Shogun 2 Total War is released this week on PC, and we’ve been a little guilty of neglecting what looks like an incredible game in terms of scale. This multiplayer walkthrough goes into quite a bit of detail regarding what can be expected from the online section of the game. Worth a gander.
Sega and the Creative Assembly’s sharp-looking Shogun 2: Total War – or Total War: Shogun 2, depending on who you ask – will get a limited edition release next year, but today it gets a beefy video preview of deep tactical gameplay.
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With so much focus put on the technical prowess of The Creative Assembly’s Shogun 2: Total War, it’s easy to overlook the game’s story, steeped in rich Japanese history.
In this video, The Creative Assembly’s Land Battle programmer Ingimar Gudmunsson and studio communications manager Kieran Brigden talk us through a night battle in Shogun 2: Total War.
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The Creative Assembly knows how to make Japanese real-time strategy very attractive, going by this new Shogun 2: Total War cinematic trailer that was “captured in-game.” Based on Shogun 2′s gorgeous artwork and screens, it shouldn’t be that surprising.
While you’re waiting for your chance to play some sci-fi, real-time strategy, why not browse through some lovely screens and concept art from Shogun 2: Total War, visiting a simpler time when war didn’t involve zergling rushes.
The new expansion to Napoleon: Total War, the Peninsula Campaign, is out and a quick scratch of the surface reveals a lot more than a few new maps to battle over. Mark O’Connell from The Creative Assembly wrote an excellent guide to the new campaign in a blog post on the official Total War site. It’s such a good insight into exactly what’s new on the Spanish Peninsula we’re running it here.
