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Empire: Total War – The Warpath Campaign DLC review (Feature)

Nov 4, 2009

Something about this Empire adjunct has been bothering us since we installed it, and we think we’ve just figured out what that something is. The campaign premise is complete buffalo balls.

It’s 1787, and here we are, chief of the lowly Iroquois, trying to figure out the best way to conquer half of the vast wilderness that is North America. ...

Empire: Total War (Screenshots)

Nov 4, 2009

Steam sales chart for the week ending the 10th of October. (News)

Oct 11, 2009

Crowbar Error 42 writes "It that time of the week again where we take a look at the top ten selling PC games on Valve's Steam service."

Empire: Total War update released (News)

Oct 9, 2009

Creative Assembly has released an update for their popular strategy title Empire: Total War, now available on Steam.

Empire: Total War 50% Off, Warpath Campaign Released (News)

Oct 5, 2009

Today Sega released Warpath Campaign, the digital expansion to Empire: Total War. If you don't already have the base game, Steam's got a tempting new offer to celebrate Warpath's launch.

Empire: Total War - Warpath trailer (Video)

Sep 30, 2009

Immense and intensely detailed, Empire: Total War is a must buy for strategy gamers.

Sega announces Warpath Campaign Expansion for Empire: Total War (News)

Sep 21, 2009

SEGA has officially announced the Warpath Campaign Expansion for Empire: Total War, which will only be available to purchase from Steam. The expansion contains a new campaign and 5 new American Indian factions. These factions can be played in single player and multiplayer games.

Patch 1.4 detailed for Empire: Total War (News)

Sep 1, 2009

SEGA Europe announced today that Update 1.4 for Empire: Total War will be available in late September. The update includes an overhaul of the Artificial Intelligence, implemented both on the campaign map and in the real time battles. Improvements have also been made to sieges and navel battles.

"This update will please all Empire: Total War players as we've continuously listened to the feedback received via our forums", says Mike Simpson, Creative Director at The Creative Assembly and father of the Total War Series. "The framework has been laid down for all the exciting content that will come to the series in the future, and that's thanks to all the players of Empire: Total War"

Empire: Total War and History - Wellington Never Had to Put Up with This (News)

Aug 1, 2009

UGO writes: "Playing Empire: Total War, I'm struck by how its problems mirror those that cropped up historically. Both Creative Assembly and the militaries it has tried to model mastered the pre-gunpowder art of war, and they used systems that were effective in controlling legions of swordsmen, archers, and mounted cavalry. While early gunpowder units operated alongside these troops as the feudal era drew to a close, they were rarely as effective as a unit of spearmen or bowmen, and they didn't need to play a very large role."

Next Empire Total War Patch to Improve Naval Battles (News)

Jul 14, 2009

BigDownload:

The Creative Assembly decided to improve and add onto the land units and battles for their recent 1.3 patch for Empire: Total War. However the development team behind the recent historical RTS game is already prepping for their 1.4 patch and this one will make some improvements in the game's naval battles.

In a post on the game's official message board, the team states they hope to "create greater diversity between different ship types along with improving the overall game play of the battles." What does this mean? Well, it means that for the upcoming 1.4 update, the high powered Ships of the Line will still be powerful but will have "low accuracy, slow turn speed and lower range compared to frigates and small ships." That means the patch will bring "a new dynamic and rock, paper, scissors element" to the game's naval battles. There's no word on when the patch will be released.

Empire: Total War update released (News)

Jul 1, 2009

An update for The Creative Assembly's popular strategy title Empire: Total War has been released on Steam and is now available for download.

Empire: Total War - The Soundtrack Released 30th June (News)

Jun 26, 2009

Sumthing Else Music Works, through its licensing relationship with SEGA, proudly presents Empire: Total War – The Soundtrack featuring the musical score from the latest installment of The Creative Assembly's multi award winning Total War PC gaming franchise. Empire: Total War – The Soundtrack will be released on June 30th to retail outlets through Sumthing Else Music Works and will be available for digital download on Sumthing Digital and iTunes.

First Empire: Total War DLC releases today on Steam (News)

Jun 22, 2009

Sega has announced that the first downloadable content for Empire: Total War will be available today on Steam.

"Featuring 14 new unit types for different playable factions, this downloadable content will add an extra layer to the already in-depth offering that is Empire: Total War." said Mark O'Connell, Empire: Total War community manager.

Steam Weekend Deal - Empire: Total War 50% Off (News)

Jun 19, 2009

Empire Total War will be 50% off at Steam all weekend long. Love those Steam deals.

Empire: Total War Gets Update, New Units On Monday -Kotaku (News)

Jun 19, 2009

As we've covered, the "new" units are really just one new unit (Russian grenadiers) along with a range of individualised redesigns. As for the fixes, most important of those seems to be one that says "various optimisations have been made to AI and path systems to reduce the campaign map turn times

-Kotaku

Empire: Total War Update 1.3 Detailed (News)

Jun 18, 2009

In addition to fourteen new units and uniforms, increased frame-rates and improved performance on single Core Processors, the Blog post states the following major features will be present in Update 1.3:

More info on upcoming free Empire: Total War units (News)

Jun 16, 2009

Last month The Creative Assembly revealed that they would be releasing new free units and replacing existing ones for their best selling historical RTS game Empire: Total War. This month the game's official message board has posted up more info and screenshots of many of those new units.

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US PC Sales: The Empire Strikes Back (News)

May 27, 2009

Over two months since its release, strategy game Empire: Total War is still going strong in sales. The NPD Group's figures for the week of May 10th through 16th show that the game's clawed its way back into the top three for PC retail sales in the US.

Empire: Total War patch improves AI, brings fixes (News)

May 27, 2009

Creative Assembly has detailed a new patch for their title Empire: Total War. The update focuses on fixing the AI, specifically bringing improvements to making and breaking alliances or deals.

The Creative Assembly on Empire: Total War (News)

May 22, 2009

IncGamers have got more information on the upcoming expansion and the units, with The Creative Assembly saying that there will be 15 unit upgrades in total.

Empire: Total War Expansion Explained (News)

May 22, 2009

IncGamers report the details of the new units The Creative Assembly are releasing for upcoming patch.

Empire: Total War update fixes crash issue (News)

May 1, 2009

An update for Empire: Total War has been released and is now available.

Empire: Total War major update now available (News)

Apr 30, 2009

An update for Empire: Total War has been released and is now available. The big patch adds a laundry list of crash fixes, gameplay improvements and other adjustments.

Empire: Total War Gets Major Update Next Week (News)

Apr 25, 2009

Creative Assembly has just announced that next will see the release of the first Major upgrade for their PC title Empire :Total War.

Empire: Total War Tops March Sales (News)

Apr 16, 2009

The NPD Group released the US PC retail sales for the month of March today and Creative Assembly's Empire: Total War is at the top of the heap. They managed to triumph over the likes of Wrath of the Lich King, The Sims 2, and Dawn of War II.

Gameplay Changes Coming To Empire Total War (News)

Apr 9, 2009

Even though Empire: Total War is the best 'PC' game to come out this year it still needs technical fixes (late game slowdown is still a problem for gamers), the team at Creative Assembly has announced that they are about to introducing some gameplay changes as well.

Empire: Total War gets minor update (News)

Mar 30, 2009

A small update has been released for the turn-based strategy title Empire: Total War.

Empire: Total War updates cause additional bugs (News)

Mar 27, 2009

An update for Creative Assembly's Empire: Total War, which was released to 'fix some random crashes in sound', has inadvertently brought a new set of issues for some players.

Empire: Total War receives fixes (News)

Mar 27, 2009

An update has been released for Creative Assembly's Empire: Total War, adding some fixes to the popular PC title.

Empire: Total War Update Released (News)

Mar 25, 2009

Updates to Empire: Total War have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Empire: Total War

* Multiplayer - can now find friends across regions
* Load time detection on trade routes to fix pathfinding crash in campaign
* Some General Sound balancing improvements
* Fixed UI Chat hang when spectator leaves unranked match with 3+ players
* Varies Campaign Crash Fixes
* Some Save/Load fixes
* Boarding fix where cannon crew board order was not being deleted properly causing crash
* Fix to kill characters instantly to stop crashes in campaign on agent/general deaths
* Save games limited to 1000
* Fix to animation glitch causing repetitive sounds when battle is launched

Next Empire: Total War Patch Detailed (News)

Mar 25, 2009

Mark O'Connell, community manager for Sega, revealed today that the team are working on another patch for Empire: Total War. The fixes planned for this patch contain crash to desktop preventions, general sound balancing improvements, saving or loading issues and more.

Empire: Total War Sales Supremacy Continues (News)

Mar 25, 2009

The NPD has released the PC retail sales data for March 8th to March 14th in the US and Creative Assembly's Empire: Total War is still on top. For the second week in a row, the historical strategy game has beaten out the likes of Wrath of the Lich King and Dawn of War II.

New Empire: Total War Mod (News)

Mar 24, 2009

Improvements: handgrenade explosion reworked (more white smoke) reworked ship deckfire distortion reworked cannonfire distortion reworked smoke columns for moving ships changed color for burning ship smoke added distortion for ship explosion effect.

Empire: Total War Tops Lich King, Dawn Of War II (News)

Mar 18, 2009

Real-time strategy game Dawn of War II beat out World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King two weeks in a row in US PC sales but now both games have been bested by a new challenger: Creative Assembly's Empire: Total War.

Saling The World: Killzone 2, Empire: Total War Head Worldwide Charts (News)

Mar 13, 2009

Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide.

This week's charts, with data taken from March 12th, 2009, find Killzone 2 heading PlayStation 3 sales in North America, as Empire: Total War rules the PC charts in the U.S. and Europe.

Data for "Saling The World" comes courtesy of the public sales information on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp, with sales split out for each platform and territory, and pre-orders disregarded. This results in a true sense of what games are selling worldwide on the real-time updated service, as follows:

Left 4 Dead, Empire: Total War Patched, Hopefully Feeling Better By The Morning (News)

Mar 12, 2009

Luke Plunkett of Kotaku writes:

"Left 4 Dead and Empire: Total War have been patched in the past 24 hours. In Left 4 Dead's case to tweak a few things, while for Empire, it's an attempt to fix some horrendous bugs."

First Empire: Total War Patch coming today (News)

Mar 10, 2009

Sega announced today that it would be rolling out the first of a series of updates for Empire: Total War. The first patch will be released today with a variety of fixes.

Empire:Total War Hampered by Steam, Nvidia Issues (News)

Mar 9, 2009

Sega has acknowledged a number of issues with its latest release, Empire: Total War, which has caused users to complain about the game and service.

The PC game is incompatible with some Nvidia drivers, and also struggles through a number of installation issues with Steam.

"After the game was finished, Nvidia released a new set of drivers which we were unable to test before release. Unfortunately this has caused some incompatibilities with the game. We recommend that you roll back to the previous drivers until this is resolved," advised the publisher.

Empire: Total War (Review)

Mar 6, 2009

This is the grandest, most spectacular work of strategy gaming on the PC. If you’ve not tackled a Total War game before, or assume that they’re not for you, we challenge you to play Empire and not be impressed, or even fundamentally changed by the experience. This is one of the most playable, and therefore important and accomplished strategy games ever created. ...

Empire: Total War - Launch trailer (Video)

Mar 6, 2009

Immense and intensely detailed, Empire: Total War is a must buy for strategy gamers.

SpeedTree®RT in SEGA Corporation's Empire: Total War (News)

Mar 5, 2009

Speed Tree®RT will appear in Empire: Total War, the latest entry in SEGA® Corporation's award-winning series of historically-based, real-time strategy games.

Empire: Total War, developed by SEGA Europe studio The Creative Assembly, is the fifth installment in the Total War line and offers players control over the economic, political and military forces of the 18th century. The game is the first in the series to include real-time naval combat.

Empire: Total War Launches on Steam (News)

Mar 4, 2009

Empire: Total War is now available via Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games with over 20 million accounts worldwide, as well as retail outlets around the world.

For multiplayer support in both the electronic and retail versions of the game, Empire: Total War leverages Steamworks for Achievements, statistics, authentication, matchmaking, and support for the Steam Community. On the marketing side, Steamworks was used to fulfill a variety of promotional offers.

Empire: Total War Live On Steam In UK (News)

Mar 3, 2009

IncGamers are reporting that the UK's Steam website indicates that Empire: Total War is available now.

Empire: Total War is "Astonishing" (News)

Feb 28, 2009

CVG reports: "PC Gamer UK has published an exciting, gushing review of The Creative Assembly's latest RTS, Empire: Total War. According to PCG the new instalment is "astonishing. A strategy masterwork." Well worth the 94% and rare 'Must Buy' badge they've dished out, then.

"This is the grandest, most spectacular work of strategy gaming on the PC," the mag gushes. "If you've not tackled a Total War game before, or assume that they're not for you, I challenge you to play Empire and not be impressed, or even fundamentally changed by the experience."

Empire: Total War Demo Now Out On Steam (News)

Feb 20, 2009

Today, Valve released the Empire: Total War demo through Steam.

Empire: Total War Demo coming today (News)

Feb 20, 2009

Sega announced today that a demo for Empire: Total War will be released today via Steam from 4pm GMT.

You will get to play as the mighty British Empire as they do battle against the Americans in the 'Battle of Brandywine Creek' and then take on the French Navy in the 'Battle of Lagos'...

Empire: Total War - Superior tactics (Video)

Feb 18, 2009

Immense and intensely detailed, Empire: Total War is a must buy for strategy gamers.

SEGA Europe announces 3rd March Release Date for Empire: Total War (News)

Jan 27, 2009

Strategy Informer writes: "SEGA Europe today announced that the next iteration of the Total War series, Empire: Total War, will be shipped to stores in North America and Canada from 3rd March and available to buy in stores around the world from the 4th March."

Empire: Total War - System Requirements Revealed (News)

Jan 23, 2009

Action Trip reports: "We've just learned the minimum system requirements for Creative Assembly's upcoming PC strategy game, Empire: Total War. Check it out:"

Minimum System Requirements:
CPU: 2.6Ghz single core processor
RAM: 1GB RAM (2GB for Vista)
Graphics: a DirectX 9.0c card with 256mb RAM

Sorry, no further details at this time.

Empire: Total War hits stores shelves this March.

Preorder Empire: Total War, Get Rome: Total War Free (News)

Jan 15, 2009

Those of you looking to buy Creative Assembly's 1700s-1800s strategy game Empire: Total War might want to consider reserving a copy through Direct2Drive. The online games service is offering free copies of Rome: Total War Gold Edition to any and all pre-order customers.

Empire: Total War (Preview)

Jan 13, 2009

War shouldn’t be this much fun. War should be hell and suffering, the debasement of mankind. It should be scooping beans from a can with the rib of a dead comrade then swallowing it into your dysenteric stomach. But not fun. ...

Steam reveals Empire: Total War "elite" units (News)

Jan 9, 2009

If you have been wondering what the so-called "elite" units are going to be in the Special Forces version of Empire: Total War, wonder no more. Valve's Steam service has now revealed the six special units that are included in the $69.99 version of the upcoming historical RTS game from The Creative Assembly and Sega.

Oddly enough, Steam is also offering the elite units as a separate $20 download (although you can just get the Special Forces package which adds the units automatically). What does an extra Andrew Jackson get you in the game? No phasers or jet planes, unfortunately, but you will get four different types of infantry forces along with the Ottoman Organ Gun (does it shoot out ottomans or organs?) and the big one; the HMS Victory.

Empire: Total War to add multiplayer campaign mode after release (News)

Dec 13, 2008

Earlier this week Big Download reported that Empire: Total War, the highly anticipated PC RTS game from The Creative Assembly and Sega, would have a slight delay in its previous February 2 release date. The new date is now for sometime in early March. However a new development in the game has been revealed and it's indirectly because of the game's delay.

On the official Total War message boards, Creative Assembly team member Mark O'Connell announced, "Significantly the additional time will also allow us to implement the underlying technology for a much desired feature (thanks to your feedback!); a multiplayer campaign mode. An opportunity to participate in the 1 versus 1 multiplayer campaign mode beta will be made available to all Empire Total War buyers post release." This will be the first time in the Total War series that a game will have any kind of multiplayer campaign mode. No other info on this new feature has been announced.

Empire: Total War Now A March Release (News)

Dec 12, 2008

GamingShogun writes, "Fans of the Total War series had been clamoring for Creative Assembly's next game in the series for quite some time now and hope looked to be right around the corner with Empire: Total War originally being set for a February release. These fans will have to wait one more month now, as it seems CA has pushed it back to March..."

Empire: Total War to Use Steamworks (News)

Oct 29, 2008

SEGA and Valve have announced that the latest game in the Total War series, Empire: Total War, will use Valve's suite of publishing and development tools called Steamworks. Steamworks will allow SEGA to offer matchmaking and other features for Empire: Total War through Steam's backend.

Empire: Total War Special Forces Edition Announced (News)

Oct 29, 2008

GamingShogun writes, "Empire: Total War will now be released in a standard as well as 'Special Forces Edition'. The SFE will contain a printed map as well as some elite special forces units. There is no additional information on its contents at this time. Empire: Total War is set for release on February 3rd, 2009..."

Dev would "love to do" console Total War (News)

Sep 24, 2008

Creative Assembly has told Eurogamer that it would "love to do" Total War on consoles.

The developer has dabbled in console spin-offs such as Spartan: Total Warrior and Viking: Battle for Asgard in the past, but both stopped short of Total War levels of critical acclaim.

"It's something we've talked about a lot over the years, but nothing has really happened with it," said Kevin McDowell, lead artist, during a roundtable session. "We've definitely thought about it," added senior designer Jamie Ferguson.

Empire: Total War – hands-on (Preview)

Sep 24, 2008

Talk about a journalistic conflict of interest: We’re the British. Across a thin stretch of oceanic blue sits the American fleet. I’m a Brit, but I’m writing for an American magazine. There’s not even time to wonder about how the Americans got hold of a proper fleet of their own. With allegiances torn, how doesone proceed in such a situation? There’s only one answer: as swiftly as possible. ...

SEGA's Aliens slips into 2009 (News)

Jun 6, 2008

SEGA has today issued an updated release schedule which includes confirmation of the delayed release of two of its biggest titles for 2008. Both Aliens: Colonial Marines and Empire: Total War are now scheduled for release in Q1 2009.

Other titles of note on the release schedule include Golden Axe Riders for PS3 and Xbox 360 in September and Sonic Unleashed in November. Q1 2009 is looking very strong for SEGA, with Aliens and Empire: Total War joining Alpha Protocol and Madworld.

Empire: Total War (Preview)

May 9, 2008

For months before Creative Assembly finally revealed to us the identity of their new game, we joked with them, back and forth, about its setting. “Hey guys - what can you tell us about Caveman: Total War?” we’d ask, and they’d deftly sidestep the issue, no matter how many beers we’d poured down their throats.“How’s WWII: Total War looking?” we’d pester down the phone. ...

Empire: Total War (Preview)

Jan 22, 2008

The Americas component of Medieval II: Total War was good, but will be nothing when compared to the conquest, exploration and ruthless expansion pioneered in Empire: Total ...

Microsoft Announces Nine New Games for Windows (News)

Jan 7, 2008

Following a lackluster CES keynote, Microsoft sent out a press release this morning touting the "powerful momentum" of Games for Windows and the addition of nine new Games for Windows-branded titles including Alone in the Dark and LEGO Indiana Jones.

The full list of new GFW games includes:
Â¿ "Alone in the Dark" (Atari)
Â¿ "Bionic Commando" (Capcom)
Â¿ "Conflict: Denied Ops" (Eidos Interactive)
Â¿ "Empire: Total War" (SEGA)
Â¿ "LEGO Indiana Jones" (LucasArts)
Â¿ "Microsoft Train Simulator 2" (Microsoft Game Studios)
Â¿ "Sins of a Solar Empire" (Stardock)
Â¿ "Space Siege" (SEGA)
Â¿ "Tomb Raider: Underworld" (Eidos Interactive)

Empire: Total War (Preview)

Sep 26, 2007

Sept 26, 2007 Empire: Total War takes place during the period from the 1700s to the early 1800s, a turbulent era in history when technology was being fuelled by a new industrial age and for the first time various powers were fighting for control of the Old and New Worlds on a global scale. This is the age of the French Revolution, Voltaire, the American War of Independence, Mozart, Wellington, the British Empire, and of course, Guybrush Threepwood, Captain Jack Sparrow and Blackadder the ...

Total War sets sail (News)

Aug 22, 2007

Secretly in development for over a year, the next installment of the Total War franchise is set to release sometime in 2008. Its our great pleasure here at GamesRadar to reveal to you now, Empire: Total War in all its full naval combat glory. As these first screenshots suggest, Empire: Total War is set in the maritime heyday of the 18th century and the height of the British Empire. There has been no confirmation of specific factions, but the campaign map is set to spread across the seas from ...

Empire: Total War FAQ/Walkthrough (FAQ)

Mar 23, 2009

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Steam Achievements (Cheat)

Mar 6, 2009

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