Earlier than Total War: Warhammer and Total War: Three Kingdoms, there was Complete Conflict: Medieval and its successor, Complete Conflict: Medieval II. It’s been a protracted wait. Nearly 20 years, in truth. However the hit technique collection goes again to Europe. Inventive Meeting marked the franchise’s 25-year anniversary on Thursday by saying Complete Conflict: Medieval III.
The subsequent Complete Conflict guarantees a return to the collection roots but additionally a future-facing evolution. Right here’s the press launch:
Now in early pre-production, this subsequent chapter is each a tribute to its legendary predecessors and a daring revolution for the collection. Constructed as the last word medieval technique sandbox, it’ll empower gamers to form realms, rewrite historical past, and immerse themselves within the Center Ages like by no means earlier than. Combining meticulous historic authenticity with unprecedented participant company, that is greater than a sequel, it’s the rebirth of historic Complete Conflict.
And right here’s the live-action teaser:
When’s the sport really popping out? Who is aware of. It sounds fairly far-off, although Inventive Meeting is promising a extra detailed tease at The Game Awards 2025 subsequent week. Medieval III will likely be constructed within the subsequent iteration of the studio’s proprietary Warcore sport growth engine, and also will be the primary sport within the collection to return to “PlayStation and Xbox.” Not specifying “PS5” or “Xbox Series X/S” suggests it very probably may be arriving nearer to the launch of the PS6 and next-gen Xbox.
“Please DO NOT mess this one up,” one fan wrote on YouTube. “We have waited 20 years for a new Medieval Total War. Please release a fully functional and fun game.” One other was merely relieved: “I did not expect that this would happen before I die.”
The unique Medieval was the third sport within the Complete Conflict collection, and Inventive Meeting hasn’t revisited that exact offshoot of its branching technique franchise since 2006. Right here’s how former Kotaku editor Luke Plunkett described Medieval II in his ranking of the series:
Maybe the purest expression of melee battlefield fight the collection has seen, its trendy replayability is let down by an archaic strategic part. Which is a disgrace, as a result of that is the final nice moddable Complete Conflict, and as such remains to be dwelling to all types of untamed tasks, including a Lord of the Rings total conversion which might be near the very prime of this listing…had been it an precise sport.
Hopefully, Medieval III can set a brand new customary for large waves of melee items thrashing one another with extra streamlined administration parts. Within the meantime, there’s no scarcity of Medieval II mods to toy round with.
