Creative Assembly, the guys responsible for Total War, would love to see it on the consoles. So why don't they just totally do it? Seems like the consoles' specs aren't enough for them.

Sega has released a new video for their upcoming RTS, Stormrise (PS3, Xbox 360, PC). While the video's main focus is the Echelon Cougar Sniper unit, we also get to see a units from the tribal Sai faction in action.

Empire: Total War might not be console-bound, but Sega and Creative Assembly still have something cooking for console and PC RTS fans alike: Stormrise. Hit the full article for more info on this recently announced title as well as a look at its E3 2008 trailer.

Yes, future Napoleons - Creative Assembly has just given what they believe would be the time their latest Total War installment would be ripe for the picking. 2009 may be too long a wait for many fans, but at least the developers, together with Sega, have provided us with a means to tide us over. Watch the newest official trailer of Empire: Total War at the full story.

It looks like everyone's dishing out there own version of "Gamer's Day." Sega's own rendition, however, may be the one to stand out from the rest, since its multi-genre, multi-platform, and multi-franchise collection is studded with highly-anticipated hopefuls. So aside from Iron Man and upcoming game adaptation of The Incredible Hulk, Sega laid out teasers for fans of Aliens, Total War and the stealthy action title, Alpha Protocol.

Looking for more updates on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game Viking: Battle for Asgard? Well you are just in time as we have another one for you today. Sega has opened the official website of the game.

Aside from that, a new trailer video has just been released which can be found in the said website. Click the "read more" link below to know the full details.

If you're craving for more updates regarding the upcoming video game title Viking: Battle for Asgard, then you've come to the right place. What we have for you today are new screenshots showing off the different characters you will meet in the game.

We are really interested in this particular title as it is being back-dropped by the Norse mythology. To check out the screenshots, go to the full article via the "read more" link below.

In case you're wondering, that isn't Kratos with a new mop of hair back from another mission from the gods. Rather this rugged barbarian, Skarin, is the hero of Sega's upcoming hack and slash game in Viking: Battle for Asgard. You can check out just some of the new screenshots we've collected from the game and see just how this newest action game looks.

Check out the whole spread of muscled screenshots we have right after the jump!

 

2K Games' BioShock is still riding waves of success, being top pick for various gamers around the world. The Swedish are no exception either, for the first-person shooter from 2K Games Boston and Australia steals number one spot for their all platforms chart - well the Xbox 360 version, that is.

It also managed to squeeze through four popular PC, MMO games in the region, which include NCSoft's Guild Wars expansion Eye of the North, Creative Assembly's Medieval II: Total War expansion Kingdoms, and Blizzard Entertainment's two-hit combo - World of Warcraft and World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - in that order from second to fifth.

BioShock's Games for Windows version settled into sixth place, while Insomniac Games' Resistance: Fall of Man and Revolution Studios' Motorstorm also found a place in the top ten titles, having grabbed a solid seventh and eighth respectively. 

Counter-Strike 1: Anthology from Valve Software at ninth closed the PC game count to six in PC-dominated charts, while PS2 title Guitar Hero 2: Rock the 80's from RedOctane concluded the top ten games. In essence, Guild Wars: Eye of the North topped the PC list, Resistance: Fall of Man trumped the PS3 list, BioShock rocked the Xbox 360 chart, and Nintendo's Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess was king of the Wii mountain.

In the handheld scene, Nintendo's Pokemon Diamond was favored in the DS list, while WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2007 from THQ crushed competition in the PSP chart. Here's the top ten in the Swedish multi-format charts:

1. Bioshock (360)
2. Guild Wars Eye of the North (PC)
3. Medieval II Total War Kingdoms (PC)
4. World of Warcraft (PC)
5. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)
6. Bioshock (PC)
7. Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
8. Motorstorm (PS3)
9. Counter-Strike 1: Anthology (PC)
10. Guitar Hero 2 Rock the 80´s (PS2)

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Creative Assembly, creators of the Total War series, leaped centuries from Medieval: Total War to enter the world in the where swords and melee combat were replaced by muskets and firing lines. Empire: Total Earth, most likely to remain a PC-exclusive RTS, was formerly announced to take fans of the series into the age of fighting sails and gunpowder.

CVG sat down with Creative Assembly's James Russell (lead designer) and Mike Simpson (studio director) to unravel their latest offering to the Total War franchise.

Introducing the new title, James Russell said, "Empire: Total War's set in the 18th century and the time of the Industrial Revolution, the American Revolution and the French Revolution." He claimed that fans of the series will be able to experience the employment of combat tactics, strategic formations, and the training of unique units within the era.

Like former Total War video games, the Empire: Total War will grant players access to authentic battle formations and strategies, such as lethal firing lines and the cavalry-stopping square formation. The use of cannon will provide budding strategists with the opportunity to rain death from above. Buildings can also be occupied by infantry and torn down with cannon fire.

No longer limiting itself to a single continent, Empire: Total War will allow Total War strategists to enter theaters in the Caribbean, in North America, Central America, and India to add to the already-visited theaters of the European peninsula and the Middle East.

But perhaps the biggest feature in Empire: Total War is the inclusion of real-time sea combat, a feature lacking in previous Total War titles, despite the integration of naval combat units. James Russell said the visit into the 18th century prompted the dive into naval warfare, since it was the age that naval warfare really advanced to a grand scale.

This avenue, and most features mentioned above, were already explored before by Eidos Interactive's Imperial Glory, however, and the video games' mediocre welcoming left the gunpowder warfare concept with a slightly less invigorating appeal. Will Empire: Total War break open the hatches and blow away skepticism? We'll find out when it delivers broadsides some time next year.