The next TW Title

[ghostinthemaxim]

Hi there,
as a start: This thread is not intended for discussion which epoch would be the most interesting, best-suited or whatever one for the next TW title, but the most likely. After having been disappointed with the low level of re-playability of NTW, I looked for and found information and rumors here and there in the web that give hints on what the next TW game might be:

From Jan 2009:

Will developers The Creative Assembly revisit an earlier game, perhaps a new Shogun or Rome? I say no, all signs point towards the next game being based in the modern era, the 20th Century seems right. The new engine for Empire features naval battles and all-out rifle warfare, both of which are defining characteristics of anything major conflict since World War One.
Further support for this theory comes from Mike Brunton, someone who has worked on every Total War game as a writer and designer. In a piece by Jim Rossignol (PC Gamer 197) which analyses the history of the Total War games Brunton gives us a hint of what to expect.

“Let’s just say we have some staff that have tiny joygasms over Tamiya and Trumpeter plastic tank kits and leave it at that. We won’t be able to restrain them forever.”

It is surely fair to say that there is a strong likelihood of the next game from The Creative Assembly bringing us into the modern era; they have a game engine that can deal with the combat and a team that has some strange fantasies about plastic tanks. What more of a hint do we need?

http://thereticule.com/2009/01/what-next-for-total-war/



From Feb 2010 (German computer magazine website - translated)

Computer-Bild Spiele: "[...] What do you plan next?"

Mark O'Connell: " [...] Whenever we make a TW game, the most important thing for us is to find a time period - be it in the past, present, or future - in which several factions fought for power and each one of them had the chance to be victorious. [...]"

http://www.computerbild.de/artikel/cbs-N…ew-5049952.html


For me these these two bits of information point to a TW game that is set in the modern age, or maybe even in a fictional(?) ("future") setting. Anyone supporting or contradicting info, evidence or thoughts?