Total War: ARENA is a computer-based multiplayer free-to-play [1] online game developed by Creative Assembly in the historical setting of wars of the period of antiquity .
| Total War: ARENA | |
|---|---|
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| Developer |  Creative assembly |
| Publisher | Wargaming.net |
| Part of a series | Total war |
| Date of issue | February 22, 2018 |
| Genre | massively multiplayer online game , real-time tactics , wargame |
| Technical details | |
| Platform | Windows |
| Game engine | Warscape |
| Game modes | multiplayer |
| Carrier | digital distribution |
| Control | keyboard and mouse |
It is part of a series of strategic computer games Total War , but, unlike other games in the series, it does not have a global turn-based strategy mode — only battles directly — and is designed for a multiplayer game [2] . Series designer Eric Russell compared Total War: ARENA to games in the MOBA genre [1] .
The concept of the game is based on team battles of the warriors of Ancient Greece , Ancient Rome , the Ancient East , Carthage and barbarian tribes in the format of 10 for 10 players; at the same time, three units are available for each of the battle participants — up to one hundred soldiers in each [2] .
Development
In November 2016, Wargaming , SEGA and Creative Assembly announced that the game Total War: ARENA will be published worldwide under the brand Wargaming Alliance - the new publishing division of Wargaming [3] .
On September 1, 2017, a PTA based on Wargaming servers began.
On February 2, 2018, at 15:00, MBT began, which ended 10 days later, on February 12, at 13:00 [4] . On March 5, MBT was launched again.
In November 2018, it was announced that the project would be closed on February 22, 2019 [5] .
The project was closed on February 22, 2019.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Dave Tach. Total War: Arena announced at GDC, will be free-to-play, multiplayer-focused . Polygon (Mar 28, 2013). Date of treatment December 20, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Evgeny Baranov. Ten goals for one army. Preview of Total War: Arena . Gambling (10.16.2015). Date of treatment December 20, 2016.
- ↑ Mike Minotti. Wargaming brings Sega's Total War: Arena under its new Alliance free-to-play banner . Venture Beat (ovember 14, 2016). Date of treatment December 20, 2016.
- ↑ The authors of Total War: ARENA began open beta testing . igromania.ru.
- ↑ Closing of Total War: Arena (inaccessible link) . The official website of the game. Date of treatment November 22, 2018. Archived November 27, 2018.
Links
- totalwararena.ru - official site of Total War: Arena
- https://vk.com/totalwararena - the official VKontakte group.