A couple of years ago in December 2012, SEGA & Games Workshop announced a licensing deal that would allow SEGA’s famed strategy studio, Creative Assembly — responsible for the Total War franchise — to develop games based upon the Warhammer fantasy universe. At the time of the announcement, many hoped for and even suspected a strategy title on a grand scale, like Total War but steeped in Warhammer fantasy lore. Essentially fans wanted Total War: Warhammer.
Since then SEGA and Creative Assembly have been pretty quiet regarding the exact titles being developed under that licensing agreement. That may soon change.
A Total War Center Forums user received a copy of a Creative Assembly art book due out later this month, early. The art book confirms that some of those assumptions about a strategy title in the same vein of Total War may prove true. The art book features Creative Assembly’s Mike Simpson discussing the state of the Total War series; in that same passage he mentions “taking the series to a fantasy setting with Total War: Warhammer”.
It’s unlikely we’ll hear too much more until after the release of Total War: Attila but given this passage in the art book and with Total War: Attila’s release now just a month away, we might be hearing more in the not too distant future.
Thanks INCGamers.
Spencer joined us in early 2015, previously a console centric gamer he switched to PC a few years ago. He later helped push for an increase in Japanese content on PC with the #SEGAPCPorts campaign. Previously he ran a SEGA fansite as well as co-hosted a gaming podcast. He thinks Duke Nukem 3D is the best FPS of all time, his text message alert on his phone is literally Duke Nukem saying “Let God sort ’em out.”
Contact: Email