Total War series continues with "Medieval 3"
Creative Assembly is venturing back into the Middle Ages: The strategy game "Medieval 3: Total War", long awaited by fans, is in pre-production.
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Creative Assembly is working on several new "Total War" games. In a livestream, the team has now announced "Medieval 3: Total War" – the game the fan community has been wishing for for years. The developers themselves spoke in their livestream about it being the studio's "Magnum Opus".
The road ahead is long: "Medieval" 3 is currently in a very early development phase, and there is no release date. In the livestream, the developers explained that "Medieval 3" is roughly intended to cover the period from the 12th to the 15th century. There are no gameplay scenes or even screenshots yet.
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In addition to "Medieval 3: Total War", Creative Assembly is working on another title that is scheduled to be released sooner. The announcement is expected to take place on December 11th as part of The Game Awards. It is anticipated to be a fantasy or sci-fi project.
25 Years of "Total War"
The „Total War“ series is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary: The first installment, "Shogun: Total War", was released in 2000 and set itself apart from the competition with its two-part game concept: strategic decisions are made on a world map. When armies meet, the game switches to its separate battle map, where hundreds of units are commanded in small groups. For a long time, the series focused exclusively on historical scenarios before the first part of a fantasy trilogy in the "Total War" setting, "Warhammer: Total War", was released in 2016.
With magic and fantasy creatures, a new audience emerged, but also a rift in the community: some fans of the historical games cannot relate to the "Warhammer" setting and have felt alienated in recent years because the development team clearly focused on the further development of the "Warhammer" series.
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Consequently, it makes sense that Creative Assembly spoke of the "rebirth" of historical "Total War" when announcing "Medieval 3: Total War", which has been somewhat neglected in recent years.
Future "Total War" Games Also for Consoles
All future "Total War" games will be developed in a new version of the proprietary engine, which will be called "Warcore" in the future. Features include a new lighting system, dynamic shadows, and improved Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO). Furthermore, the new engine supports Havok physics – so buildings on the battle maps can be destroyed. In addition, future "Total War" games in the "Warcore" engine will no longer be available only for PC, but will also run on PlayStation and Xbox.
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