Rob Bartholomew: Last News

Creative Assembly has defended its decision to sell the next downloadable content (DLC) pack for Total War: Warhammer 3, Shadows Of Change, at an increased cost – despite causing backlash and negative reviews from players.Earlier in the month, Creative Assembly revealed Shadows Of Change, Total War: Warhammer 3 DLC that will add three new legendary lords and more recruitable units to the game.However, the DLC’s price raised eyebrows at the time. At £20, the new content is £7 more expensive than the game’s previous lord pack, Champions Of Chaos.

Alien: Isolation developer Creative Assembly is currently working on an unannounced science-fiction first-person shooter (FPS) game, and has shared brief details on what it will involve.Creative Assembly studio director Gareth Edmondson and creative director Alistair Hope broke the news in the most recent issue of Edge Magazine (via GamesRadar), the “as-yet-unnamed” game has been in the works for around four years, since 2018.The upcoming game has a “drive for attention to detail and authenticity” and will absolutely adhere to “understanding the source material,” although what that source material is was not revealed.“It’s our new IP, and it’s a world that we’re creating, and of course we’re wringing our hands over it and we really want to get that right,” added chief product officer Rob Bartholomew. “We want to understand what authenticity in a blue ocean or an open sky looks like, when you’ve got a blank page in front of you.”Creative Assembly is best known for its real-time strategy Total War series, although the studio also developed 2014’s Alien: Isolation, a first-person horror game set in the canon of the Alien film franchise.

Total War: Warhammer 3 has solidified a February release date, revealed the Ogre Kingdoms as an ‘early adopter’ faction, and announced that the title will be available on Xbox Game Pass for PC.Today (November 4) Creative Assembly has confirmed that Total War: Warhammer 3 will launch on February 17, 2022.The game will also be available from day one on the Xbox Game Pass for PC, which chief product officer Rob Bartholomew says will allow the team “to bring the ruinous powers of Chaos to as many players as possible”.Furthermore, anyone who pre-orders Total War: Warhammer 3 or purchases it within the first week of sale will get a bonus Ogre Kingdoms race pack.

Total War: Warhammer 3 has been delayed from a 2021 release and will now launch in ‘early 2022’, as confirmed on Twitter.In a statement sent out via Twitter, CPO in charge of Total War: Warhammer 3, Rob Bartholomew said that “While it’s tempting to rush to the finish line as it comes in to view, we have made the decision to give it a little more time by moving the launch of Total War: Warhammer 3 from 2021 to early 2022.”Total War: WARHAMMER III will now release in early 2022.We know this is disappointing, but the extra time means we can accomplish more than we could if we rushed to release this year.We won’t be staying quiet however, join us tomorrow for the global reveal of Grand Cathay… pic.twitter.com/R4GdObAs9P— Total War (@totalwar)

Sega has announced that A Total War Saga: Troy was downloaded by 7.5 million players in the game’s opening 24 hours.The title launched exclusively for PC players on the Epic Games Store and offered the incentive of being completely free to anyone who downloads the game in the first 24 hours.While an unusual method, A Total War Saga: Troy has proven to be a success by pulling in a wealth of players. Now, if anyone wishes to dive in they will have to commit to the full retail price of £34.99GBP/$49.99USD.“We were optimistic but we couldn’t have predicted this level of excitement,” said chief product officer Rob Bartholomew in a press release.“It’s been incredible to work with Epic on giving this brand new release away for free.