And the next Total War game is...

[Maniacal]

Dinosaur: Total War

HORSHAM, WEST SUSSEX (April 1st, 2011) – The Creative Assembly proudly announce Total War: Dinosaurs, an epic prequel to The Creative Assembly’s multi award-winning Total War strategy franchise on PC. Set 65 million years ago; command one of ten dinosaur armies in epic prehistoric battles to seize control of Dinosaur Island.

Total War: Dinosaurs will feature enhanced 4D battles via land, sea and air. Will you pursue peaceful diplomacy with the vegetarian Brontosaurs, or have them for dinner as the carnivorous T-Rex? The choice is yours as Total War: Dinosaurs erupts exclusively to PC on December 21st, 2012.

For more information please visit www.totalwar.com.

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[Kan' Sharuminar]

Good heavens - Brontosaurus isn't a real dinosaur name any more! CLEAR DISREGARD for historical accuracy ONCE AGAIN from a Total War game, this will RUIN immersion for me.

I wish this were real

 

[GoodGame]

That'd be funnier if Firaxis got hired to develop the project.

 

[shadowplay]

I wish this were real

I'd buy it.

 

[Phrossack]

I hear it got delayed to February 31, 2013.

 

[Furiey]

I hear it got delayed to February 31, 2013.

I thought that was the first patch.

 

[RJMooreII]

That'd be funnier if Firaxis got hired to develop the project.

Or Paradox...

 

[blasto]

Damn, that would be cool. I wish this wasn't a joke.

 

[Quintillus]

Good heavens - Brontosaurus isn't a real dinosaur name any more! CLEAR DISREGARD for historical accuracy ONCE AGAIN from a Total War game, this will RUIN immersion for me.

I wish this were real

According to Wikipedia, the official name has been Apatosaurus since 1903, so I wouldn't expect the common name to change anytime soon. And at least when I was in school in the '90s, we were taught the name as Brontosaurus first, so there's generations still growing up knowing Brontosaurus.

Ironically, my spell checker doesn't recognize Apatosaurus. When I right-click on the word for suggestions, the first suggestion is Brontosaurus. So it looks like Total War isn't the only one you'll have to go on crusade against.

But yeah, this actually sounds like it could be a cool and quite different game if they went through with it and made it. I'd at least consider buying it.

 

[topsecret]

Total War: Dinosaurs erupts exclusively to PC on December 21st, 2012.

AH-HA! This is what the mayans were talking about!

 

[sophie]

According to Wikipedia, the official name has been Apatosaurus since 1903, so I wouldn't expect the common name to change anytime soon. And at least when I was in school in the '90s, we were taught the name as Brontosaurus first, so there's generations still growing up knowing Brontosaurus.

Ironically, my spell checker doesn't recognize Apatosaurus. When I right-click on the word for suggestions, the first suggestion is Brontosaurus. So it looks like Total War isn't the only one you'll have to go on crusade against.

But yeah, this actually sounds like it could be a cool and quite different game if they went through with it and made it. I'd at least consider buying it.

Ha! We actually learned about this in my Dinosaur class. Apparently the story goes that the Apatosaurus was discovered, and then later on another dinosaur was discovered and named Brontosaurus. However sometime (in the 90s iirc) it was discovered that Brontosaurus and Apatosaurus were actually the same dinosaur, and because Apatosaurus was the name given first, they both became Apatosaurus. The same thing almost happened to Triceratops, but there was enough of a difference between the other dinosaur that it squeaked by.

 

[Dachs]

Pft, none of this is particularly interesting next to the Tarbosaurus and Nanotyrannus controversies.

 

[sophie]

Pft, none of this is particularly interesting next to the Tarbosaurus and Nanotyrannus controversies.

Always gotta 1up me, dontcha Dachs?

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Pft, none of this is particularly interesting next to the Tarbosaurus and Nanotyrannus controversies.

This is clearly an opportunity for the developers to release 4 different dinosaur models as DLC.

 

[Maniacal]

Don't forget the Dinosaur Armour DLC!

 

[topsecret]

Don't forget the Dinosaur Armour DLC!

Better yet, release the game as 7 different DLC's!

EDIT: And dinosaur armour as optional