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Empire and Napoleon Total War Gets Gold Pack

SEGA, as the publisher, has announced that it will be combining its most recent two Total War launches, Empire and Napoleon, into a new Gold package that is set to be launched on October 19 for the price of 50 dollars.The new edition of the two games is designed to deliver the complete experience to strategy gamers w...

8 September 2010
02:57 GMT

EndWeekGame: August 27

Andrei Dumitrescu: After a few days spend in the whirlwind of Gamescom, the biggest video game expo taking place in Europe, I am back enjoying the creature comforts of my apartment and playing Victoria II, the Paradox Interactive made grand strategy games that allows me conquer the United States as France and dominat...

27 August 2010
10:51 GMT

Weekend Reading: American Civil War – Total War

I've been playing quite a bit of Napoleon: Total War in the last two weeks. I've now probably spent more time with it at this point than with its predecessor, Empire, which was launched last year and set to revolutionize the series by moving it to the musket and cannon era. And I will probably spend even mo...

20 March 2010
10:41 GMT

Multiplayer Campaign, a Sure Thing for Napoleon: Total War

The Creative Assembly, as the developer, and SEGA, as the publisher, are confirming that the multiplayer play element will be available for all three campaigns in the upcoming Napoleon: Total War set to be released for the PC on February 23. The number of players who will be able to cooperate or fight against each ot...

22 January 2010
15:11 GMT

Disappointment of the Year - Empire: Total War

I've played the Total War series ever since Shogun introduced gamers to the mix of real time tactical combat and turn based strategic decisions. I'm one of those who complained about the shift to a 3D strategic map in Rome, thinking that it would complicate the game needlessly and take something out of the ...

30 December 2009
16:51 GMT

Campaign Multiplayer Coming to Empire: Total War

The Creative Assembly and SEGA have announced that they are planning to launch the public beta stage for the Campaign Multiplayer component for Empire: Total War. The stage will be outed on December 7 and all those players interested in taking part in it should log into the official Total War site and sign up.Ever si...

4 December 2009
04:13 GMT

Empire: Total War Goes on a Warpath

SEGA, as the publisher, and The Creative Assembly, as the developer, have announced that they plan to release an expansion for Empire: Total War, called Warpath, which is set to allow gamers to play as the Native American Indians in a new campaign that is set in North America and allows the tribes to stand up to and ...

23 September 2009
14:31 GMT

Napoleon: Total War Announced by Creative Assembly

Creative Assembly has announced that it is working on a new strategy title, called Napoleon: Total War, which is set to offer players a chance to step into the well polished boots of the great general and fight their way to greatness just as he did, using the armies and the tactics of the beginning of the XIX century...

24 August 2009
16:11 GMT

Elite Units of the West Available for Empire: Total War

Quietly and in the shadow of the newest patch, dubbed 1.3, Creative Assembly put together and released the first downloadable content pack for Empire: Total War. It is called Elite Units of the West and can be bought via the Steam service from Valve for the equivalent of 3.99 dollars. The DLC offers 14 new units that...

23 June 2009
10:51 GMT

Next Empire: Total War Patch Will Update Game Balance and A.I.

Empire: Total War has had quite a rough ride. When the game was released, because of the lack of pre-loading on Steam, the servers where overwhelmed and players had to wait in order to authenticate and play their games.After release, the game suffered from a variety of bugs, which Creative Assembly worked pretty hard...

9 April 2009
18:21 GMT

Details Offered on the Next Empire: Total War Patch

Empire: Total War is a great title. The reasons are well explained in our review of the game. The same review mentions the fact that many players experience a lot of bugs, most of them related to Crash To Desktops, which happen when clicking on some units or structures. Until now, Creative Assembly and SEGA have put ...

25 March 2009
14:11 GMT

Empire: Total War

One could argue that there are two significantly different periods in the history of the Total War series, as created by Creative Assembly: there are the first two games, Shogun and Medieval, where the strategic map is more of an excuse for players to get into the innovative (at that time) and beautiful tactical batt...

20 March 2009
06:11 GMT

Empire Total War: Missing My Princesses

One of the biggest changes that Creative Assembly has made in Empire: Total War is related to agents. In the previous games in the series, the player had the command of diplomats, who were needed to contact other nations; spies, who were handy in scouting ahead of the army; assassins, who were good at taking out gene...

13 March 2009
19:41 GMT

Empire Total War: Tactical Analysis of Ground Battles

I said in the previous article dealing with Empire: Total War that long time players of the series made by The Creative Assembly had been asking for two gameplay elements to be improved in Empire, especially when looking at what Rome: Total War and Medieval 2: Total War offered. The two areas were the tactical Artifi...

12 March 2009
19:01 GMT

Empire Total War: Square Dancing

One of the best early things you can do for yourself and your faction in Empire: Total War is to research the Square formation for your infantry. Then, make sure you take a look at the special abilities button for your Line Infantry and make good use of the Square formation button, which makes your infantry unit move...

11 March 2009
18:51 GMT

Empire Total War: No More Rebels in Unclaimed Territories

One of the biggest changes that Empire: Total War made to the gameplay experience was for me the complete and utter disappearance of the rebel-controlled territories. I hardly noticed this when I first looked at the game map in the nation selection screen. It only made an impact in my mind when I took control of Aust...

9 March 2009
19:01 GMT

Weekend Reading: Launch Day Issues for Empire: Total War

The biggest release of the week that has passed has been Empire: Total War. The game, created by Creative Assembly and published by SEGA, is continuing the Total War formula of offering a mix of turn based strategy on a global level, while allowing the player to get down and dirty in real time battles putting two arm...

7 March 2009
06:31 GMT

Multiplayer Campaign for Empire: Total War Will Get a Public Beta

Empire: Total War has been released today and even now players all over the world are taking a first hand look at the strategy game that aims to simulate combat, diplomacy, trade and espionage in the XVIII century. The developers from Creative Assembly are talking about how the multiplayer campaign, which was promise...

4 March 2009
04:57 GMT

Empire: Total War Demo Now Available on Steam

SEGA and Creative Assembly, the publisher and the developer of Empire: Total War, have partnered up with Valve in order to use Steam to deliver the demo for the strategy title that is set to arrive in stores, and on Steam, at the beginning of March.If you have the Steam client installed and a valid account, you can l...

23 February 2009
16:51 GMT

Empire: Total War Finally Deploying on March 3

All grand strategy players in the world became a bit worried when, in December, Creative Assembly announced that it would delay the release of Empire: Total War to March, the game being expected to arrive in February. Games in the Total War series have a nasty history of shipping with bugs (although they are usually ...

28 January 2009
04:19 GMT

Coming Attractions: Empire: Total War

Some people watching the videogames industry say that 2008 was not a great year, certainly not on par with 2007 and its late year releases of Portal, BioShock and Call of Duty: Modern War. And to some, 2009 seems even bleaker, with less than usual high profile titles announced and with an outlook threatened by the wo...

9 January 2009
18:21 GMT

Empire Total War Delayed to March

SEGA, the publisher, and Creative Assembly, the developer, say that Empire: Total War will not be released on the initially announced date of February 3, 2009. Due to unknown reasons, the strategy title has been pushed back at least a month to sometime in March 2009. The delay will probably be exactly one month but t...

29 December 2008
18:01 GMT

New Features Revealed for Empire: Total War

One of the 2009 games I am most interested in is Empire: Total War, the latest entry into the long running series made by Creative Assembly. Ever since the first game they launched, Shogun, the developers have managed to create a mix of turn based and real time strategy, of big battles and strategy, which appeals to ...

10 December 2008
18:01 GMT

Empire Total War Is Steam Powered

Empire: Total War is the fifth video game in the long running grand strategy franchise from Creative Assembly which is now published by SEGA. The developers are saying that the online play component of the game will be handled via the new Steamworks service offered by Valve.  This means that online empire buildi...

30 October 2008
13:21 GMT

Wishlist: Modern Day: Total War

Rome: Total War, with the excellent Europa Barbarorum mod, is still installed on my hard drive and getting plenty of my limited play time. Medieval 2: Total War was appealing, but overplaying the original Medieval when it came out meant that I wasn't as interested in the remake. Shogun got me interested in tacti...

3 October 2008
22:01 GMT

Creative Assembly Talks about Total War

Creative Assembly is not a stranger to console development. Unfortunately, its video games, like Spartan: Total Warrior and Viking: Battle for Asgard, were less than stellar and certainly, their quality was well below that of the beloved Total War series, which, for now, is only available on the PC. But could a Total...

25 September 2008
19:21 GMT

Epic Acquires Chair Entertainment

Epic Games is announcing that Chair Entertainment, the creator of the Xbox Live Arcade exclusive Undertow, powered by Epic's Unreal engine, will become a direct subsidiary of Epic, directly responsible for developing new games based on the Unreal engine.Chair Entertainment is a relatively new company, just found...

21 May 2008
02:56 GMT

Paris Hilton Delusional Again

Paris Hilton has a very good opinion about herself - that much is fact. In fact, it's safe to call Paris Hilton her own biggest fan - however, most would agree that it's not that wise to go public with that particular opinion, all the more so since the vast majority of this planet's inhabitants have a ...

29 March 2008
06:57 GMT

Roman Army: The Base of a Mighty Empire

Romans created and maintained the greatest ancient Empire for centuries, spreading their Greek-influenced culture. Their culture was the model for subsequent European cultures. About 40 % of the people in the European Union speak a language of Latin origin (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian and others). ...

18 March 2008
10:37 GMT

Inca: The Empire of the Sun

In 1527, starting from Panama, a handful of Spaniards led by Francisco Pizarro managed to conquer the largest empire a pre-Columbian civilization ever created. The empire of Incas stretched through the highlands of Andes, in today's Ecuador, Peru, south Columbia, western Bolivia and northwest Argentina and it nu...

16 February 2008
05:26 GMT

11 Things You Did Not Know About Roman Civilization

1. The romans were the creators of the first large western empire, perfectly organized administratively, communicating through a network of roads and served by a powerful army united under the leadership of the emperor. The cohesion of all those territories was achieved by imposing the Latin language upon the conquer...

6 February 2008
15:17 GMT

Persians: the Zoroastrian civilization

The civilizations of Egypt and Middle East had already ages measured in millenia when the Iranian nomad tribes of the Medes and Persians left the steppes to establish in the Iranian Plateau, 3,000 years ago. The Medes settled in the south of the Caspian Sea, the Persians in the southeast, in the area of what we call ...

19 January 2008
08:19 GMT

Legendary Lost Inca City Found in Peru

The lost city of Paititi fueled the imagination of many adventurers and explorers along the centuries, and more recently that of tourists. The legend says that Paititi was built by the Inca hero Inkarri, founder of Cusco before retreating into the jungle following the Inca empire conquest by Spaniards, in the 16th c...

17 January 2008
03:27 GMT

Project Fashion - Your Model on the Cover of Fashion Magazines

Project Fashion for the PC is an interactive and fun title, letting you apply your talent as a fashion designer. You know, that's something you're born with, not something you acquire through practice; so if this is you, Project fashion is what you need. Who knows, it may be your first step to a successful ...

15 May 2007
05:32 GMT

Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires - Cheats and Gameplay Hints (Xbox 360)

In Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires, the armies of the kingdom are at your command! The player's ultimate goal is to conquer the 25 regions of Ancient China and build an entire Empire using cunning diplomacy and uncompromising force. Before each battle, the player will meet with the war council to decide upon military...

2 March 2007
04:08 GMT

Jade Empire Cheats and Unlockables (Xbox)

Missed those RPGs that had the action set in the ancient China? Enough with watching Jet Li karate films, you'll get the chance to make the fast-paced combat action playable. BioWare delivers a unique mystical world through Jade Empire, one of the best titles for the Xbox and probably the best martial-arts based...

1 March 2007
10:19 GMT


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