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    The Creative Assembly sprung a significant pre-E3 leak today. From one source, EuroGamer was told of the studio's plans to create a 2012 Olympics title, and then, hours later, we received an email revealing that a new Total War title is to be announced at E3.

    Though in possession of full details, our lives wouldn't be worth living if we divulged what we know, but let's just say that the new PC-only game eschews the gunpowder weaponry of recent Total War titles and gets back to basics. And if you need further reassurance of this information's veracity, check out this well-timed tweet from the developers.


    In addition, we have a couple of tweets from CA:

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    The second tweet in particular would appear to be a fairly large hint....
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    Default Re: Next Total War game to be revealed at E3, will NOT focus on gunpowder era(s)

    I hope that the new title isn't Sparta: Total War!

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    Judging from the helm...Rome 2 perhaps? Or was that a joke? Anyway, I'm glad they are working on something more h2h based versus gunpowder. Naval tactics if my assumption is correct would be interesting. Have to wait longer from STW2 I guess. Still happy though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ibn-Khaldun View Post
    I hope that the new title isn't Sparta: Total War!
    I doubt that, if for no other reason than that it would be too close in name to their console title Spartan Total Warrior. Something more like Greece Total War or perhaps Hellas Total War -- and that's only if they're focusing on ancient Greece. If CA is making a game covering a larger region/era, then it could be named just about anything.



    Quote Originally Posted by A Nerd View Post
    Judging from the helm...Rome 2 perhaps? Or was that a joke?
    I'm not sure if the helmet is specifically Spartan, but it's at least Greek for sure. And I'm reasonably certain the helmet is not a joke, but a (fairly large) clue.



    Quote Originally Posted by A Nerd View Post
    Anyway, I'm glad they are working on something more h2h based versus gunpowder. Naval tactics if my assumption is correct would be interesting.
    Ditto that. Gunpowder-era combat just doesn't fit the Total War franchise very well IMO, so it's good to see CA returning to their "roots", so to speak.

    And yes, the naval combat would certainly be different, since physical attacks (i.e., ramming and boarding) were the most common tactics used back then....which again, would play to the series' strength regarding melee fighting.
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    If its Rome, I will DO ANYTHING I CAN to own it and i will be so happy it won't be funny.
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    If its Rome, I will DO ANYTHING I CAN to own it and i will be so happy it won't be funny.
    Oh, I think you jumping around like a child at Christmas time would be quite funny indeed!

    Something more like Greece Total War or perhaps Hellas Total War
    Perhaps even better than Rome! I would love a full Spartan roster! Athens might be interesting too! I know little about Greek history however!
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