Sometimes I wish I had a huge portfolio of developer interviews and features that I could dredge up to make up for new content. Kieron doesn’t have that problem.
Entries Tagged as 'Creative Assembly'
The Making of Shogun
August 24th, 2007 · Comments Off on The Making of Shogun · Creative Assembly, Interview
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Empire Impressions at Gamespot
August 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Creative Assembly, Napoleonics, Preview
Jason Ocampo has written an extended “first impressions” article on Empire: Total War. The highlights include a description of how the campaign scales in complexity as you move through it, giving you little to do and then more and then more. There will be a new engine and some new features, including garrisoning buildings and […]
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Empire: Total War
August 22nd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Creative Assembly, Napoleonics, Preview
Announcement and screens here. Now for the fisking. Empire: Total War is set in the 18th century, a turbulent era that is the most requested by Total War’s loyal fan base and a period alive with global conflict, revolutionary fervour and technological advances. With themes such as the Industrial Revolution, America’s struggle for independence, the […]
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Medieval 2 Kingdoms and Expansion Packs
July 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Medieval 2 Kingdoms and Expansion Packs · Creative Assembly, Medieval, Preview
No, I haven’t got an early look. And I’m too busy in Beyond the Sword boot camp to go back to knights and archers and beehive tossers in beautiful 3D. But Kieron Gillen’s preview is up at Eurogamer. It’s full of great bits, and is, as he notes, perilously close to a review. He makes […]
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Well what do you know…
July 10th, 2007 · 11 Comments · Creative Assembly, History
Remember when I made that snarky comment about the Mayans throwing beehives? Turns out it’s true. Sort of. The Popol Vuh states that in one battle, Mayan leaders trapped wasps and hornets in gourds and released the insects at an auspicious moment to panic the enemy. And the Medieval II expansion isn’t the first game […]
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I think I saw this on The Flintstones
June 25th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Creative Assembly, History
A unit description for the upcoming Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms. Mayan Hornet Throwers gather nests of stinging insects and hurl them into combat! Once thrown, the nest erupts on impact, sending forth a swarm of angry stinging insects which can even get inside European armour and cause serious pain to the recipient. The Hornet […]
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