Total War: Arena announced - new free-to-play MOBA

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UK developer Creative Assembly has announced Total War: Arena, a free-to-play spin-off of the popular Total War series coming to PC. 

Lead designer James Russell announced the team-based game today as part of a panel at GDC 2013, detailing that it will be an online-only free-to-play title that mixes elements of both the RTS and MOBA genres.

According to publisher Sega, Total War: Arena will allow players to pit history's greatest military commanders and their armies against each other. No other details were given.

No release date was mentioned, but a closed beta test for the game will be made available in the coming months.

Gamespot

So we get another MOBA-like game. Hopefully they'll do something to differentiate themselves from the likes of League of Legends and Dota 2. 

Sounds like they are mixing some RTS elements into it. Sounds like they are going to try to keep it Total War related.

It would be awesome if you were an officer/great warrior in a massive battles. The mobs were the various battalions clashing and you were fighting through them. Could be fun. Actually, that could be a ton of fun.

Seriously, imagine this never ending battle of 2 sides complete with various units, formations, and all of that. Two teams of 5 are controlling their mobs as well as fighting for each other. You win by destroying the enemy's camp. They have defensive positions up and down the lanes that are like towers and walls, so you need to keep various mobs alive to destroy them.

Wow... thinking about this makes it sound like a great idea. Probably won't do any of that though.

I'm pretty cool with MOBA's, but still....There's only so many that need to be popping up :X

I've tried getting into any MOBA and just can't.

Looking forward to it. Sounds great to mix history , rts , battle  into MOBA genre.

All aboard the MOBA train, WOO WOO.

This could turn out well (CA has an excellent track record), but this could also be really terrible. I'm going to reverse my judgement until we see more than the title.

Sounds like they are mixing some RTS elements into it. Sounds like they are going to try to keep it Total War related.

It would be awesome if you were an officer/great warrior in a massive battles. The mobs were the various battalions clashing and you were fighting through them. Could be fun. Actually, that could be a ton of fun.

Seriously, imagine this never ending battle of 2 sides complete with various units, formations, and all of that. Two teams of 5 are controlling their mobs as well as fighting for each other. You win by destroying the enemy's camp. They have defensive positions up and down the lanes that are like towers and walls, so you need to keep various mobs alive to destroy them.

Wow... thinking about this makes it sound like a great idea. Probably won't do any of that though.

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