Tag Archives: Total War

Tue, Jan 31, 2012 | 15:32 GMT

Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai releasing March 23

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Sega’s announced its standalone expansion pack, Fall of the Samurai for Total War: Shogun 2, will be released on March 23. It’s to include six new playable clans who will need to “deal with” the foreign powers of America, Britain and France, as well as fighting against domestic factions. It also includes an improved campaign map, new building and technology trees, the introduction of railways and naval bombardments, along with ten new ships, one of which is an Ironclad class battleship and another in the way of torpedo boats. It also contains 30 new units along with the lovely Gatling gun. New shots are below.

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Tue, Sep 27, 2011 | 19:26 BST

PSA: Code Veronica, Dead Nation, Rise of the Samurai out, Once Upon a Monster demo

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Some nice new nuggets hit PSN and XBL, Steam and Kinect today Get the pertinent details below the break. Decisions, decisions.

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Wed, Aug 31, 2011 | 19:42 BST

Rise of the Samurai trailer released for Total War: Shogun 2

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SEGA and The Creative Assembly have released a video for Rise of the Samurai, the Total War: Shogun 2 DLC slated for September.  The DLC is set 400 years before the Sengoku period in Shogun 2, where players will lead one of six playable clans from the Taira, Minamoto and Fujiwara families during the Gempei War. It contains both single and multiplayer modes, and will run you $9.99. Thanks, EvilAvatar.

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Fri, May 27, 2011 | 01:15 BST

Shogun 2 DLC to add Ikko-Ikki faction

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The Creative Assembly has trotted out the first DLC pack for Total War: Shogun 2. If you doubt the existence of ass-kicking nuns, look herein with your very own eyeballs.

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Tue, May 17, 2011 | 15:14 BST

The Creative Assembly already at work on the next Total War game

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Creative Assembly has said it is developing another Total War game, which started life as the team was finishing up Shogun 2.

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Sat, May 07, 2011 | 13:46 BST

PSA: Monday’s Shogun 2 patch contains DX11 support, free maps

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The Creative Assembly has a patch for Total War: Shogun 2 going live on Monday, and just in case it slipped your mind, we’d like to remind you about it. Now that we have done our duty in that respect, you should also know it contains DirectX 11 support and other goodies.

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Tue, Mar 15, 2011 | 18:14 GMT

Total War: Shogun 2 reviews go live, get rounded-up

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Shogun 2 reviews are starting to go live, and we’re pulling them all into one post for you.

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Tue, Feb 15, 2011 | 16:18 GMT

Shogun 2 demo to release on February 22

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Sega’s confirmed that Total War: Shogun 2 will get a Steam demo on February 22, along with some pre-order bonuses as well.

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Thu, Jan 27, 2011 | 21:03 GMT

New gameplay trailer for Shogun 2: Total War released

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SEGA has released a new gameplay trailer for Shogun 2: Total War.

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Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 06:01 GMT

Total War: Shogun 2 tech specs detailed

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The number of little dudes running around on screen in Total War: Shogun 2 is enough to make your GPU consider installing air conditioning this summer, but the Creative Assembly has just announced its minimum and recommended system requirements and surprisingly, they’re reasonably modest.

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Tue, Dec 07, 2010 | 11:23 GMT

Creative Assembly pondering Total War on consoles

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Creative Assembly’s told CVG it’s “pondering about bringing Total War to consoles.

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Sun, Nov 28, 2010 | 17:49 GMT

Shogun 2: Total War now known as Total War: Shogun 2

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Creative Assembly’s Shogun 2 will have the words Total War in front of the title, as the developer and SEGA wanted the series name to come first.

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Mon, May 24, 2010 | 08:20 BST

Next Total War for E3 reveal, going “back to basics”

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Creative Assembly’s confirmed it’s to announce the next in the Total War series at E3, and it looks as though the guns and cannons of recent installments have been ditched for good old fashion bits of sharp metal.

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Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 12:33 GMT

Total War not coming to consoles unless it can “replicate the experience” on PC, says Creative Assembly

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Creative Assembly’s Mark O’Connell has told VG247 the Total War games won’t be coming to consoles unless it absolutely can “replicate the entire experience” that is found for the series for PC.

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Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 18:20 GMT

SEGA releases Part 3 of the Napoleon: Total War video series

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SEGA and The Creative Assembly sent over a new video for Napoleon: Total War, which releases on February 23.

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Wed, Jan 20, 2010 | 17:17 GMT

Multiplayer for Napoleon: Total War detailed, new shots

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SEGA has announced extra details for the multiplayer mode in Napoleon: Total War.

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