Latest The Creative Assembly News and Stories

In Real Life

10 months ago

How The Alien In Alien: Isolation Works

Tina Amini

19

We’ll Get The New Total War: Attila In February

In Real Life

6 years ago

We’ll Get The New Total War: Attila In February

junglist

5

PC

7 years ago

Five Minutes Of (Mostly) Stealth In Alien: Isolation

Tina Amini

6

Alien: Isolation isn’t like the more modern Alien experiences we’ve seen recently. This one is far more focused on the solitary hunter, and giving you a real challenge to stealthily fight through. Listen to Chris and I discuss what that’s like over a little more than five minutes of fresh…

Let’s All Get Cautiously Optimistic About Alien: Isolation

In Real Life

7 years ago

Let’s All Get Cautiously Optimistic About Alien: Isolation

Mark Serrels

26

The Samnites In Total War: Rome II Are Actually Zombie Cannibals

In Real Life

8 years ago

The Samnites In Total War: Rome II Are Actually Zombie Cannibals

Gergo Vas

2

Nooo! I didn’t know the Samnites in Total War: Rome II were actually zombie cannibals. When the graphics are running on extreme, a minor, probably temporary glitch could render this horrifying — yet hilarious — texture-effect.

Jamie Ferguson On Total War: Rome 2, Part 2 – Mare Nostrum

In Real Life

8 years ago

Jamie Ferguson On Total War: Rome 2, Part 2 – Mare Nostrum

junglist

Jamie Ferguson On Total War: Rome 2, Part 1 – Non Omnia Possumus Omnes

In Real Life

8 years ago

Jamie Ferguson On Total War: Rome 2, Part 1 – Non Omnia Possumus Omnes

junglist

10

Creative Assembly: 70% Of Games ‘Aren’t Good Enough’

In Real Life

8 years ago

Creative Assembly: 70% Of Games ‘Aren’t Good Enough’

Mark Serrels

9

Do developers spend enough time prototyping new design ideas? I’m not a developer, so I’m probably not the best placed person to answer that question, but Renaud Charpentier, lead designer on Total War Battles: Shogun believes that major studios don’t do enough experimentation in the early stages of development, which…