Total War: Warhammer 3's Tides of Torment DLC is delayed: 'We asked ourselves if this next DLC met the standards that we’ve set in recent releases, and the short answer was no'

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Creative Assembly has delayed the release of its upcoming Tides of Torment expansion for Total War: Warhammer 3, pushing the launch back from this summer to an unspecified date later this year.

In a blog post on Creative Assembly's website, Head of Community Adam Freeman explained that Tides of Torment has been delayed due to the expansion not currently meeting the company's standard of quality.

"In recent playtesting, we asked ourselves if this next DLC met the standards that we’ve set in recent releases, and the short answer was no," Freeman writes. "However, we know it can and so we want to spend more time working on it, reviewing the content, and improving the gameplay experiences that it’s set to bring."

September, meanwhile, is reserved for minor hotfixes, so that's when CA will return its full attention to Tides of Torment, which Freeman suggests will arrive alongside a big new update, likely somewhere between October and December. "We won’t have any major updates planned for release in September, but we’ll stay on top of emerging issues as we get to work on the 7.0 Update."

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