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– ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW – Posted over on the official Total War Reddit, the minute long teaser is titled “Azyr Stirs” depicts an mage astronomer spying a cryptic constellation from an observatory within the Imperial capital of Altdorf where the Colleges of Magic reside. In the world of Warhammer Fantasy, there are several different flavours (or “Winds”) of magic, each with their own their own school and powerful grimoire of spells. Azyr, also referred to as the Lore of Heavens, is...

Our definitive list of the finest Napoleonic War games from across the digital realm Ah, Napoleon. That man among the finest of generals, Frenchest of French, mediumest of a height lineup. With such a storied military career, such a massive historical impact and such a rich and enduring cultural presence,  the exploits of the first Emperor of France have made excellent fodder for wargames across digital, table-top and miniature properties. One could argue he’s starting to fall out of favo...

New Total Warhammer 2 update lets you buy Norscans’ tat February 8, 2021 The Twisted & Twilight update has moved from the beta branch to the main branch of Total War: Warhammer II. Following the launch of Total War: Warhammer II’s The Twisted & The Twilight DLC early last month, another update for the strategy game’s latest Lords Pack has dropped. The new patch is now out in the main branch after a couple weeks of beta testing, and it means you can at last trade with the Norscan facti...

Its been one year since we launched the GamesIndustry.biz Academy, and the section has gone from strength to strength since then. With the aim to both support the next generation of game developers and provide resources to existing members of the games industry, the Academy produced over 250 guides to making, funding, monetising, promoting and working in video games in the last year. These articles were produced by the GamesIndustry.biz team of course, but we also collaborated with over 100 ex...

January 29, 2021 The Ajax and Diomedes expansion is out now via the Epic Games Store. A Total War Saga: Troy is getting a new expansion pack at the end of the month which will feature new factions, mechanics, and units. The ‘Ajax and Diomedes Faction Pack’ will introduce, well, Ajax and Diomedes as new playable factions in the war for Trojan antiquity. This follows on from the Amazons expansion released last September, as well as the obligatory Blood Pack in October. Ajax controls the ci...

Wccftech’s Most Anticipated Strategy & Simulation Games of 2021 Jan 10, 2021 06:00 EST 2021. A new year, a new host of strategy and simulation games to look forward to. Last year was a good year for both genres, as seen in my list featuring the best strategy & simulation games of 2020. There were titles that I was expecting last year, like Humankind and Age of Empires IV, but they never saw a release. As such, you may see a few repeat titles from my most anticipated strategy & simulation...

It was the best of times, it was the strategy of times Hello, I’m Joe and I’m your friendly neighbourhood strategy editor. One of the great things about being in charge of an entire genre’s worth of content is that I get to reflect on the year in videogames through a very specific lens. Who cares about Cyberpunk or Hades – have you heard about what happened in strategy gaming this year? It’s a genre that’s getting more mainstream as time passes, though it still has to struggle ag...

In the days leading up to the end of the year, the Epic Games Store has upped its weekly free game offerings, now gifting a free title every single day. Currently, those with an Epic Games account can get their hands on Alien: Isolation, the much-loved BAFTA winning survival horror title from Creative Assembly. Available for free from now until 4pm GMT, Alien: Isolation is set 15 years after the original 1979 horror classic and follows Amanda Ripley, Ellen Ripley’s daughter, who “learns tha...

How Creative Assembly designed Alien: Isolation’s terrifyingly clever xenomorph December 21, 2020 Alien: Isolation is free on the Epic Games Store today, so we’re digging into the archives to highlight our chats with the devs. This article was originally published January 9, 2014. Alien: Isolation burst out of Creative Assembly’s chest yesterday, splattering previews all over the internet and making us spill our collective cereal — here is my Alien: Isolation preview, in case you’re ...

It’s hard to believe, but 2020 is almost behind us. It’s certainly been a uniquely challenging year, one that has seen the MCV/DEVELOP team out of our lovely central London office since March now, and having to work without the big-ticket events that used to dominate our calendars. However, while we may have lost the experience of physically attending E3, GDC and Gamescom this year, areas of our industry have still done very well indeed. It has become a tired talking point now to discuss ho...