It doesn't sound like there will be layoffs at Creative Assembly, either. 'I would like to take a moment to thank the Arena team, who have poured their heart and soul into this game's development and are just as disappointed by this as you,' Williams said. 'Unfortunately, during the open beta, the game didn't meet the expectations either Wargaming or Creative Assembly had for the title, and it was decided to bring development to an end,' reads the statement.Ĭreative Assembly didn't state it outright, but it sounds like the game failed to attract enough players to justify launching it proper. The free-to-play take on Creative Assembly's Total War series, which was published with World of Tanks maker Wargaming, closed because its open beta test 'did not meet all our expectations', Creative Assembly's Joshua Williams said in a post on the Total War website. Total War: Arena shuts down in February 2019.
