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Empire Total War
''Empire: Total War'' is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. The fifth installment in the ''Total War'' series, the game was released in 2009. The game, which focuses on the early modern period of the 18th century, was announced at the Leipzig Games Convention in August 2007. The macOS version of the game was released by Feral Interactive on 10 June 2014. The Linux version was released, also by Feral Interactive, on 8 December 2014. Players choose an 18th-century faction and set out to achieve domination over the known world through military force, diplomacy, espionage and economics. The interface and play are similar to earlier ''Total War'' titles. Although the campaign element of the game is turn-based, players can direct battles in real time. ''Empire: Total War'' is the first game in the series to allow naval battles to be conducted in real-time. In addition to the standard campaign mode, a special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creative Assembly
The Creative Assembly Limited (trade name: Creative Assembly) is a British video game developer based in Horsham, founded in 1987 by Tim Ansell. In its early years, the company worked on porting games to MS-DOS from Amiga and ZX Spectrum platforms, later working with Electronic Arts to produce a variety of games under the EA Sports brand. In 1999, the company had sufficient resources to attempt a new and original project, proceeding to develop the strategy computer game ''Shogun: Total War'' which was a critical and commercial hit, and is regarded as a benchmark strategy game. Subsequent titles in the Total War (video game series), ''Total War'' series built on the success of ''Shogun: Total War'', increasing the company's critical and commercial success. In March 2005, Creative Assembly was acquired by Sega; the studio now is a part of Sega Europe, which also comprises Sports Interactive, Relic Entertainment, Amplitude Studios and Two Point Studios. An Australian branch was oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |