Sega pulls the Total War: Shogun 2 remaster after a disastrous launch

What happened

Sega is removing Total War: Shogun 2 — Complete Edition from storefronts after players reported bugs and apparent AI upscaling issues. The remaster of the 2011 strategy game launched on Tuesday with the main game, its DLC, and promised visual and control upgrades, and received an “Overwhelmingly Negative” Steam rating. Sega and Creative Assembly said they would reinstate the original game and work with their development partner to address the problems.

The story so far

Sega is removing Total War: Shogun 2 — Complete Edition from storefronts after players reported bugs and apparent AI upscaling problems, while Sega and Creative Assembly say they will restore the original game. The companies said existing owners would retain access to Complete Edition and that they would work with their development partner to address the problems. The remaster bundled the 2011 strategy game with its DLC and promised visual and control upgrades. It received an “Overwhelmingly Negative” rating on Steam following its launch.

Keep reading

Trending now

1. 1Meta Releases Muse Spark Open With Mac and Cloud Support, Topping US Open-Weight Index
2. 2Google Launches Gemini 4 Argon Globally, Expands Paid Access as Benchmark Results Vary
3. 3OpenAI Updates GPT-6 Astra Pro in ChatGPT With Parallel Agents and Faster Responses
4. 4Meta’s New Business Terms Raise Dispute Over Website Crawling and AI Training Rights