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Sega 'looking at' Total War MMO
Boss Mike Hayes considers expanding all of Sega West's core franchises.
Written by Andy Griffiths, 19 March 2010
The president of Sega West has hinted at a plethora of new sequels currently being considered after the successes the publisher has experienced over the recent year. Bayonetta, Alien vs Predator and Alpha Protocol were all talked about as franchises which Mike Hayes would wish to continue during a candid interview with CVG. One particularly mention caught our eye though, Total War.
"There is still a lot more we can do in the pure historic field. But we also think we can take things in another direction with Total War - obviously I can't give you any more there." Explained Sega West's likeable leader.
"But we want to branch into different areas. The fanbase knows we're trying to deliver more content through DLC and I think Napoleon is in a technical sense better than Empire. We're also expanding the team at Creative Assembly, which shows how much we think of that studio"
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"MMOs are feast or famine for publishers. Would we look at how we take existing franchises there? Yes. We've done Football Manager Live and that's been profitable. We've done 35,000 on that, which is a good fanbase. People often ask if we'd take Total War in that direction and we're constantly looking at it, but MMO is a very competitive market."
Napoleon Total War featured many new online centric features including drop-in, drop-out battles and a fully cooperative campaign mode. It isn't a surprise that many gaming executives are mentioning the words MMO and Creative Assemblies in the same breath.
Gamers shouldn't be surprised if the next chapter in the Total War series is much more multiplayer minded.
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