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— The Total War Team

Hey Total War fans,

25 years ago, in a small one room office just down the road from where I write this message, Total War was born. The vision was rooted in a love for both history and strategy gaming, with the aim of seamlessly mixing the best parts of grand strategy and real-time tactical battles into a single experience where you truly felt like the commander of a vast empire.

During those early years Total War’s identity formed. The team were focused on authentic recreations of the most pivotal moments in human history from the Age of Antiquity through to the emergence of the great naval empires. As the genre evolved and our teams changed, we expanded into new territory by leaping into the fantastical; meticulously recreating Games Workshop’s iconic Warhammer World as a truly unique strategy experience.

There have been triumphs and tribulations throughout the years, and we’re honoured and humbled to be one of the few video game franchises that get the chance to celebrate such a huge milestone. Without your support this would never have been possible – so a massive thank you from all of us on this special day!

[Early 2000's at the old South Water where games from SHOGUN - MEDIEVAL II were developed]


Some of you may remember from my update last year that we had plans to celebrate this anniversary in a meaningful way. Our teams are hard at work fine tuning a program of content that not only shines a light on past games but builds the foundation for us to begin revealing what we have planned for the future of Total War. And yes, this means the reveal of new games and content.

25 years of Total War will begin with a look back at our legacy. Taking place from August until the end of November, we’ll journey through each series that has been released since 2000. Expect content like retrospective video interviews, developer livestreams, sales across our entire catalogue, as well as fantasy and historical multiplayer tournaments. We also want to make this a celebration you can get involved in, so we'll be hosting giveaway competitions, inviting you to ask questions of our developers, as well as spotlighting your favourite mods and content creators who have helped make the Total War community what it is today.

[2013, the launch of Total War: ROME II]


Beyond celebrating the past, we plan on welcoming the future of Total War in a big way. Behind the scenes, we’re in the early stages of producing the Total War: 25th Anniversary Showcase, the first video presentation of its kind in our history. Taking place in early December, this show will unveil the new games that you can expect to play in the near and distant future, as well as introduce you to the development teams making them. We’ll have more details to share as we approach the end of the year, but whether you’re a fantasy or history fan, there will be plenty to enjoy!

Alongside all of this will be more WARHAMMER III content. Patch 6.2 arrives next week with a focus on Magical Items, Tides of Torment's third and final faction will be revealed in July, and we'll unveil some long-awaited content at the anniversary showcase. It's incredible to think that this series is now in its ninth year, and we look forward to sharing what we have planned for the future.

[2016, the launch of Total War: WARHAMMER]


What’s especially important to me this year is celebrating everyone who has made Total War what it is today. This includes all of you reading this message who have helped create the best community in gaming. Whether you’re playing our games for thousands of hours, watching our trailers, submitting bug feedback, or commenting on our socials, all of this has helped us build a game we all love.

It also takes an army of passionate and talented staff to take our games from concept to completion. Many of them talk about growing up with Total War; how it gave them an interest in history or the deep lore of Warhammer, and how it created a desire for them to work at Creative Assembly. They’re fans making the game they love, and I want to thank each and every one of them, past and present, for their contribution to making this milestone possible.

We hope you’re excited for the future.

Happy anniversary to you all,

— Roger Collum, Vice President of Total War

[2023, pre-launch set created for Total War: PHARAOH]

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Hey everyone,

We've just released a minor update for PHARAOH, PHARAOH DYNASTIES and TROY, amending the codebase to avoid game crashes on future operating system updates.

See you on the battlefield!

—The Total War Team

Update 2.0.2 is now available for the Mac version of Total War: PHARAOH - DYNASTIES. This update incorporates all changes up to Creative Assembly's 2.0.2 update on Windows.

See here[community.creative-assembly.com] for further information.

Greetings!

First up, we'd like to start by thanking you all for sharing your thoughts, feedback and kind words with us in the wake of the Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES release back in July. It has thoroughly warmed our hearts to see so many of you enjoying the game and hearing your many stories of epic victory (and in some cases crushing defeat, but hey who's counting?).

We just launched Patch 2.0.2, bringing with it a hefty number of fixes, tweaks and balances to further improve your gameplay experience.

[community.creative-assembly.com]

See you on the battlefield!

— The Total War Team

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If you experience any issues after downloading the update, please take a moment to Verify the integrity of the game files first to ensure there were no issues when downloading. A step-by-step guide can be found in this article.

If the issues persist, please visit our support site[support.sega.com] for additional troubleshooting steps and assistance.

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Please note that user-generated mods may have compatibility issues with new game updates. If you are encountering performance or stability issues following a release, is recommended that you disable any mods you're running. If you continue to experience issues, please visit our support site[support.sega.com] for additional troubleshooting steps and assistance.

Join our Total War: PHARAOH and DYNASTIES developers on a journey beyond the curtain of gamedev, and learn more about the process behind creating the game 🛠️

Associate Game Director Todor Nikolov, Senior Game Designer Ivan Voulpe, Game Writer Emanuil Tomov, Principle Game Designer Teodor Kozhukov, and Battle Team Lead Milcho Vasilev share it all (well, almost 😉) from faction ideation to narrative and combat work!

—The Total War Team

Greetings folks!

We are stoked to announce that the highly anticipated macOS release for DYNASTIES is OUT NOW! This update includes both Patch 2.0.0 and Hotfix 2.0.1.

If you haven't checked Patch Notes and Hotfix already, head here to read the full list:

[community.creative-assembly.com]As always, if you run into any bugs or issues, please report them on our dedicated bug reporting board[community.totalwar.com].

See you on the battlefield!

—The Total War Team

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If you experience any issues after downloading the update, please take a moment to Verify the integrity of the game files first to ensure there were no issues when downloading. A step-by-step guide can be found in this article.

If the issues persist, please visit our support site[support.sega.com] for additional troubleshooting steps and assistance.

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Please note that user-generated mods may have compatibility issues with new game updates. If you are encountering performance or stability issues following a release, is recommended that you disable any mods you're running. If you continue to experience issues, please visit our support site[support.sega.com] for additional troubleshooting steps and assistance.

Greetings folks,

We hope you’ve all been enjoying the Dynasties update so far! We’ve just rolled out hotfix 2.0.1 to address a few issues that have been identified in the wake of release.

Here’s what we’ve got for you:

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• Fixed a crash that occurred when adding an apostrophe while editing a law text field in Ancient Legacy Hammurabi.
  
• Fixed issues with Shuffle Commands option for minor factions
  
• Fixed a crash when trying to change the epithet of the ruler
  
• Turns per Year and Seasonal Effects are no longer incorrectly overridden when loading a game
  
• (Continuing old campaigns will allow for the correct progression of years, but some already present issues in existing saves may remain.)
  
• Adjustments to end-turn sequence performance to avoid extreme frame-rate drops
  
• Fixed a UI bug where 'The Dynasty Tree' and 'Dynasties' tabs could disappear, making the feature inaccessible.
  This is caused when an heir from another faction, who is not a blood relative to the dynasty ruler, succeeds the Supreme Ruler. In such case the heir character appears to not to be part of a Dynasty anymore. This could potentially result in further issues with the Dynasty system in the Campaign. The fix will apply to new campaigns only, or if the player reloads a save game from before the issue occurred.
  
• Aegean and Mesopotamian factions can now trade battle legitimacy
  
• Fixed an issue for horde factions where the new faction leader would not be spawned on the map when the old leader dies
  
• Fixed an issue where the passive command of Iolaos that provides War Spoils rank buff was not working
  
• Fixed an issue where the ‘Plans Within Plans - Playing as Bay, complete 10 Intrigues in the Hittite Court’ achievement was not working
  
• Fixed an issue where the ‘Counter Plots’ deed was not working
  
• Added missing logo to Photo Mode

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We also wanted to acknowledge that many of you have raised some concerns around balance – thank you for your feedback. We’re going to quickly address the core topics for you here:


We’re actively investigating reports and would very much appreciate your help in identifying bugs that are causing adverse behaviours. Please report them here: https://community.creative-assembly.com/total-war/total-war-pharaoh/forums/1-general-discussion/threads/6493-dynasties-campaign-ai-feedback-needed


While we don’t think there are any bugs with the systems at play here, we do realise that some fine tuning is required on easier difficulties. Rest assured that realise many players do enjoy the difficulty of the game and so we intend to ensure any balance changes are appropriate for the difficulty settings players have picked.

In the meantime, we wanted to take the opportunity to direct players to these settings when creating campaigns, which may help tweak the experience to their needs:

Issues with early game economy:

Increase your own starting budget with the setting [Campaign] > [Player Starting Budget]

Tweak the AI’s starting budget with the setting [AI] > [AI Starting Budget]

Change army upkeep with the setting [Campaign] > [Player Army Upkeep]

Issues with the AI producing armies too quickly:

Increase your own recruitment capacity in the setting [Campaign] > [Player Recruitment Capacity]

Decrease the AI recruitment capacity in the setting [AI] > [Recruitment Capacity]


We’re also aware that while many of you are enjoying the lethality system, some of you are feeling like it’s not hitting quite right. Again, we are investigating the most ideal way to ensure all players can play the game with a system that feels right for them, whether that’s incredibly lethal battles, or some a bit more forgiving. In the meantime, there is a setting players can experiment with to adjust lethality in battles.

Try disabling it to see if you prefer it off with the setting [Battle] > [Lethality Chance]

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Thanks to everyone who reported bugs and given feedback since launch! If you run into any issues after updating to 2.0.1 please be sure to report them over in our dedicated bug reporting sub-forum[community.totalwar.com].

Until next time, we’ll see you on the battlefield!

—The Total War Team

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If you experience any issues after downloading the update, please take a moment to Verify the integrity of the game files first to ensure there were no issues when downloading. A step-by-step guide can be found in this article.

If the issues persist, please visit our support site[support.sega.com] for additional troubleshooting steps and assistance.

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Please note that user-generated mods may have compatibility issues with new game updates. If you are encountering performance or stability issues following a release, is recommended that you disable any mods you're running. If you continue to experience issues, please visit our support site[support.sega.com] for additional troubleshooting steps and assistance.