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Creative Assembly, the studio behind the Total War series of strategy games, is moving out of its comfort zone and into third-person action territory with its new game. The project was announced on the studio’s official website earlier today but there’s not much to be gleaned from the announcement except that it’s being developed using Unreal Engine 5 and that [...]
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There’s an age old saying that when the cat is away the mice will play. A fitting quote when talking about toxicity in forums and comment threads which, more often than not, quickly escalate into full-blown flame wars given half the chance. But, according to Creative Assembly’s Lead Social Manager Grace Carroll, managing and cleaning up a toxic community is [...]
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In the past year alone, Crytek has failed to make payroll, subsequently shut down five of its studios, and handed over Warface's NA/EU publishing rights to My.com, after which it let fifteen of Warface's previous publishing staff go. Now, according to GamesIndustry.biz, the company has sold its Crytek Black Sea studio, which is located in Bulgaria, to SEGA, who [...]
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In a move that I certainly didn't expect to be writing about today, Creative Assembly, SEGA, and Wargaming announced today that they have entered a strategic partnership and a new publishing label, "Wargaming Alliance," has been created. The label has been created in order to "[provide] third-party publishers and developers the tools, resources and platform to enter the highly competitive free-to-play gaming [...]
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Total War Battles: Kingdom is a cross-platform free-to-play 3D strategy game based on the PC game Medieval II: Total War, but features a more casual gaming experience. Publisher: Creative Assembly Type: MMO Strategy Release Date: April 09, 2015 Shut Down: April 28, 2022 PvP: Instanced Duels Pros: +Good graphics. +Great audio. +Persistent game environment with changing seasons. +Strategic battles. Cons: [...]
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