Sega Plans to Remove Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition From Sale
Sega says it is working to restore the original 2011 release, while existing Complete Edition owners can keep playing.
Sega is working with platform holders to remove Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition from sale and restore the original game, but the removal had not happened when PC Gamer checked after the announcement. The Complete Edition was still listed on Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store. Sega gave no timeline for the store change or improvements, and its statement did not clarify whether current owners will regain access to the original game.
— SEGA (@SEGA) October 15, 2026
The response came two days after the Complete Edition launched on Oct. 13, 2026. Sega had removed the original 2011 release from sale before launch, making the Complete Edition the only version available to buy on Steam. Owners of the original were offered a loyalty discount, but buyers could not choose that release while it was delisted.
The new edition was intended to bundle all DLC with updated lighting, shadows and textures, UI scaling for 1440p and 4K, modernized controls, Japanese and Chinese voice acting, more than 50 new playable factions, integrated in-game mod support, and a 64-bit upgrade.
Players raised concerns about bugs they said carried over from the original, new issues, and performance problems. Others questioned whether unit-card artwork had been processed with AI upscaling. A side-by-side comparison of a soldier portrait points to differences in the helmet and face covering.
Did Creative Assembly really just lazily throw Total War Shogun 2 into an AI-generated upscaler for the unit cards and forget the human hands only have five fingers? pic.twitter.com/8CPbl5xLtZ
— Arc Hammer (@YoncleThinks) October 13, 2026
Sega and Creative Assembly said they are working with a development partner to identify the causes of the problems and deliver improvements. They acknowledged that the current edition falls short of player expectations and their own quality standards.
A SteamDB snapshot from the launch period showed an Overwhelmingly Negative Steam rating, with 19% of more than 2,000 reviewers recommending the game. When PC Gamer checked after Sega’s announcement, the Complete Edition was still listed across three stores, despite Sega’s plan to remove it.
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