One of 2009's most anticipated titles is out later this week - Empire: Total War is the latest in the hugely successful PC strategy franchise, with review scores falling so far mostly in the 9-10 out of 10 region.
Here, in the first of a two-part interview with the studio director of iconic developer The Creative Assembly, Mike Simpson, he explains the importance of continued innovation in a franchise's lifetime, the pressure of a dedicated fan base, and how the first entry in the series, Shogun, was originally supposed to be a "cheap B-grade Command & Conquer clone..."
It’s Total War Week at the Humble Store. Games in the popular strategy franchise are up to 75 percent off.
PC Invasion: Classic Total War games such as Medieval II, Empire, and Napoleon now have their Definitive Editions which includes all the DLC. Players who already own the respective base games get the DLC as a free update.
If you didn't know, Time Commanders was a TV show that ran for 3 series back into the early noughties.
