Sega wishing you a happy Christmas
Posted by Graham. Filed under Europe, G, Microsoft Xbox 360, Multi-platform, News, Nintendo Wii, PC, Sonic, Sony PlayStation 3, Video. Tagged with Bayonetta, Christmas, Empire: Total War, HotD Overkill, MadWorld, Stormrise, Trailer.
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v16958257DzPh5cSW
Sega has released this lovely little Christmas trailer, filled with footage from some of their 2009 line up, including the likes of Bayonetta, Sonic, House of the Dead and MADWORLD (plus more).
So sit back and take a look at what is to come in 2009.
Also, the other day we posted the censored US version of the MADWORLD holiday trailer. Well Sega Europe has posted up the full fat, uncensored, version - which you can now all enjoy after the break.
Empire: Total War delayed by a month
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, PC. Tagged with delay, Empire: Total War, The Creative Assembly, Total War.
Sega has confirmed that the upcoming PC strategy title, Empire: Total War will be delayed - but only by about a month. The original release date was February 3rd 2009, but has now been changed to early March 2009.
“The extra development time will allow us to finalise and polish Empire, making it the most accomplished and epic of the Total War series.”said Kieran Brigden, Studio Communications Manager at The Creative Assembly. “There is a great deal of anticipation around Empire Total War and we want to ensure that it is the benchmark for strategy games upon its release.”
But there is some very good news here, Sega has confirmed one addition that will be made available due to this short delay;
Check out Empire: Total War Special Forces Edition
Posted by George. Filed under Europe, George, News, North America. Tagged with Empire: Total War, Special Edition, Total War.
Empire: Total War will be getting a special edition release, titled Empire: Total War Special Forces Edition. Sounds fancy.
What do you get in the special edition? Well you get a exclusive elite unit class and apparently neat packaging. No pricing yet.
Steamworks is set to provide server browsing and match-making. If you pre-order the game through Steam, you get Rome: Total War Gold for free. Game comes out in early February.
[Source and Image Shacknews]
[Thanks MademanG74]
Creative Assembly talks more on Empire’s naval battles
Posted by Graham. Filed under Europe, G, Interviews, News, PC, Video. Tagged with Creative Assembly, Empire: Total War, Gamereactor, GC 2008.
Leipzig may have been a little while ago now, but Gamereactor has recently posted up an interview with Kieran Brigden, Community Manager for The Creative Assembly, from the show.
Kieran talks a fair bit about the new naval battle system in their upcoming game, Empire: Total War, and what different factors players will need to take into account when commanding their ships about.
It sounds like weather will play a big part in the naval battles, and players will get to experience very different types of seas as they fight in different locations across the world - mentioned was the Caribbean (sunny, calm winds)Â and also the North Sea (wet, wild and strong winds).
One other cool thing mentioned was the fire effects, which sound awesome. The more I see this game, the more I want it.
[Source: Gamereactor]
GC 2008: Empire Total War - Naval gameplay
Posted by Graham. Filed under Europe, G, News, PC, Video. Tagged with Creative Assembly, Empire: Total War, event, Exhibition, Games Convention, Leipzig.
The more I see of Empire: Total War, the more I keep saying to myself “Damn, I gotta upgrade my PC!”
While my PC can happily run the other Total War games, judging from the video and gameplay screenshots, it really does look like I will need to do some upgrading. Sometimes I cannot believe that I’m looking at a RTS game, with the close up shots.
 
 
 
 
[Source: Sega PR]
E3 2008: Empire: Total War
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, PC. Tagged with Creative Assembly, E3 2008, Empire: Total War.
No new news on the Empire’s front. But a few new screenshots have been released, for this highly anticipated addition to the Total War franchise.
I’m not really into RTS games much, but the more I see this game, the more I want it!
[Source: Sega PR]
See how Empire: Total War comes to life
Posted by Chris. Filed under Chris, PC, Video. Tagged with Empire: Total War.
With all the great console games Sega’s been throwing at us in recent months, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the company also publishes PC games … and good ones at that too.
Speaking of good Sega published PC games, Sega just released this interesting Empire: Total War developer commentary that sheds light in how Creative Assembly motion captures its dueling mode.
Total War is scheduled for a worldwide winter 2008 release.