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Total War: Arena

Total War: Arena is a strategy title developed by Creative Assembly. It is a first free to play game in the Total War series and it focuses on online multiplayer with real-time strategy elements and battle arena gameplay.
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Total War: Arena relaunches in China, western release under consideration

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NetEase have today officially relaunched Total War: Arena in China with seven brand new maps in addition to the original five. A western release is still under consideration.

Total War: Arena closing its doors for good in February 2019

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Creative Assembly have just announced that Total War: Arena will be shutting its doors for good after just one year on the market, having failed to fulfill the company's expectations. There's free gifts involved too, if you're interested.

Total War: Arena now open for a week of free testing

Creative Assembly is having an open week of testing for their free to play Total War: Arena. The event will conclude on 04 December 2017. Creative Assembly partnered up with Wargaming to merge Total War gameplay with a free to play model.

Total War: Arena - A newb's guide through initial tiers

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You'd think having 10 commanders in one army would spell disaster for any instalment of Total War but it's quite the contrary. Total War: Arena does require some grinding though, so if you're a newcomer, here's some things to keep in mind.

Total War: Arena's open beta now live, all progress will carry over to the released game

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Creative Assembly's Total War: Arena is having an open beta. The beta test brings a new faction - Carthage. The game doesn't have a set release date. All progress from the beta will carry over into the full release.

Total War: Arena's closed beta begins

Total War: Arena is ready to start its closed beta testing. New commander - Boudica - brings a new Barbarian Army Tech Tree. All players who took part in the Alpha have been automatically included into CBT.

GOG, Humble Bundle and Steam sales this weekend

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Total War: Arena developer diary reveals where the game is

Having had the guts to take their game offline for a time, Creative Assembly have now released the first dev diary for Total War: Arena which gives more details about where the title is heading.