Total War Dev Teases New Unreal Engine 5 Franchise

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Creative Assembly, the studio behind Total War, is developing a new franchise entirely in Unreal Engine 5. Creative Assembly has developed a large number of games, though most of the titles have been part of the Total War franchise, including its most recent Total War: Warhammer III. The strategy series is a turn-based, resource management game with real-time tactical battle control. The studio has developed over twenty different Total War games, though Creative Assembly’s other projects include the 2014 survival horror game Alien: Isolation and the sequel to Halo’s real-time strategy game, Halo Wars 2. Now it seems the studio is expanding its repertoire, building a new franchise with a brand-new engine.

Since its formal release, Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 has become synonymous with game development, as dozens of developers, big and small, have confirmed that they are building games in the new engine. CD Projekt Red confirmed it is developing the next The Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5, and Hangar 13 is reportedly developing Mafia 4 in the next-gen engine as well. Part of what makes the engine special is its robust, hyper-realistic graphics and enhanced lighting, physics, and performance. Demonstrating the engine’s capabilities, The Matrix Awakens was most gamers’ first foray with Unreal Engine 5. The game demo showed off an incredibly detailed game world, and since then many mainstream and indie developers have started their own projects. There is a massive list of developers using Unreal Engine 5 already, but it’s no surprise that more are joining the party.

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In a job listing spotted by SegmentNext (via PCGamesN), it was revealed that Creative