--- title: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition was "not a Creative Assembly... description: Creative Assembly says Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition 'was not a Creative Assembly developed game' after it was pulled from sale over generative AI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/shogun-2-complete-edition-was-not-a-creative-assembly-developed-game-says-total-war-vp-after-it-gjvqwggid twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition was "not a Creative Assembly developed game," says Total War VP after it was pulled amid generative AI concerns | daily.dev og:description: Creative Assembly says Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition 'was not a Creative Assembly developed game' after it was pulled from sale over generative AI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/shogun-2-complete-edition-was-not-a-creative-assembly-developed-game-says-total-war-vp-after-it-gjvqwggid og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GJvqwGgID.png og:image:alt: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition was "not a Creative Assembly developed game," says Total War VP after it was pulled amid generative AI concerns og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Shogun 2 – Complete Edition was "not a Creative Assembly developed game," says Total War VP after it was pulled amid generative AI concerns **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Creative Assembly says Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition 'was not a Creative Assembly developed game' after it was pulled from sale over generative AI concerns. Total War VP Roger Collum says the remaster wasn't subject to the studio's internal reviews and quality assurance, blaming a lack of oversight on external development while teams focused on other projects. Warsaw-based Mataboo Games is listed as co-developer on the game's Steam page, though Collum doesn't name the studio directly. Collum states Creative Assembly does not use generative AI for game assets and demands the same from external partners, and says the situation is under investigation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why was Total War Shogun 2 Complete Edition pulled from sale? It was removed from sale amid concerns about the use of generative AI and other performance issues. Creative Assembly says the game 'was not a Creative Assembly developed game' and wasn't subject to its internal reviews and quality assurance. The company states it does not use generative AI to create game assets and demands the same of external developers, and says the situation is being investigated. _Developers weighing AI policy risks in outsourced projects can follow cases like this on daily.dev._ ### Who co-developed Total War Shogun 2 Complete Edition besides Creative Assembly? Warsaw-based Mataboo Games is listed as a co-developer on the game's Steam page, though Total War VP Roger Collum did not name the studio directly in his statement. Mataboo Games provides end-to-end development support including design, programming, bug fixing, and porting, and has worked on titles like Gotham Knights, Suicide Squad, and Tchia. _Those tracking outsourced game dev credits and AI controversies can follow updates on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Sega and Creative Assembly remove Total War: Shogun 2 remaster from sale as it "falls short of both your expectations and our own standards"](https://daily.dev/posts/sega-and-creative-assembly-remove-total-war-shogun-2-remaster-from-sale-as-it-falls-short-of-both--hxlg8b1ut) · GamesIndustry.biz · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two days after release, Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition gets pulled from Steam for quality issues](https://daily.dev/posts/two-days-after-release-total-war-shogun-2-complete-edition-gets-pulled-from-steam-for-quality-issu-f9un4qe78) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Steam gamers bomb the Total War: Shogun 2 remaster's score to Overwhelmingly Negative as the original gets delisted](https://daily.dev/posts/steam-gamers-bomb-the-total-war-shogun-2-remaster-s-score-to-overwhelmingly-negative-as-the-origina-0esb2n2gv) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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