When will CA annocunce the next TW game?

[A.Saturnus]

That´s pointless speculation. If I remember correctly, Rome was announced before VI got out. But this time there´s another game in the making so I guess the successor of Rome will have a greater distance to BI than Rome had to VI.

[Mongoose]

Do you mean "Spartan:Total warrior"? AFAIK, it's being made by another team...

[A.Saturnus]

Do you mean "Spartan:Total warrior"? AFAIK, it's being made by another team...

Yes, but that still means a diversion of resources.

[JeromeGrasdyke]

Alternatively you could look at Total Warrior as a resource generator for the PC Total War games, since the PC market is smaller than the console one

[CBR]

CA has also AFAIK hired more people the last couple of years so I dont see Spartan as something that really sucks resources out of the Total War series.


CBR

[Puzz3D]

Release dates:

STW - June 2000
MI - Sept 2001
MTW - Aug 2002
VI - May 2003
RTW - Sept 2004
BI - Sept 2005

In a recent interview, MikeB did not discount the possibility that the next Total War game in the series could be a fantasy game.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

They have the Spartan project in the pipeline...

As to another, I suspect it will depend on sales of BI and the continuing TW series sales. If they slump, its time to jump shift into another niche.

Seamus

[econ21]

Release dates:

STW - June 2000
MI - Sept 2001
MTW - Aug 2002
VI - May 2003
RTW - Sept 2004
BI - Sept 2005

That's very tantalising information. It suggests we're looking at late 2006 for the next TW game. In which case, shouldn't there be an announcement soon? It seemed like RTW was in preparation for ages - IIRC, it was delayed about a year to make it a bigger project.

I guess it depends partly if they use something very like the current RTW engine (kind of STW=>MTW). If so, they could produce something quickly. If they want to make a leap comparable to MTW=>RTW, it could be a lot longer.

In a recent interview, MikeB did not discount the possibility that the next Total War game in the series could be a fantasy game.

Ugh. I'd probably buy it, but reluctantly. TWs market here at the Org seems to be history buffs/wargamers, but no doubt we're in a minority amongst the full market.

[Captain Fishpants]

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In a recent interview, MikeB did not discount the possibility that the next Total War game in the series could be a fantasy game.

Actually, I've been quite careful not to give any hints about the next games (plural), which is why I didn't immediately deny the possibility of a fantasy-based title. I'm now not confirming the possibility of a fantasy-based title, nor the possibility of any other subject either, except to say that slowly and surely, plans are being drawn up, reviewed, mocked, redrawn and generally considered.

I don't think anyone in the larger TW community is going to be disappointed over the next few years. There's some cool stuff to come, people!

But why you should bother with a UNPROFITABLE market instaed of focusing on the PROFITABLE???

Both markets are worthwhile and interesting. And variety adds a certain spice to the life of a developer - we don't want to be one-trick ponies, after all.

[ghostcamel]

Alternatively you could look at Total Warrior as a resource generator for the PC Total War games, since the PC market is smaller than the console one

Exactly.

I never really got why people were so anti-Spartan Warrior when it was first announced. If you guys make money you can continue to make games, maybe even a sequal to your current PC juggernuat RTW.

The big thing is to have the PC experience and the console one not bleed into each other, dilluting each. Other than that it looks win/win to me. Listen to the fans and you should ;) do fine.

[Daveybaby]

I never really got why people were so anti-Spartan Warrior when it was first announced.

Some of us remember what happened to the X-Com series...

[Sin Qua Non]

I would really love to see CA try their hand at an American Civil War game, especially with the RTW engine. I can imagine all of the possibilities with different rifles, cannons, sharpshooters, generals, formations, railroad movement and seizure, conscription headaches, popular opinion ratings, seiges & investments, huge flanking battles, winter encampments, the farmland terrain of the 19th century U.S., covered in villages, creeks, sunken roads, fencelines and stone walls.... ohh yeah...

But I can also totally understand why they wouldn't do ACW. It's not really a "Total War" situation like STW, MTW & RTW. CA has a global following, and I'm honestly not sure how interested the rest of the world would be with an American Civil War game. Also, such a game would have many subtleties that may not translate into a TW game for a broad audience.

Barring that, I would also love to see the RTW battle engine in a game like Europa Universalis 2. Just the loads of independent cities and nations coupled with the diplomacy heavy styles of EU2 would make a mind-blowing game.

But enough rambling. I say they are going to announce something by the next quarter, even if it's a little teaser.

[hellenes]

Alternatively you could look at Total Warrior as a resource generator for the PC Total War games, since the PC market is smaller than the console one

But why you should bother with a UNPROFITABLE market instaed of focusing on the PROFITABLE???

Hellenes