Soon after, Creative Assembly broke away from Electronic Arts, instead using Activision as a publisher and distributor. In August 2001, Creative Assembly announced a second "Total War", set in the Middle Ages. ' was of a larger scope than "Shogun: Total War", spanning a larger time period and the entirety of Medieval Europe. Released in August 2002, the game was a greater success than "Shogun: Total War", becoming the best-selling video game in the UK for the first two weeks, and the fourth best-selling game in the US market in its first week. As with "Shogun: Total War", "Medieval: Total War" won multiple industry awards, and was named the top game of 2002 by "PC Gamer". Creative Assembly was awarded the "PC Game Developer of the Year" award at the 2003 European Computer Trade Show. ', an expansion pack focusing on the Viking invasion of Britain in the Dark Ages, was released in May 2003.