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  • Total War: Warhammer Made Official, Will Be a Trilogy

    Posted on April 22, 2015 | No Comments
    Total War: Warhammer is officially a thing. Not that that’s any huge surprise after the recent Art of Total War book already let the news slip that such a project was in development. But now there are actual details about the game, as well as […]

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  • Book Review: The Art of Total War

    Posted on February 18, 2015 | No Comments
    With Total War: Attila out this week, there couldn’t be a better time to look inside the pages of The Art of Total War, published late last month by Titan Books for $34.95. So let’s dive in! The Art of Total War encompasses The Creative […]

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  • Total War: Rome II Collector’s Edition is a Board, Card and Video Game All in One

    Total War: Rome II Collector’s Edition is a Board, Card and Video Game All in One

    Posted on May 9, 2013 | No Comments
    Listen up, strategy fans. Sega and Creative Assembly have announced a collector’s edition package for the upcoming launch of PC strategy game Total War: Rome II. It’s spectacular. (And also very expensive.) I’m not much into hardcore strategy gaming, but damn, this has to be […]

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  • Stormrise Launch Trailer

    Stormrise Launch Trailer

    Posted on March 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Sega and The Creative Assembly’s mission to revolutionize console RTS gaming has officially begun with this week’s launch of Stormrise for PS3 and Xbox 360…and PC, too! You know what that means, don’t you? That’s right, it’s obligatory launch trailer time!

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  • Stormrise Whip Select Trailer

    Stormrise Whip Select Trailer

    Posted on February 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Wow, Stormrise just became about a million times more interesting to me. Why’s that? Because the game’s Whip Select control scheme, as explained in this here new trailer, really does look quite genius. Many titles have claimed to revolutionize console RTS play before, but Stormrise […]

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  • Box Art Alert: Stormrise

    Box Art Alert: Stormrise

    Posted on February 5, 2009 | No Comments
    Now presenting the official box artwork for The Creative Assembly’s upcoming sci-fi RTS Stormrise, currently slated to ship in March. Kinda generic looking with the whole blue team versus red team motif going on, but hardly the worst box art I’ve seen. The biggest surprise […]

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  • “The Art of Dueling” – A Behind-the-scenes Look at Motion Capture in Empire: Total War

    “The Art of Dueling” – A Behind-the-scenes Look at Motion Capture in Empire: Total War

    Posted on May 25, 2008 | No Comments
    Feel like watching stuntmen in black body suits covered in ping pong balls go at it with rapiers? Then this behind the scenes motion capture video for Empire: Total War is for you. [gv data=”/wp-content/uploads/Games/EmpireTotalWar/Trailers/EmpireMoCap Hi Res.flv” width=”416″ height=”352″][/gv]

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