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A Quote from CraigTw over at the .com

Hi all,

Right now, you’re probably wondering what clan you’ll pick in Total War: Shogun 2. In this, the first of Shogun 2′s clan features, we focus on the Chosokabe clan. Pull up a chair and find out more…


More details here: Blogs.Sega.com

Quote from IanRox of CA concerning Shogun Totalwar 2:

Hi all,

I just thought I'd jump in and confirm a few things for you all:

1) There is full lobby chat. And clan chat.
2) There is a full 'classic total war' mode which works in the same way that TW MP always has. Key buildings will be able to be disabled by the host in this mode.

I hope this clarifies things for you all

Wonderful news for the Multiplayer Community!

You can join the multiplayer discussion here.. Multiplayer Discussion

The Creative assembly have revealed the first details of Shogun 2's multiplayer!

Check out these links for further info..

pcgamer.com

computerandvideogames.com

escapistmagazine.com

uk.gamespot.com

You can also join our discussion in the forum here Multiplayer Discussion

Final results of Concept Art competition sponsored by CA.



We are pleased to announce the winners of the competition!

In joint 3rd and 2nd place, the judges chose Joey Deacon for his "Rising Sun" image and bradd425 for his "Sword and Map" image. The judges remarked on Joey Deacon’s excellent use of the sunrise theme and praised his idea of silhouetting the buildings. The judges were particularly impressed with bradd425’s great use of colour.

And…

In First Place – The judges went for Revolting Friendship’s "Man on Horse". The judges all thought that this was an excellent example of original artwork.

All entries were very strong, and the judging team had a very hard time picking winners.

We’ve decided that, as the entries were all very strong, all three top entrants will receive a signed copy of Napoleon: Total War Imperial Edition!

In addition, Revolting Friendship will receive a very limited edition piece of Shogun 2 artwork, signed by the team.

Thanks to everyone who entered!

Here are the winning artworks:

1st place, By Revolting Friendship:

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joint 2nd and 3rd places,

Joey Deacon (Who has for some reason deleted his entry image, please repost it.)

and

bradd425

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Gongratulations to the winners and thanks for all the participants!

CA and Org´s staff.

And just like that, the bell tolls and the voting comes to an end. I'm proud to present the finalists who made it through the rigorous process of elimination, all of the submissions were truly fantastic and narrowing it down was quite hard. SO hard, apparently, that we ended up with a couple of ties!

A big thanks to everyone who has participated, from the artists to those who cast their vote. We wouldn't have gotten this far without you, and now without further procrastination...

By bradd425


By Fev


By Revolting Friendship


By Tsar


By Joey Deacon


By Joey Deacon


This is the kinda thing that makes the org, and the total war community at large, such a great place. Fantastic work all around!

The finalists will now be forwarded to the judges, staffed entirely by members from Creative Assembly, and a winner will be chosen to recieve their signed copy of Napoleon: Total War - Imperial Edition.

Another week has come and gone here at the .Org, it seems September is just flying by. But before it all ends lets do a double-take to see what you might be missing!

GeneralHankerchief is recruiting for the largest Mafia game of the year, a massive list of 50 members is going to be supported for War in Heaven. War in Heaven is a Gameroom spin on the classic Paradise Lost. Are you new to Mafia's or never stopped in the Gameroom? What better chance than to get in on what is sure to be a memorable experience! Head over to the official thread to get an idea of what's in store. 30 slots are already claimed, so act now!

The wishlist for S2TW Multiplayer, collected over several forums, is growing by the day. Magyar Khan and others have been fostering a great discussion on what may improve the TW MP experience and its well worth your time to read.

The Concept Art Competition has at long last reached its conclusion and the vote is over. The top 5 submissions will be forwarded on to CA for judging, great work to all those who took part! We look forward to more interaction between the .Org and CA on this level in the future.

Clans are sharpening their swords and polishing their armor getting ready for the release of Shogun2.

One way to get in some quality battle time is to join in the now open Napoleon Total War;

Clan Wars Competition –Top Team Tournament XXVII - Autumn 2010 Championship

This contest will be 32 Clan Teams in a 3v3, seeded, one Battle per Round, knock-out Championship.

To the best of my knowledge this Clan Team single battle knock-out, is the first contest of its kind.

As the result of our last competition, we have a Clan Team ranking ladder of those Clan Teams who completed that contest (just now finishing).

These Clan Teams will be the individual hosts of a new competition where they will set the map and conditions of each of the single battle matches, and then take on the responsibility as Attacker in that battle.

The challenger assigned will defend according to our rules, and the winning Clan Team will proceed to the next round.

It is highly possible for a winning challenger to become a host and set the map and conditions for battles in future rounds.

Any of the 3v3 capable maps may be used except Grassy Flatlands, and all parameters of each individual battle will be posted in advance.

This process will continue every three weeks until there is a single winning Champion Clan Team.

This contest will also produce a point system ladder to provide the seed order for our next contest, hopefully in Shogun2.

If you have any questions please see the Autumn Rules first, and if more explanation is needed, post on our Autumn Discussion forum.

http://clanwars3540.yuku.com/directory

Creative Assembly continues their media rounds with two new interveiws given out in the last week. Unfortunately, CA is sticking to their guns with their vague nature, so you won't see much in the way of new info. However, there's a number of clues dropped for the observant!

First up is a video interview taken at PAX, which has only recently surfaced. In it, CA continues to reiterate their stance on AI. Toward the end they tease something in regards to multiplayer, wonder what it is?

Second is a written Q and A session with Nowgamer. This one is even more vague than the PAX interview, but hidden in the talk - MP campaign is returning? Still too early to tell.

Lastly, a new member spotted screenshots displayed on a Turkish TW fansite that many have not seen before! Be sure to check them out. My favorite? The one showing fog of war blending into a parchment map, linked below.