- Total War 25th Anniversary Showcase - 4 December 2025
Total War Community, That’s a wrap on our 25th Anniversary Showcase – we hope you enjoyed it. A huge thank you to everyone who tuned in from around the globe to witness this small piece of history and to welcome this exciting new era for the franchise. Below, you will find all the information you need to know about the new announcements, including an FAQ at the bottom to help answer any pressing questions. TOTAL WAR: MEDIEVAL III We’ve been waiting a long time to say this: Total War is going back to the medieval era. We’re in the opening stages of Total War: MEDIEVAL III’s development – pre-production, to be precise, meaning we’re still years from release. But this isn’t just another game for us, it’s the realisation of something we’ve dreamed about for almost 20 years. The Medieval series is one of the most cherished chapters in Total War’s history, and creating a true successor is a g…
- 25th Anniversary Showcase Timings - 1 December 2025
Total War Community, An exciting new era is upon us. Join us on December 4th, 4pm GMT for the Total War 25th Anniversary Showcase – a special video presentation celebrating exciting new projects across historical and fantasy Total war. This showcase will be your front seat to see what we’ve been eagerly building behind the scenes. Across the franchise, we’re working on a variety of projects that span different settings and stages of development and now we finally get to share some of them with you. Wherever you are in the world, we can’t wait for you to tune in and be part of it. You can watch the 25th Anniversary Showcase on our official channels: Total War Official YouTube Channel Total War Official Twitch Channel Total War Official BiliBili Channel Or alternatively, tune in for the excitement of live reactions with your favourite creators and media sites who will be co-streaming the…
- Wage Total War with huge Steam sale ahead of TW Pharaoh - 21 July 2023
With Total War Pharaoh on the horizon, what better way to get ready for the next installment in Creative Assembly's masterful historical series - featuring some of the best strategy games of all time - than a massive Total War sale? With everything from the series' earliest games, all the way up to the most recent historical entries prior to Total War Pharaoh , you won't want to miss out. So, move fast to grab these bargains. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Medieval 2: Total War cheats and console commands A Witcher mod is in the works for Medieval 2: Total War The Witcher becomes a strategy game in this Total War mod
- Total War: NAPOLEON Game Patch - 24 May 2023
We've released a game patch for Total War: NAPOLEON which includes, 💥 Fix for cannon firing noises not playing. 🖥️ Fixed game crashing when running on CPUs with more than 32 logical processors. Thanks for your reports and ongoing patience!
- Small update to Total War: NAPOLEON - 25 April 2023
Greetings commanders, We've pushed out a small update to Total War: NAPOLEON which addresses crashes with 12th gen Intel CPUs. This update also removes integrated chat from the game. Read on for full details: Due to difficulties supporting and moderating dated chat systems in the current online environment, we’ve taken steps to remove the integrated chat from Total War: Napoleon and other legacy titles in our catalogue. We are, however, continuing to investigate ways to properly implement and support chat in our future projects and will keep you updated on any changes or developments we make. In the meantime, we encourage you to make use of the official Total War Discord server as a free chat and voice option, or to use one of the many third-party programs available to communicate with your teammates. In addition to this change, we’ve updated the game to better use of modern architectur…
- The best Napoleon: Total War mods - 11 August 2021
Let's take a look at some Napoleon: Total War mods. While Empire: Total War is remembered quite fondly , Napoleon: Total War is generally considered the superior version: What it lost in terms of scale - shedding the global map to instead focus on the Euro-centric Napoleonic Wars - it made up for with an improved UI, better technical foundations, and generally fixed most of what was broken in Empire. Napoleon's relative popularity over its older sibling means the mod scene is a bit more robust and active, with plenty of overhauls and smaller mods available to spruce up your game. One thing to note is because the setting and underlying mechanics of Napoleon and Empire are quite similar, many of the mods available are also available for Empire: Total War, you may even see some repeats from our Empire: Total War mods guide . We've tried to avoid this as much as possible, only showcasing du…
- Weekend Deal - TOTAL WAR HISTORIC TITLES, up to 75% Off! - 26 September 2019
Save up to 75% on TOTAL WAR HISTORIC TITLES as part of this week's Weekend Deal*! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time
- Total War: Elysium will be a historywar card game, eventually - 5 August 2019
The strategic armyman management of Total War is being flattened into digital cardboard with Total War: Elysium , a collectable card game made by Creative Assembly. The series overlords call this “a multiplayer strategy game based on Total War background,” a background which is… history? That’s just history isn’t it? Unless Napoleon’s next match after Sun Ren there is against Thorgrim Grudgebearer , mind. I’d watch that face-off. Elysium will will debut in China as part of a partnership with megapublishers NetEase, then Creative Assembly say they want to launch it globally later once it’s proper good. (more…)
- These are the Total War team s favourite ever Total War factions - 8 February 2019
According to an ancient Sussex proverb, there are as many factions in the 20-year-old Total War series as there are sand grains on a beach, as there are angels dancing upon the head of a pin, as there are grenadiers in the armies of his Imperial Majesty Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Co-Prince of Andorra. This is providing, of course, the answer in each case is between 100 and 200, depending on whether you include the DLC and think Sicily is a real country. From stinky hill tribes through trim Teutonic phalanxes to bawling rivers of undead, Total Warring has certainly come in all shapes and sizes. At a recent hands-on event for Total War: Three Kingdoms , a heinous idea occurred to me: why not confuse and upset all the developers in attendance (plus a couple more over email) by asking them to pick a favourite faction? The r…
- Pre-Purchase Now - Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - 7 February 2019
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam! Three heroes, sworn to brotherhood in the face of tyranny, rally support for the trials ahead. Scenting opportunity, warlords from China’s great families follow suit, forming a fragile coalition in a bid to challenge Dong Zhuo’s remorseless rule. Will they triumph against the tyrant, or will personal ambition shatter their already crumbling alliance and drive them to supremacy? https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31196189%2Fda13104d2feedfcde64c4152fdda43c2203dbc28.jpg
- Total War: Napoleon, Empire, and Medieval II now include DLC for free - 20 November 2018
‘Definitive Editions’ of Total War: Empire , Total War: Medieval II , and Total War: Napoleon include all their expansions and DLC and bits, and folks who already own the base games on Steam have been upgraded to their fancy new versions for free. That’s a tidy little gift from developers Creative Assembly, and gets a total phwoar from me. Despite what the name might suggest, the games aren’t revamped or modernised or nowt, they’re just everything all in one package – but that’s not me grumbling. Like I said, a total phwoar, eh? A total phwoar, right? Ah forget it. (more…)
- Total War: NAPOLEON - Definitive Edition - 20 November 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F3953001%2F32d523c564a644018d46c9dfdbd3bd27f9447b05.jpg We’re upgrading Napoleon, Empire, and Medieval II to Definitive Editions today – which means that if you already own them, you’ll now have all of the DLC for free! If you don’t already own them, now’s the time to check them out – the new editions include all the DLC and expansion packs for each: https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/TotalWar-Official/ Click here to view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRhkWSqWSfQ
- Weekend Deal - Total War Historic Titles - 10% to 90% Off! - 27 September 2018
In celebration of the upcoming Total War: Three Kingdoms , save 10% to 90% off on the rest of the Total War Historic Titles as part of this week's Weekend Deal*! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time
- The Best And Worst Total War Games - 4 January 2016
At its best, the Total War series casts a spell over you. Your empire rises from nothing, surrounded by enemies who are poised to trample it into the dust. Each decision on the strategic level is a gamble on the immediate future, where “one more turn” isn’t just a stepping-stone to a new upgrade, but a perilous step onto thin ice. Each time you take to the battlefield is another do-or-die moment, a possible Hastings or Austerlitz that can open the road to conquest or plunge you into a desperate fight for survival. But the Total War series has also been defined by massive, abrupt swings in quality. While the series has been on a linear trajectory in terms of graphics, the quality of the games underlying those vivid battlefield vistas has varied wildly. Total War at its best is interactive Kurosawa and Kubrick. At its worst, it’s a middle-school history textbook as…
- Free Weekend - Total War Titles - 33% to 75% off! - 25 June 2015
Play all Total War Titles FOR FREE now until 1pm pacific on Sunday! Also save 33% to 75% off until Monday at 10am Pacific!
- Total War Weekend - 75% off! - 25 September 2014
Save 75% on Total War Titles as part of this week's Weekend Deal*! Plus, play Total War: Rome II for FREE until Sunday at 1pm Pacific. If you already have Steam installed, click here to install or play. If you don't have Steam, you can download it here . *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time. No discount on Total War: Rome II.
- Total War Week Now Available - 20 August 2013
Save 50 to 75%* on Total War Titles and master history during the Total War Week ! Steam Trading Cards Now Available for Medieval , Empire , Napoleon , and Rome . Plus, pre-purchase Total War: Rome II and receive the laurel wreath in Team Fortress 2. Wearing the laurel wreath unlocks a special "Romebot" invasion in Mann vs Machine mode. *No discount on pre-purchase titles. Offer ends August 26th at 10am pacific.
- Face Off: Is the RTS genre dying? - 6 February 2013
Last week, Ironclad Games’ director and co-owner Blair Fraser called the RTS genre “a dying market.” The genre convention of base building is “done,” Fraser says, and while a handful of games like Company of Heroes “may be profitable,” it’s his belief that RTSes are “very niche.” Hearing these comments from a strategy studio we respect sparked our own discussion: what’s the state of real-time strategy? In this Face Off debate, T.J. and Evan talk about the health of the genre, and debate whether its popularity has waned to never return, or if it’s actually seeing a resurgence. Jump over to the next page for more opinions from the PC Gamer community, and make your own arguments in the comments. Debate team captains: construct additional arguments. Evan: Let’s be clear: this isn’t something that I or we are rooting for. We love RTSes. Command & Conquer was one of my formative games. But th…
- Shocked Roman suddenly realises he’s in a videogame in latest Rome 2 screenshots - 4 October 2012
Total War: Rome 2 soldiers are made up of between 6000 and 7000 polygons lead designer, James Russell, explained recently at the Eurogamer Expo. Artillery projectiles in Rome 2 are made up of more polygons then a Rome 1 soldier has. If you put enough polygons into these characters and layer on enough AI subroutines than there's always a danger that one of your chaps can become sentient and kick his way out of the matrix. Luckily for humanity this soldier is having his existential crisis in front of a team of rampaging war elephants, one of the top five worst situations in which to have an existential crisis. See his predicament in more detail in the screenshots below.
- Total War Weekend - Day 2 - 28 September 2012
In celebration of the new Steam Workshop for Total War: Shogun 2, save 25% off the entire Total War Franchise and even bigger saving on select Total War titles each day, now through October 1st at 10am Pacific Time. Today only, save 75% off Napoleon: Total War and Empire: Total War . Owners of these two titles will also receive the Stovepipe Shako for the Sniper and Foppish Physician for the Medic in Team Fortress 2 and the Imperial Tricorne in Spiral Knights. Check out the Total War Master Collection for even bigger savings and a collection of Total War inspired items to use in Team Fortress 2 and Spiral Knights! Total War: Shogun 2 Workshop A thousand battles, a thousand victories, but are they yours? Create, discover and download historical battle scenarios, multiplayer maps and the most popular and accomplished mods. Or try out Total War TEd editor to create and upload your own. The…
