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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.

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/