author: Bart Swiatek
Total War Games Owned by 36 Million Players, Creative Assembly Grows
Creative Assembly announced that games from its flagship strategy series Total War have already been bought by more than 36 million people. The studio is growing rapidly and currently has the largest development team in the UK.
IN A NUTSHELL:
- Total War games have sold over 36 million copies in total;
- Creative Assembly is now the largest development studio in the UK with 800 permanent employees.
Creative Assembly announced that its Total War strategy game series has sold more than 36 million copies in total. The success of such games as Total War: Three Kingdoms (over one million copies sold in the first week alone, thanks to the huge popularity in China) and the dark fantasy Total War: Warhammer subseries were of great importance here. Every month more than 1.5 million people play Total War titles.
“This is an incredibly exciting time for Creative Assembly with the highly-anticipated Total War: WARHAMMER III on the horizon and our new sci-fi-shooter IP in development. We are already home to some of the best talent out there and we are growing," said studio's head Gareth Edmondson.
The excellent results of the flagship series have enabled the studio to grow rapidly - it now employs 800 permanent staff, making it the largest company of its kind in the UK. The team has grown by 20% in the last year alone. The memo also boasts details about CA's headquarters - there are over 30 meeting spaces, as well as 20 dedicated specialist rooms for sound design and playtesting. The company even has its own studio for motion capture.
“In the future we’ll be transforming our working model to embed flexibility as the norm, and we need the right environment to achieve that. While we want to amplify the benefits of remote working we also recognise that there is no virtual substitution to in-person creative collaboration, so we’ll be redesigning our working rhythm as well as our environment to focus on creativity and innovation when we are in the office,” added the head of Creative Assembly.
