The Total War series has been a must-have for PC gamers for 15 years.

And the producer of the strategy game franchise's next instalment says he's sure it'll stay that way.

A console version of Total War: Warhammer would be very lucrative but the team insist they're focusing solely on the PC market for now.

Mark Southerns told us: "Strategy gaming on the PC is as strong as it's ever been."

Mark works for the games developer Creative Assembly and is the man in charge of making sure it's ready on time and up to the standards that fans expect.

Total War: Warhammer is one of 2016's most anticipated PC titles.

It'll be the first time the franchise has not been based in a historical setting.

Mark says: "It's an exciting opportunity for us to switch our guys to this new fantasy world and that's just been fantastic fun.

"You've got dragons swooping overhead, spells going off and fantastical races... it's pretty extraordinary and I hope it'll bring in a new audience to Total War games."

One way of introducing new players, especially given this tie-in with the fantasy world of Warhammer, would be to make a console version but that isn't on the cards.

SEGA, who publish the game, say they are not ruling out making a version for PS4 and Xbox One in the future but for now they're focusing exclusively on PC.

Consoles have a history of taking ownership of genres that were traditionally PC favourites.

First Person Shooters and Role Playing Games were once mainly played by fans of the keyboard and mouse combination but now they dominate the console charts.

Mark told us he doesn't think that's going to happen with the strategy genre anytime soon.

He told us that strategy is "inevitably a genre that consoles gamers want to play as well.

"There's going to be a lot of good console strategy games coming out but for me it's a mainstay of PC gaming.

"Games like ours have been a part of PC gaming for many years and it'll go on that way."

Since 2006, the Total War series has sold around 14.5 million copies.

Now, thanks to the tie-in with the Games Workshop World of Warhammer, the pressure is on to make this next instalment even more popular.

"We've got a lot of content to cover, this is a huge world to bring to life," says Mark.

"The audience expect a certain standard so we have to raise the bar each time we release a Total War game.

"At the end of it I hope we're going to have something amazing for fans of Total War and for strategy games fans."

With a trilogy of games planned in this series, and competing titles like XCOM 2 coming soon, Mark says that strategy fans have a lot to look forward to.

"The PC strategy genre is so strong and we're going to be a big part of that over years to come."

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