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Total War Shogun 2's Complete Edition quickly pulled from sale following severe blowback
CA plans to reinstate the original Total War Shogun 2 as the strategy game’s new remaster faces overwhelmingly negative Steam reviews.
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Creative Assembly clarifies gen-AI stance, and admits it "took its eyes off" Total War Shogun 2's Complete Edition
The Total War developer addresses anger and disappointment around the Shogun 2 Complete Edition, and states it will not use gen-AI assets.
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"This was not a Creative Assembly developed game": Total War boss points the finger at external partner for Shogun 2 Complete Edition disaster
Last week, Creative Assembly and Sega pulled Total War: Shogun 2's remastered Complete Edition from Steam, after an avalanche of complaints about technical problems and some AI-generated art. Now, Total War vice president Roger Collum has written a personal apology, while pinning some of the blame on an unnamed external partner. He's also clarified Creative Assembly's stance on generative AI, conceding that the studio do use it to help with "analysis, debugging, or speedy prototyping", but that they're against using it to generate game assets and art. Read more
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Creative Assembly exec pins the blame for the Shogun 2 remaster mess on someone else: 'This was not a Creative Assembly developed game'
Roger Collum says Creative Assembly was "focused on our next big projects," and didn't pay enough attention to the work being done by an "external developer."