Napoleon: Total War: The Peninsula Campaign Review: Wellington Party

Lots of people complained that Napoleon: Total War was more of an expansion pack than a full game. Does that make The Peninsula Campaign an expansion pack for an expansion, then?


June 19, 2010

Shogun 2 Total War: The Difference A Decade Makes

Artists from The Creative Assembly have spent more than a year learning ancient Japanese ink brush and wood block techniques, just to create transition art for Shogun 2: Total War. Imagine the work going into the actual game.


February 26, 2010

WIN! Napoleon: Total War Emperor’s Edition

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How would you like to conquer Europe? You can this week, thanks to the release of Sega and the Creative Assembly’s Napoleon: Total War and our giveaway.


December 11, 2009

Why We’re Getting Napoleon: Total War, Not Hitler: Total War

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When Creative Assembly started work on the next Total War game, they decided they wanted to tell a story around the exploits of one man. As you know, they decided to go with Napoleon. We asked them why him and not, for example, Hitler.


April 14, 2009

Can Games Handle History?

Human history is the greatest story ever told. It’s also, courtesy of the attached social, political and religious significance, the most dangerous. So what happens when games try and tell it?


March 14, 2009

Stormrise: What Does Verticality Mean?

So what do Sega and The Creative Assembly mean when they hype verticality in their upcoming real-time strategy game Stormrise? The latest developer diary explains it all.


February 27, 2009

Stormrise: Real-Time Strategy From A Different Point Of View

A new trailer for The Creative Assembly’s new real-time strategy game Stormrise shows off a dynamic camera system worthy of a blockbuster action title.


December 2, 2008
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Stormrise Devs Talk Bringing RTS To Consoles

In the first in a series of developer diary videos for their upcoming console RTS Stormrise, developer The Creative Assembly discusses their unique approach to bringing the real-time strategy experience to consoles.