Total War: Arena Open Beta Launches Feb. 22

Creative Assembly's free-to-play Total War: Arena will open it's doors to all on February 22, so if you've been aching for the chance to play but missed your shot at the closed beta, now's your chance! In order to prepare for the Open Beta, the servers for the closed beta will shut down on the 19th. When the servers become [...]

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SEGA And Wargaming Partner Together, New Publishing Label "Wargaming Alliance" Created

In a move that I certainly didn't expect to be writing about today, Creative Assembly, SEGA, and Wargaming announced today that they have entered a strategic partnership and a new publishing label, "Wargaming Alliance," has been created. The label has been created in order to "[provide] third-party publishers and developers the tools, resources and platform to enter the highly competitive free-to-play gaming [...]

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The Queen Slayer Enters The Total War: Arena

Total War: Arena's latest update has introduced The Queen Slayer, the warrior princess Cynane, as a new commander. She was "famed for her military knowledge and skill in hunting, tracking, and swordfighting." Her accomplishments include the "great defeat of the Illyrians and slaying of their queen Caeria with her own hand." To reflect these skills in-game, she has the abilities [...]

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Total War: Arena's North American Servers Now Live, Major Updates Previewed In Trailer

The upcoming free-to-play MOBA-like Total War spin-off, Total War: Arena, has officially launched its North American servers. For the first time since the game entered closed testing, North American players can now play on local servers. Jan van der Crabben, Creative Assembly's Live Operations Manager, had this to say about the launch: “We are delighted to establish our server base [...]

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