Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs

[Jan 27, 2009, 9:44 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The Total War Blog says March 4 is the release date for Empire: Total War, confirming the most recent release date for the next installment in Creative Assembly's large-scale real-time strategy series. They also announce that all copies of the game must be activated using Steam, even if they are purchased at retail or another digital delivery service. They also offer some system specifications, saying the following represents the minimum, rather than the recommended specs:

Operating System: Windows XP 32(service pack 2), Windows Vista 32 OS.
Processor: 2.4 GHz Single Core Intel or AMD equivalent processor.
System Memory: 1GB RAM (XP) 2GB RAM (Vista).
Graphics Card: 256MB DirectX 9.0c compatible video card (shader 2.0 or higher).
Sound Card: Directx9.0c compatible sound card.
Windows compatible mouse & keyboard.
15 GB free uncompressed hard drive space.

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Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs

Jan 28, 2009, 12:44

elefunk

So it's legitimate concern, and I understand why people refuse to use Steam because of it. As I posted above (you probably missed it as you were typing your own post), the same cracks exist for Steam games as they do for CD/DVD-based games. These guys are so quick to suggest using cracks to gain the same advantages you get through Steam (no CD in the drive, no need to mess with CD keys, etc.) that it's quite hypocritical to ignore the same alternative when it comes to this. but it CAN be a nuisance to have to wait for Steam to finally fix your game. True, but we're talking about Empire: Total War here, not random-steam-game-number-34234. The game is built with Steamworks integrated from the ground-up, and it would therefore be physically impossible for a patch to be released not on Steam.

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Jan 27, 20:47	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	RP
	2.	Jan 27, 20:57	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Caveman
	4.	Jan 27, 22:52	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Prez
	5.	Jan 27, 22:58	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Creston
	6.	Jan 27, 23:01	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Prez
	7.	Jan 27, 23:31	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Jerykk
	8.	Jan 28, 00:55	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Bhruic
	3.	Jan 27, 22:52	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	theyarecomingforyou
	9.	Jan 28, 00:57	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Bluesfanboi
	10.	Jan 28, 01:13	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Mike Hunt
	18.	Jan 28, 02:48	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	elefunk
	22.	Jan 28, 04:20	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Bluesfanboi
	23.	Jan 28, 04:36	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	zodden
	24.	Jan 28, 04:40	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Jerykk
	34.	Jan 28, 12:37	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	elefunk
	45.	Jan 28, 15:15	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Bhruic
	51.	Jan 28, 19:31	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Creston
	52.	Jan 28, 20:24	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Bhruic
	53.	Jan 28, 20:54	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Prez
	59.	Jan 29, 15:12	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Creston
	60.	Jan 29, 20:00	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Prez
	54.	Jan 28, 20:56	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	elefunk
	55.	Jan 28, 21:20	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Bhruic
	57.	Jan 28, 23:43	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	elefunk
	58.	Jan 29, 00:09	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Visuality
	56.	Jan 28, 22:21	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	JohnnyRotten
	11.	Jan 28, 01:21	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	RP
	12.	Jan 28, 01:25	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Mashiki Amiketo
	13.	Jan 28, 01:41	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Caveman
	14.	Jan 28, 01:51	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	PHJF
	15.	Jan 28, 01:52	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Jerykk
	16.	Jan 28, 01:57	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Warskull
	17.	Jan 28, 01:57	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	RP
	19.	Jan 28, 03:37	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Z9000
	20.	Jan 28, 03:47	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Jackplug
	21.	Jan 28, 03:53	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Caveman
	25.	Jan 28, 05:23	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	StingingVelvet
	26.	Jan 28, 05:56	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Mike Hunt
	27.	Jan 28, 07:06	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Bluesfanboi
	28.	Jan 28, 07:30	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Prez
	30.	Jan 28, 09:25	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	CJ_Parker
	29.	Jan 28, 08:54	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	theyarecomingforyou
	31.	Jan 28, 10:02	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Kha
	33.	Jan 28, 11:08	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	nin
	32.	Jan 28, 10:12	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	theyarecomingforyou
	35.	Jan 28, 12:38	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Creston
>>	36.	Jan 28, 12:44	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	elefunk
	37.	Jan 28, 13:08	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	DG
	38.	Jan 28, 13:31	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Prez
	41.	Jan 28, 13:50	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Creston
	42.	Jan 28, 14:22	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Prez
	39.	Jan 28, 13:31	Re: online activation	DG
	40.	Jan 28, 13:39	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	RP
	43.	Jan 28, 15:00	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Medwynd
	44.	Jan 28, 15:07	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Kha
	49.	Jan 28, 18:54	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Prez
	46.	Jan 28, 15:40	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	theyarecomingforyou
	48.	Jan 28, 18:19	Re: Empire: Total War Date; DRM; Specs	Bluesfanboi
	47.	Jan 28, 16:29	Re: Empire: Total War Date	Z9000
	50.	Jan 28, 19:08	Re: Empire: Total War Date	theyarecomingforyou