10 Facts About Creative Assembly

Creative Assembly Limited is a British video game developer based in Horsham, founded in 1987 by Tim Ansell.

In March 2005, Creative Assembly was acquired by Sega; the studio now is a part of Sega Europe, which comprises Sports Interactive, Relic Entertainment, Amplitude Studios and Two Point Studios.

Under Sega, further Total War titles were developed, and Creative Assembly entered the console market with action-adventure games such as Spartan: Total Warrior, Viking: Battle for Asgard and Alien: Isolation.

Creative Assembly began work with Electronic Arts in 1993, producing titles under the EA Sports label, starting with the DOS version of the early FIFA games.

In May 2001, Creative Assembly announced The Mongol Invasion, an expansion pack focusing on the earlier Mongol invasions of Japan.

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Creative Assembly was awarded the "PC Game Developer of the Year" award at the 2003 European Computer Trade Show.

In January 2009, Creative Assembly was joined by Tim Heaton, who serves as the company's studio director.

Creative Assembly released Total War: Shogun 2 in 2011, to universal acclaim.

In March 2017 Creative Assembly announced the acquisition of Crytek Black Sea, which was shut down in December 2016.

In May 2018, Creative Assembly then went on to release the Thrones of Britannia, the first in its Saga Series.