New Total War game to be revealed in next month's PC Zone! (?)

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

From a guy called God of Thunder on TWC:

The next issue of PCZone magazine (no. 165) has a 12-page world exclusive on the next Total War game, with screenshots and 'unmissable gameplay revelations'. It's out February 2nd.

LINK

Let the speculation begin!

[Rilder]

OMGS OMGS OMGS

OH MY GODS... MUST GET PCZONE magazine.... dies

[The_Doctor]

uhhjIN ;,SBWRLK KGWV



OMG, I think I am going to go crazy broadway-style.

[Ianofsmeg16]

12 pages? Damn it must be good!

[The_Doctor]

The only names CA owns that they have not used are:
Legend: Total War
and
Empire: Total War

Thing is that they bought (Is that the right word?) them years ago.

CA are also recuiting people for their next console game:
http://www.creative-assembly.com/jobs.html

[Rodion Romanovich]

Hopefully that just means they'll buy the new name one day or so before the announcement. Legend or Empire would be boring. I'm hoping for something all the way from Pike & Musket to Napoleonic era. All they'd need to change from RTW would be some bug fixing, better AI, more complex diplomacy, and preferably create playable naval battles. It might sound like a long list but building from the existing battles a naval mode wouldn't be too difficult to create I think, and the other things would be less difficult than the actual making of an entire new game from scratch, if they use the RTW engine.

[King Noob the Stupid]

I want it to run on 1800 MHz, 512 MB of RAM and a cheap but new AGP graphics card->It won't->I don't need to worry how 1337 it's gonna be

[Just A Girl]

Lets hope They finish this game b4 they release it,
and Also finish patching it b4 they release the inevitable expantion.
(They used to use the expantion to fix bugs to force people to buy the new expantion IMO, I hope they dont do that again, As its Underhanded)

However on a plus note they seem to be patching RTW well.
So I have Great expectations of there next game,
Lets hope Like pip the game lives up to them.

[The_Doctor]

if they use the RTW engine

Evolution and Revolution is their policy (unless it has changed), so the next game will be an "evolved" version of the RTW engine, like MTW was to STW. They will also be working on the revolution bit, which will be for the game after the next game.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

If it is 'Empire' as people said, I'd wager it will be set from the 16th-19th centuries, feature a pretty much whole world map and have proper naval warfare.

[The_Doctor]

feature a pretty much whole world map

That would be like a 1000 provinces.

[King Noob the Stupid]

Not necesssarily, I think for example the colonies in America were pretty big, 4-5 provinces would perhaps be enough for the entire southern America.

[The_Doctor]

Not necesssarily, I think for example the colonies in America were pretty big, 4-5 provinces would perhaps be enough for the entire southern America.

That sounds a bit too low. Maybe 10-15 for South America.

[Rilder]

It could be a based off some odd fantasy world a story writer is making up right now hehe, or it could be about ants... Ant: Total war ahahahah or it could be that bloody diobocil impossible to ever happen thing called Star Wars

or it could about alexanders Great empire... who knows, as long as it aint Napoleon....

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

That would be like a 1000 provinces.

It would be a good few no doubt, but this is the next stage now and CA have to move beyond the Europe/North Africa/Near Asia map. 'Empire' would be pointless without the Americas, Africa and Asia.

[edyzmedieval]

YAHOOO!!!

NEW TW GAME!!

I'm buying myself a subscription to PC Zone.

Is it possible to buy only a single number?

[Gurkhal]

Empire: Total War

That almost sounds more like China to me than 16th-19th centuary.

[asilv]

EU trademark database says that Empire and Legend names were registered at the same time as Rome: Total War was so I think they were just alternative titles for RTW.

[Reidy]

hopefully, if it is Empire Total War it will have several seperate campaigns for different parts of the world.

[Rilder]

hopefully, if it is Empire Total War it will have several seperate campaigns for different parts of the world.

Actually That would be genius for a total war game, 4 campaigns, one simular to the time in which shogun total war takes place, 1 for the Medieval era of MTW , another for the RTW period, and to top it off, though i dont want napolienic everyone else does so throw that in as the 4th time frame, the expansion could be a campaign about colonizing North America and Spains conquer or whatever of the incas. That game would pwn the world

[Ludens]

To be honest: I am a bit supsicious of that. Twelve pages? That's an awful lot, especially since the game is still far from completion.

But I really hope that I am wrong.

Incidentally, Legend: Total War was the original name for Spartan: Total Warrior. None of CA's games have been published under the title they started out with.

They used to use the expantion to fix bugs to force people to buy the new expantion IMO, I hope they dont do that again, As its Underhanded

That is not entirely true, as CA did patch vanilla S:TW and M:TW. Also, both games did not contain serious game-breakers like R:TW did (by my knowledge at least, but I have come late to TW), so further patching would be a lot of effort for little gain.

Now CA has more resources (and more fans), so they are better able to patch. Also, I can't help but think that R:TW's flaws were revealed much faster than either S:TW's or M:TW's because there are now some many experienced bughunters.

[Monarch]

Where is this magazine available to buy? Is it available in the UK?

Edit: http://www.pczone.co.uk/

Is that the correct magazine???

[Viking]

Sorry to put an end to the speculation, but it`s gonna be China.

(anyone dear to bet against?)

[Geoffrey S]

Bah, PCZone. I've bought it occasionally, and haven't liked it.

I hope if it's Empire: Total War it's got something to do with the East, and particularly China. There's such a wealth of possibilities in that region which haven't been explored in the TW series yet.

[Samurai Waki]

Empires Total War is a rather ambiguous term. I mean it could be anything from Egypt...to China...To India...to the America's...To France...to Great Britain. I don't like this thought provoking nonsense...just make a Pike&Musket Era/Napoleonic Era/Victorian Era game already.

[Strike For The South]

Sorry to put an end to the speculation, but it`s gonna be China.

(anyone dear to bet against?)

yes

[Quietus]

Somebody said Medieval 2: Total War in TWC; apparently, a blurb from an Italian magazine. I'm not sure if it is true though.

[jimmy]

as an example if its empire it could have more to do with campaigns off genghis khan or alexander the great. in fact you can base game on the likes of alexander through to genghis khan leaders instead of factions. there are already enough units avaliable to cover the periods or slightly alter some of the units.start of with camaign games" from the march of the "ten thousand" up to genghis or even khubali khan. thats what i would like to see the game based on campaigns of historys great military leaders. but for gods sake not musket, cannon napoleionic era.that would be duller than dish water.

[Lanemerkel1]

as an example if its empire it could have more to do with campaigns off genghis khan or alexander the great. in fact you can base game on the likes of alexander through to genghis khan leaders instead of factions. there are already enough units avaliable to cover the periods or slightly alter some of the units.start of with camaign games" from the march of the "ten thousand" up to genghis or even khubali khan. thats what i would like to see the game based on campaigns of historys great military leaders. but for gods sake not musket, cannon napoleionic era.that would be duller than dish water.

I'm thinking Mongol Empire (Largest Contingous Empire known to man) and Britain (Largest Empire Known to Man PERIOD)

[NodachiSam]

Hmm the mongol empire should has a lot of potential but except for China and Indian and Middleeastern kingdoms, You'd be facing alot of small tribal areas. The Chinese would have to be in as would the Indians, since they repelled the Mongols. Hmm Or maybe an indo, mongol, chinese MTW focusing on that part of Asia of course. If I'm not mistaken the empire of Tibet would be in there too... I'm kinda shaky on about specific chronological history in that area though. That could be pretty interesting.

Napoleanic Totalwar would be interesting too. I'm more fond of ancient eras though. Not to turn this thread into a"what would you want the next TW to be thread" I'll probably buy the magazine too. Even though I could just wait 3 months and learn everything the article probably would contain anyways.
Edit: Actually probably less than a month as the information of the article is diffused through the internet, but not the pictures...