Learn about the History of the Total War Games

Get up to speed on the popular real time strategy series Total War with this video retrospective on the history of the franchise.

When it comes to RTS games, developer Creative Assembly have crafted some of the finest games in the genre with their Total War games that have spanned multiple eras over the 18 year journey the series has gone on. In this new video from Gamespot they break down the series from it's humble beginnings and beyond, with even more Total War games on the horizon this year. RTS fans are able to enjoy great tactical freedom as they control various armies from historic periods. Each game raised the bar even further as they continued to add systems and fine-tune the experience to new heights.

Total War Games (2000-2018)

The series has enjoyed a number of titles that has taken the series from Japan to Rome, and even brought to life the Warhammer fantasy universe with a trilogy of games centered around the table-top series. Later this year we'll see two new Total War games as Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia and Total War: Three Kingdoms when they arrive, plus any DLC that Creative Assembly has tucked away up their sleeves. Here's a breakdown of the main titles in the series in release order:

Shogun: Total War - 2000
Medieval: Total War - 2002
Rome: Total War - 2004
Medieval II: Total War - 2006
Empire: Total War - 2009
Napoleon: Total War - 2010
Total War: Shogun 2 - 2011
Total War: Rome II - 2013
Total War: Attila - 2015
Total War: Warhammer - 2016
Total War: Warhammer II - 2017
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia - 2018
Total War: Three Kingdoms - 2018

If you're wanting to sink your teeth into the series then you can take advantage of our Total War sale this week with savings on the entire franchise! Hurry though, our sale ends March 1st at 11pm GMT!