Total War: Shogun 2

PC / Strategy / Release: Mar 15, 2011 / ESRB: T

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Daily Filter: August 25, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter includes new videos for a slew of games in the Shacknews database, including: Ace Combat Joint Assault, FIFA Soccer 11, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Shaun White Skateboarding, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, and Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. Read more »

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Daily Filter: August 10, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Daily Filter features trailers for the multiple pre-order bonuses available for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days as well as new trailers for Shaun White Skateboarding and Combat Arms. Read more »

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Shogun 2: Total War Trailer Shows 'Gameplay'

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Shogun 2: Total War's publisher Sega might be overly generous in describing this new trailer as "gameplay" but it certainly is a fine display of the strategy sequel's graphics.

We had a gander at Shogun 2 during E3 2010, where developer The Creative Assembly explained its plans and goals for the strategy game set in feudal Japan. Improved land and naval battles are promised--as is customary for a new Total War title--as well as a more thoughtful style of play that doesn't involve simply swarming your foes. Read more »

"It's amazing that even a strategy game has graphics that look so good up close these days. ..."
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Daily Filter: July 27, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Daily Filter includes video of the Street Fighter X Tekken and Mega Man Universe panels at Comic-Con 2010. We've also added a behind-the-scenes video for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days along with three other trailers for the upcoming sequel. Activision takes gamers behind-the-scenes of a recent music re-recording session for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, Hothead Games takes a unique (and hilarious) approach to "Dev Diaries" in a video for Deathspank and we take a look at the NFC North in a new "sizzle" video for Madden NFL 11. If that's not enough content for you, we've also added new screens for Dungeon Siege 3 and media for Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Defenders of the Core, Mushroom Age and Shogun 2: Total War. Read more »

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Shogun 2: Total War E3 2010 Preview

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As communications manager Kieran Brigden puts it, Shogun 2: Total War isn't just a much different game than developer Creative Assembly's recent Total War entries, it's also the game that the studio has been wanting to make for the past ten years.

"We made Shogun 1 ten years ago--not quite to the day, but very close," he explained. "Shogun 2 is basically taking ten years of design and game-making experience and rolling all of that back into being the game we wanted to make when we made the first." Read more »

"Downloadable Content [Post-release downloadable content?] Definitely. We obviously don't ..."
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Shogun 2: Total War Screenshots Go In-Game

While Shogun 2: Total War's cinematic announcement trailer was quite nice, it showed little of the actual game. Which is why publisher Sega has sent along three in-game screenshots from The Creative Assembly's strategy sequel to celebrate E3.

Boasting "Improved land and naval battle gameplay" and improved AI with campaign, co-op and competitive multiplayer modes, Shogun 2: Total War is headed to PC in 2011.

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"OH MY GOD I fucking loved the first game. This is an instant buy for me by default."
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Shogun 2: Total War Announced

The Creative Assembly is returning to feudal Japan with a sequel to Shogun: Total War, publisher Sega has announced, which is curiously named Shogun 2: Total War.

Set in the middle of the 16th century, the strategy sequel will see players using "military engagements, economics and diplomacy" to reunite Japan's warring clans under their rule to become the new Shogun. Read more »

"I didn't purchase the last two Total War games due to such negative remarks from so many gamers. ..."
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Shaun White Skateboarding Trailer Tears It Up

As if it weren't bad enough that skateboarders are taking over our park benches and handrails for their shenanigans, the CGI-snaffizied live-action debut trailer for Ubisoft Montreal's

Shaun White Skateboarding shows they'll soon be ripping up the streets too.

Ubisoft explains that the famed snowboarder's skateboarding game will allow players to "shape your world by extending handrails into endless grinds, carving alleys into half pipes and morphing streets into ramps." Tsk! The youth of today--not a shred of respect. Read more »

"Skateboarding? How bout getting a snowboarding game done right first? Remember Cool Boarders? It ..."
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Ubisoft Doing Away with Printed Manuals

Under the guise of new "environmental initiative," publisher Ubisoft today announced that it will begin replacing the traditional printed paper instruction manuals included in its PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 releases with digital in-game manuals later this year.

Explained the company:

Ubisoft's digital game manuals will provide multiple benefits for the player and the environment. Including the game manual directly in the game will offer the player easier and more intuitive access to game information, as well as allow Ubisoft to provide gamers with a more robust manual. Ubisoft internal data shows that producing one ton of paper used in Ubisoft's game manuals consumes an average of two tons of wood from 13 trees, with a net energy of 28 million BTU's (equivalent to average heating and energy for one home/year), greenhouse gases equivalent of over 6,000 lbs of CO2, and wastewater of almost 15,000 gallons.
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""environmental initiative" my ass. Where do most pc games serial number come on? Yep, the ..."
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Ubisoft Announces Shaun White Skateboarding

Fresh off of his second Olympic gold medal for snowboarding, Shaun White's video game portfolio is expanding to include skateboarding. Ubisoft have announced Shaun White Skateboarding is developed by Ubisoft Montreal for a holiday 2010 release.

"The game will be available on PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and Wii," Ubisoft tells Shacknews. While no in-game images or video have been released, Shaun was happy to comment on the new title, saying "I can't describe how excited I am about the skateboard game. We've been working on it for a while now and it's ready to melt minds." Read more »

"Shawn White skateboarding? had no idea the guy was good with skateboard"
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