Creative Assembly's most recent release is Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition, out on PC on October 14, 2026 with Japanese voice acting and updated rendering. Total War: WARHAMMER III passed 100,000 concurrent Steam players after the September 24 Lords of the End Times DLC, and Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is set for release in 2027 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
Creative Assembly's recent coverage splits between a new release for a 2011 game, a Warhammer III player spike, and the run-up to Total War: Warhammer 40,000. Shogun 2 Complete Edition arrived on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the Microsoft Store on October 14, 2026 at 5,990 yen, bundling Rise of the Samurai and Fall of the Samurai with Japanese localization and full voice acting, plus updated lighting and 1440p and 4K support. Days earlier, Total War: WARHAMMER III passed 100,000 concurrent Steam players after the September 24 release of the Lords of the End Times DLC and its four Legendary Lords. The same DLC drew mixed Steam user reviews for three of its four releases.
Japanese-language support carries through the Total War: Warhammer 40,000 coverage. A Summer Game Fest live demo in June 2026 confirmed four launch factions (Space Marines, Orks, Aeldari, and Astra Militarum) and opened PC closed beta registration. Sega's TGS2026 trailer in September put the 2027 title, on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, in front of a Japanese audience, and director Attila Mohácsi told Denfaminicogamer at the show that the game carries full Japanese localization and voice acting, which the studio tied to the Asian market, Warhammer 40,000 miniatures selling in more Tokyo stores, Sega's ownership, and console expansion.
Across the stories, the studio is putting Japanese-language support into both an older title and its next major release, and it is using Tokyo Game Show to sell that work. The Warhammer III numbers show the DLC strategy can pull players back, while the mixed reviews show it does not land cleanly for everyone.
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Creative Assembly vice president Roger Collum posted a statement on the company forum about Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition, which launched October 14 and was pulled from sale the next day after negative Steam reviews over performance, bugs, and broken mod support. Collum said the title was externally developed and never went through internal review or QA, and that responsibility still lies with Creative Assembly. The company said generative AI asset use is under investigation.
Oct 14
Sega released Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the Microsoft Store on October 14, 2026, priced at 5,990 yen with tax included. The definitive version of Creative Assembly's 2011 strategy game adds Japanese localization with full voice acting, updated lighting and shadow rendering, and support for 1440p and 4K resolutions, and bundles DLC including Rise of the Samurai and Fall of the Samurai.
Oct 4
Total War: WARHAMMER III passed 100,000 concurrent Steam players after the September 24 release of the Lords of the End Times DLC, which adds four Legendary Lords: Nagash, the Glottkin, Thanquol, and Boris Todbringer. The article reports this is the first time the game has reached that mark in about four years, since August 2022. Steam user reviews are mixed for three of the four DLCs.
Oct 4
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 will be the first entry in the Total War series with full Japanese localization and full Japanese voice acting, a first in the series' 25-year history. Director Attila Mohácsi told Denfaminicogamer at Tokyo Game Show 2026 that Creative Assembly made the decision because the Asian market matters to the studio, Warhammer 40,000 miniatures are selling in more Tokyo stores, and Sega owns the studio, with internal staff long asking why Japanese support was missing. Console expansion also factored in.
Sep 17
Sega released a TGS2026 game introduction trailer for Total War: Warhammer 40,000, the strategy title set for release in 2027 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The trailer covers turn-based strategy in the Era Indomitus setting and large-scale real-time battles, with four playable factions: Space Marine, Astra Militarum, Ork, and Aeldari.
Jun 8
A live demo of Total War: Warhammer 40,000 was held at the Sega booth during Summer Game Fest: Play Days 2026. The game fuses the Total War system with the Warhammer 40,000 setting. Four factions are confirmed at launch: Space Marines, Orks, Aeldari, and Astra Militarum. Registration for the PC closed beta test opened on June 8, 2026.