Vi har vidst at denne afsløring ville komme før eller senere, men nu er det endelig officielt. Creative Assembly og Sega arbejder på Total War: Warhammer, en storslået strategiudgave af det berømte Warhammer-sæt af Games Workshop.
Annonceringen afslører samtidig, at dette spil vil være det første af en trilogi, der vil "kombinere to andre titler, samt ekstra indholdspakker, til at skabe den største Total War-oplevelse nogensinde".
Det er på tide at studiet begav sig ind i fantasiens verden, og vi bliver lovet at "en verden af helte, gigantiske monstre, flyvende bæster, storslåede magistorme og talløse regimenter af mareridtskrigere" snart kan tage plads i Creative Assemblys karakteristiske blanding af turbaseret- og realtime-strategi. Pressemeddelelsen lyder således:
"In the turn-based campaign game, players will find the Old World an unforgiving and treacherous place, filled with endless war and cunning alliances alike. Whichever race you choose to play as and however you seek conquest, you will be faced with a conflict that threatens to tear the very fabric of reality asunder."
Total War: Warhammer projektleder, Ian Roxburgh, siger: "We've always loved the Warhammer universe, and couldn't wait to approach it with the same colossal scale and authenticity that has characterised our titles for the last 15 years. We're bringing it to life in a way that nobody's attempted before."
Den filmiske trailer-afsløring herunder (med stemme af Steven Berkoff) er første glimt af Creative Assemblys plan for serien, og efter du har set den, kan du også lige få nogle detaljer om plottet med oven i hatten.
It is an age of endless conquest, thousands of warriors clash in titanic battles as entire races wage war on one another, each led by a formidable hero seeking dominion over the world.
All at your command.
The valiant Karl Franz marshals the men of the Empire, seeking to unite the fractured elector counts under a banner of strength against their common enemies.
Hungry for the vicious brutality of combat, the Greenskins flock to the tribe of Grimgor Ironhide; Orcs and Goblins alike filled with an insatiable thirst for carnage.
High King Thorgrim orders the stoic Dwarfs forth from their mountain strongholds, marching to vengefully right the grave injustices dealt to them over the millennia.
Yet the motives of the Vampire Counts under Mannfred von Carstien are shrouded in murderous secrecy, his armies raised from the rotting ranks of the dead.
And while the Old World becomes torn by betrayal, war and the unleashing of unfathomable power, a greater threat still whispers in the winds from the north. The fabric of reality itself begins to rend and buckle...
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