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Building Rome: The full experience 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.

Determined to provide the full ROME: Total War experience on iPad, we explored every game flow to ensure we didn't miss a thing.

One major focus was battle mode. This wasn’t just about making battles as epic on iPad as they are on desktop, but also about making them convenient. Playing ROME: Total War for iPad, you might find yourself on the battlefield during a short commute. (Of course we don’t have short commutes here in London, but we have heard tales of the phenomenon.)

While we didn’t want to spoil players with too much of a cheat option by introducing manual saves mid-battle, we did implement an auto-retrieve. This means that if you leave your app running in the background and it closes due to competing apps, or if you close it through the home button, starting up again will return you to the fray – exactly where you left it.

Speaking of a full experience, we knew from the beginning that we didn’t want to introduce any micro-transactions. These have their place in certain games...but ROME: Total War is not one of them.

We topped it all off with cross-platform save compatibility between Mac and iPad. So if you’re playing on Mac and want to keep playing on your way to work, transfer the Mac save to your iPad for the commute, and then back again when you get home.

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.

Free Hit — Contracts Mode is Now Available for Hitman: Absolution on iOS & Android

Make your mark in Contracts, the player-created challenge mode out now for Hitman: Absolution on iOS and Android.

Select up to three marks from any of the game’s target-rich environments, choose how to eliminate them, then share your Contract online for others to tackle.

High scores and bragging rights are up for grabs on Contracts mode’s cross-platform leaderboards, so agent, get out there and make a name for yourself.

Head to our blog for all the intel, or download the latest update to get your Contracts career started right away.

Buy Hitman: Absolution now:

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/hitman-absolution/id6737513240
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.feralinteractive.hitmanabsolution_android

Time to Get Creative, 47 — Contracts Mode Comes for Hitman: Absolution on iOS & Android on May 14th

Plan, execute, escape. And challenge other agents on iOS and Android in Contracts mode, coming to Hitman: Absolution on May 14th.

In this cross-platform, asynchronous multiplayer mode, select up to three marks from any of the game’s target-rich, story mode environments and move in for the kill. Your performance sets the standard for others to beat when you publish your Contract online. What weapon did you use? Were you suited and booted, or in disguise? Did you hide the body? Stage an ‘accident’? If they want your Contract’s payday, rival agents will have to surpass your performance.

Want to become a legend within The Agency? Take on player-created Contracts and write your name all over the leaderboards. And, keep an eye out for Featured Contracts curated by the Feral team.

The Contracts update is free for all owners of Hitman: Absolution on iOS and Android, with a Nintendo Switch release also in the works. Get all the intel you need over on our Blog and strike quickly when it drops on May 14th.