total War: Shogun 2 DLC, Fall of the Samurai, Sega has now announced that the next instalment of the real-time strategy series is being developed for…
Upon hearing the news that Creative Assembly was working on a new Alien game, one of the biggest red flags that shot up was the impending release of Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien prequel, Prometheus. Would this game just be the obligatory tie-in to a movie? Studio director Timothy Heaton has thankfully…
Creative Assembly, fresh off the release of Total War Shogun 2, have officially announced that they are currently working on a new title set in the Aliens universe. If you’re still scratching the roof of your mouth to get rid of that nasty Alien Vs. Predator aftertaste, you might be…
Over my years as a gamer I have played relatively few strategy games. The ones I have played were games like Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Shining Force; turn-based games that come packed with their own pre-determined stories. Shogun 2 is neither turn-based, and the story really isn’t determined in any…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akzq2glN3R4 February 22nd is going to be a pretty great day for Sega fans. Not only is the Yakuza 4 demo being publicly released for all PSN users, but Creative Assembly will also be releasing the playable demo for Historical RTS Total War: Shogun 2 on Steam, the newly released CGI intro of which…
I feel like making a big deal about this because despite being a huge fan of the franchise, I’ve also never once played it online and Shogun 2 looks set to be the first title to convince me to have a go. Quintin Smith of Rock Paper Shotgun recently wrote…
As part of the pre-release hype to Sega’s main RTS franchise, the makers of Shogun 2 have begun releasing ‘Battle Reports’ similar to what Blizzard created for Starcraft 2. Instead of commentating on a Multiplayer match-up though these are simply walkthroughs of skirmishes between the creators and the AI, demonstrating…