The first Total War Saga, a new spin-off sub-series from the historic technique video games which can concentrate on very particular occasions and locations, is off to good ol’ Blighty. Sega right this moment introduced A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia, which travels again to Britain in 878 AD. While the main target is tighter, Creative Assembly say it’ll provide “the most detailed Total War campaign map ever made.” They’re not displaying something of the sport but nevertheless it’s broadly Total War so I’m positive your creativeness can fill within the particulars as you watch this animated announcement trailer:
The devs arrange the state of affairs:
“The yr is 878 AD, the embattled English king Alfred the Great has mounted a heroic defence on the battle of Edington, and blunted the Viking invasion. Chastened – however not but damaged – the Norse warlords have settled throughout Britain. For the primary time in practically 80 years, the land is in a fragile state of peace.
“Throughout this sceptred isle, the kings of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales sense a time of change approaching; a time of alternative. There will probably be treaties. There will probably be struggle. There will probably be turns of fortune that turn into the stuff of legend, in a saga that charts the ascent of one among historical past’s biggest nations.
“Kings will rise. One will rule.”
They’ve beforehand pointed to Shogun 2’s standalone enlargement Fall of the Samurai for example of tight focus in Total War, the kind of factor they need in Sagas. More alongside these strains sounds good.
Thrones of Britannia is coming to Steam a while in 2018.
Creative Assembly are additionally engaged on a brand new historic Total War sport set in an period the collection hasn’t visited earlier than. And again in additional acquainted historical past, they’re making another expansion for Rome II, named Empire Divided. Meanwhile in fantasyland, they’re nonetheless constructing bits for Total Warhammer II and a 3rd sport.
