News has come to light that Creative Assembly has three new titles in development, one of which is reportedly a Total War: Star Wars game. Creative Assembly is currently hard at work in supporting its most recent release, Total War: PHARAOH which was released back in October 2023. Dual Shockers has reported that its inside source has reliable information about a Total War: Star Wars game being in development alongside two other titles.
A Star Wars-themed TW game could be a good fit for the studio given the vast material that could be drawn from to create a new grand strategy military campaign game. The bigger question is when such a game could see a release. Creative Assembly has typically stuck to an annual release schedule for its Total War games and if three are in development then it could mean anywhere from one to three years before this game might launch.
Total War: PHARAOH Updates (per official blog):
The Sega-owned studio announced a couple of weeks back that it is presently hard at work in adding content to Total War: PHARAOH. From new playable factions to increasing the roster size, and increasing the campaign map size, Creative Assembly is working towards providing free updates to its most recent TW game.
“In January we launched the High Tide Update for Total War: PHARAOH, welcoming the harbingers of the Bronze-Age Collapse, the Sea Peoples, as a new playable culture alongside their two dedicated factions, bringing the core roster up to ten. We were delighted to see your positive reception to this free update which was part of our post-launch ambitions to create a vast Bronze-Age strategy experience.
As mentioned in our Leadership Message back in December, the vision for Total War: PHARAOH since the outset of the project has been to increase the size of the campaign map and introduce even more cultures and ways of engaging in glorious strategic conquest. Today, we’re excited to announce that this will come courtesy of a vast free update that significantly reworks the existing campaign mode already available in PHARAOH’s base-game. This update will usher in a host of exciting new additions whilst also implementing some familiar content from its Bronze-Age brother, A Total War Saga: TROY. We want to improve your experience of this most iconic age, and we’re working hard to deliver it later this year.
In terms of the content you can expect to experience, prepare to embark on a conquest across a map that has greatly increased in size as we add the renowned and highly requested regions of Mesopotamia and the Aegean to the conflict alongside the playable cultures of Babylon, Assyria, Mycenae and Troy. Whilst within the strategic campaign layer, you will have access to all new mechanics such as the Dynasty system which adds mortality and succession to the faction leaders’ quest to leave behind a legacy that will survive the ages. And finally, within battle you can expect over 80 new units for the Mesopotamian factions, alongside the addition of over 70 reworked units from a Total War Saga: TROY.”