The decision to release Total War: Arena as a free to play title is mostly influenced by the speed Creative Assembly want to build a playerbase, hoping for efficient matchmaking considering the high quantity of players per game, compared to a typical MOBA. Lead designer James Russell spoke to Edge magazine:…
Creative Assembly, creator of the popular Total War series, has made a bold new move in announcing their new game Total War: Arena. And what’s so bold about it? Well, Total War: Arena will be a a free-to-play “multiplayer online battle arena” game, which would put it in the same genre as…
The polls are open for this year’s Pocket Gamer Awards and not only are several Sega games in the running but Sega themselves have been nominated for Best Publisher of the Year. If you’re interested in voting, the polls are open until March 18th so click here and get started!…
Sega announced today that the PC version of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed will indeed be boasting a handful of brand new characters. Among them are representatives from two of the company’s top four franchises, Total War (Shogun) and Football Manager (Manager Man…Wait, is that really his name?). But perhaps more intriguing and far more…
Total War series developer Creative Assembly has signed a deal that will see it take control of the rights to make games set in the Warhammer universe some time “beyond 2013”, in an announcement made by Sega. To clarify, the rights to make Warhammer videogames are currently held by EA,…
Viking: Battle for Asgard is an oft-forgotten but wonderful game Sega released on the Xbox 360 back in 2008. Developed by the Total War team, Creative Assembly, the game attempted to bring the same large scale battles to an action hack and slash game with decent results. The game could…
To promote the upcoming Total War: Rome 2, Sega has set up a four book series deal with publisher Thomas Dunne Books. The novels are due to hit late next year starting with the first launching next October. The books are due to be written by David Gibbins, a successful…