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Building Rome: The art of ROME: Total War on iPad

Rome wasn’t built in a day – and for iPad it took a while. Here we describe our journey in a series of five enlightening dev diaries, from our first experiments with touch controls right through to completing the full and glorious experience of ROME: Total War on iPad.

We don’t normally get to redo artwork for our games, so we were very excited when the opportunity came along with ROME: Total War for iPad. We worked with a team of talented artists, some of whom had provided art for Creative Assembly on other Total War games.

The art for ROME: Total War has always been something special, but the UI was built in 2004 for lower-resolution screens, and didn't transfer fantastically to the Retina screen of the iPad.

So we spruced it up, preserving the original look while perfecting it for the greatly increased screen res.

The artists painstakingly repainted over 1400 icons, cards and map images at four times their size. They even drew some from scratch. We then added the new art to the game for a super-sharp finish.

While we’re on the subject of gorgeous aesthetics, we hope you’ve admired the opening, prologue and faction introduction cutscenes on your iPad. We rerecorded them from 4K Mac displays to achieve the most spectacular quality possible.

ROME: Total War is now available for iPad on the App Store. Advance to the minisite for videos, screenshots, and tips on building and ruling your empire.

The Scourge of God Returns — Total War: ATTILA out now on macOS

Following ROME II’s successful return to macOS, Total War: ATTILA is available on modern Macs for the first time.

Experience Total War’s signature blend of turn-based grand strategy and spectacular real-time tactical battles as a crumbling Roman Empire makes its desperate last stand.

This new port for macOS comes with native Apple Silicon support, improved performance and UI scaling. All eight DLC packs are also available for purchase, expanding the Campaigns and playable Culture roster. Existing owners of ATTILA and its DLC packs on Steam can access this new Mac version free of charge.

For more info, head to the Blog: https://www.feralinteractive.com/games/attilatw/mac/blog/

Get Total War: ATTILA on Steam or Mac App Store today.

Become the Storm, or Stand Against It — Total War: ATTILA returns to macOS on July 2nd

Following on from ROME II’s successful return to macOS, a new, darker chapter of history is about to unfold...

Total War: ATTILA arrives on modern Macs for the first time on July 2nd!

Against a foreboding backdrop of famine, disease and war, a new power rises from the great steppes of the East with a million horsemen at his back. The ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome…

Experience Total War’s signature blend of turn-based grand strategy and spectacular real-time tactical battles as a crumbling Roman Empire makes its desperate last stand. Or, become the storm and wage a campaign of terror and destruction to usher in the Dark Ages.

Unique mechanics make ATTILA’s campaign map more dynamic than ever, with the rise of Nomadic peoples able to abandon their homes to find greener pastures and greater plunder in faraway lands — leaving entire settlements levelled in their wake.

This new port for macOS comes with native Apple Silicon support, improved performance and UI scaling. Existing owners of ATTILA on Steam can access the Mac version free of charge on release day. All eight DLC packs will also be available for purchase, expanding the Campaigns and playable Culture roster from day one.

Brace yourself. Total War: ATTILA returns to macOS on July 2nd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/325610/Total_War_ATTILA/