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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'

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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'

Excitement over the Total War: Shogun 2 remaster turned to a very different emotion when it launched and turned out to be quite bad—so bad that Sega pulled it from sale just a couple days later. Now, Roger Collum, vice president of Total War at developer Creative Assembly, has posted an update on the situation in the Total War subreddit (via RPS), saying that the studio, like the fans, are "angry and disappointed" about the state of the game—which he says is not really CA's fault.

"This was not a Creative Assembly developed game," Collum wrote. "It wasn’t subject to our same internal reviews and quality assurance. We took our eyes off its external development, with all our teams focused on our next big projects. However, whatever the development arrangements, Total War is our franchise and our name is on it.

"The studio is full of craft people who care deeply about the experiences we give to our players. Shogun 2—CE did not meet that bar. We have to own that and we have to fix it."

Collum also addressed complaints about the apparent use of generative AI in the remaster, saying that Creative Assembly is a "craft studio," and that while it uses AI tools for tasks like "analysis, debugging, or speedy prototyping," it does not use generative AI to create in-game assets. "We demand the same of any external developers we work with," he wrote. "The situation with Shogun 2: Complete Edition is being investigated."

Collum didn't name the external developer of the Shogun 2 remaster, but the Steam page lists Warsaw-based Mataboo as the second studio on the project.


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