The latest Total War: Warhammer showcase goes in-depth with the Vampire Count mechanics to demonstrate why necromancy is forbidden by most fantasy lore: because it’s too much fun. This is your primer on raising the dead in Total War, or, better yet, setting two strong foes against each other and raising their corpses to polish off the...
Sesame Street has ensured that I will never be able to take Total War: Warhammer’s Vampire Counts seriously, no matter how unspeakably evil they are. Necromancers are a different matter. I don’t know why, really, especially since they’re a lesser form of wickedness than vampires, but they give me the straight-up heebie-jeebies. Maybe it’s because...
The secret to a creating an effective bad guy is realistic motivation. Mannfred Von Carstein, head of the Vampire Counts faction in Total War: Warhammer, believes he has a legitimate claim to the Empire. You’re not just spreading corruption and undeath across the Old World when you play as Mannfred—you’re dutifully reclaiming what’s yours. Only...
Weekender-goers, feel smug at your early hands-on! Everyone else, adopt a glum look at the news that Total War: Warhammer has been delayed from April 28 to May 24. Creative director Mike Simpson issued as statement as to the reason behind the delay, and frustrating though it is, I can’t think up a better one. “This...
Total War: Warhammer rumbles on apace, which is good considering we’re going to be giving you lot hands on with it at the PC Gamer Weekender this, er, weekend. Creative Assembly have released 12 minutes of Greenskin stomping for the quest Azhag’s ‘Ard Armour, detailing a little more about TW: Warhammer’s magic system but mainly showing...
There are so many games! We’ve reviewed over 25 since the year started, and we can hardly be comprehensive–hundreds more have already released. It’s a downpour, which isn’t a complaint, but while we talk about Firewatch and XCOM 2 and one of our new favorite metroidvanias, it’s easy to lose track of games that are further...
I’ve been hyping Total War: Warhammer’s appearance at the PC Gamer Weekender since time immemorial. I mean, have you seen it? Creative Assembly looks like it’s treating Warhammer with the same reverence it applied to Alien, meaning there’s every chance it’ll be the big-budget Warhammer epic we went misty-eyed dreaming about as children. Today, Sega has revealed the rest...
Want to play some games with us? Grab some tickets for the PC Gamer Weekender! Running March 5-6, we’ll have the UK’s biggest PC gaming floor with hundreds of stations for you to try the latest games, developer sessions, hardware seminars, and more. Get exclusive access to Dark Souls III and Total War: Warhammer, then...
The more I see of Total War: Warhammer, the more I’m aware of it sinking its chaotic tendrils into my imagination, corrupting and compelling. It looks smashing, from the delightfully clean lines of its interface to the intricate world map themed to suit the current controlling faction. The latest video is a seven-minute overview of the...
