Exclusive Empire: Total War footage

By Robert Purchese Published 13 August, 2008

SEGA shows us naval warfare.

The next game in Creative Assembly's Total War series will be with us on 6th February 2009.

Entitled Empire: Total War, the PC-exclusive builds on the series by adding controllable naval warfare - an area previously restricted to the computer calculating which side wins.

This means you can turn the tides of victory on the high-seas in much the same way you can on land, overseeing masterful strategies to wrong-foot your rival commanders and send them to a watery grave.

For a better idea of what to expect from naval combat, check out our exclusive embedded trailer below.

Empire: Total War is the most up-to-date offering seen in the series so far, and tackles themes such as industrialisation, Eastern shipping routes, and the American struggle for independence.

The Campaign Map element of the game will be significantly improved as well, while Trade, Diplomacy and Espionage will be better thought-out. Adding to that will be a redesigned user interface and more on-screen help.

Eurogamer has awarded each major instalment in the Total War series - Shogun, Medieval, Rome, and Medieval II - with 9/10.

Head over to our Empire: Total War gamepage to see how the latest offering is shaping up.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (14) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • zuljin #1 4 years ago

    Ah, what better way to spend a completely anti-social Valentines... :)

  • Mudo #2 4 years ago

    Still no pictures or videos showing the campaign map means still no interest from me.

    Though that video is admittedly good and it's nice to see full UI and zoomed-out battling.
    Edited by 1 at 13/08/08 @ 16:39

  • UncleLou #3 4 years ago

    Still no pictures or videos showing the campaign map

    Hint: it will be a colourful map, with lots of little symbols. :p

    It's not like I don't want to see screenshots of it as well, but it won't really tell us a lot, will it?
    Edited by 1 at 13/08/08 @ 16:46

  • Mudo #4 4 years ago

    No, not really, but it's what I'm most interested in and curious to see.
    You could argue that yet another screenshot showing two armies/ships clashing in close up doesn't show us much either. Except pretty graphics.

    We already know exactly how the gameplay is going to be after all !

  • Ryuken #5 4 years ago

    We don't know how the naval part's gameplay will turn out, they could make it overly complex or too simple, anyway, it looks spectacular enough.

  • Beats12 #6 4 years ago

    Navel warfare is their big new feature, so I think we can forgive them for focusing on that...

    What we have seen is looking very very pretty. I can hear my computer sobbing at the thought of trying to run it.
    Edited by 1 at 13/08/08 @ 18:10

  • michaelius #7 4 years ago

    This thing is must buy for me. Can't wait for 4 other trailers (as this one was part 1/5)

  • Stuz359 #8 4 years ago

    Looks awesome. Plus Creative Assembly have never made a bad strategy game for the PC.

  • Jigglybean #9 4 years ago

    I hope and pray that its not as crap as M2:TW. 6 months waiting to fix the AI! The weakest in the series

  • MrCarrot #10 4 years ago

    Oh my!

    Do want!

  • RedSparrows #11 4 years ago

    I really hope I can run this, I wanted a TW that covered this exact period and look what I got. Yes please.

  • rufus_the_stunt_bum #12 4 years ago

    looks great, doubt my pc will cope with it though... I'd guess the hardware reqs are going to be high.

  • hiddenranbir #13 4 years ago

    The map is of interest since they said they did something very clever to ensure a bridging of the new world and places like India.

    Doubtful it is a fullworld map; if it ends up as that, awesome.

  • Fusey #14 4 years ago

    I've never played any of these games as they look terrifyingly strategic and I feel like I would get completely lost.

    But I'm always impressed with the graphical advancements they always seem to come up with with each new game.