Total War: WARHAMMER III News

Hotfix 7.0.3 Now Live for All Players

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Hey folks,[/p][p][/p][p]Hotfix 7.0.3 is now out of Beta and has rolled out to all players. Thanks to everyone who checked out the Beta and shared their feedback and bug reports over the holidays and in these first weeks of January.[/p][p]We’ve added a number of additional fixes to the full release which are listed below, as well as in their respective categories in the full release notes.[/p][p][/p]

[p]Fixed an issue introduced in the 7.0.3 Beta where the option to Subjugate a faction would sometimes not appear after defeating them.[/p]
[p]Fixed issues with Elspeth’s Gunnery School missions and progression issues.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where Norscan Marauding actions would incorrectly have a 5 turn cooldown.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where Pleasurable Acts for N'kari and The Masque would incorrectly having a 10 turn cooldown.[/p]
[p]Fixed broken Encampment stance for Dragonship horde armies (Aislinn unaffected).[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue so that the Nemesis Crown dilemma should no longer display a placeholder image.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where you could only select 1 spell after resetting skill points for Kairos Fateweaver.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where Kairos couldn’t change spells in Fragments of Sorcery once confederated.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where Multiplayer would crash if any player was playing as Kairos.[/p]
[p]Fixed performance issues when using Chinese Text language on high UI Scale (160% to 200%) on 4K Resolution.[/p][p][/p]

[p]👉 Read the full Hotfix 7.0.3 Release Notes here 👈
[/p][p][/p][p]As always, should you run into any new issues after updating to Hotfix 7.0.3, be sure to raise them over in our dedicated bug reporting sub-forum.
[/p][p]See you on the battlefield!
[/p][p]— Steve, Pingu & Freeman // TW Community Team[/p][p] [/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][hr][/hr]

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Winter Sale NOW ON!

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[h3]🕙 Sale ends 05/01/26  @ 10AM PST/6PM GMT[/h3]

— The Total War Team

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Total War - Thank You For Your Support In 2025

Hello friends,

Here we are again; the end of another year and a moment to reflect.

Several letters ago I committed myself and the franchise to being more open and transparent (mixed success based on some feedback I see), and this is a chance for me to talk about both our successes, and failures.

Thank you so much for your support over the years be it through praise or criticism. We do read the feedback, take it to heart, sometimes beat ourselves up about how dumb we did a thing, and then plan how we make things better.

2025 has been a landmark year for the Total War franchise. We celebrated 25 incredible years of the franchise and marked the occasion by announcing three new projects I’ve been excited about since I came to CA. We also shared a first look at Warcore, the brand-new Total War game engine (to be fair it’s built on top of the last one so a little Ship of Theseus here), and spoke about bringing our new games to console (I'll talk more about that later).

We revealed the worlds’ worst kept secret, we’re making a game in one of my favorite universes, Warhammer 40,000. At the same time, we look to our past, both Total War’s and humanity’s, to set our sights on the Middle Ages with MEDIEVAL III (now? Soon?). I’ll write more on why we made the call to announce it. And finally, we are not finished with Total War Warhammer III as we revealed Lords of the End Times. It’s my hope that we talked about at least one setting that you're excited for.

Our Anniversary Showcase was the first event like this we’ve ever done; and a longstanding ambition for us.

We know we didn’t get everything perfect in this plan, but aligning three projects at very different stages in their development cycle is challenging. There’s plenty of feedback we’ll take on board for next time, and that’s exactly how it should be. In retrospect, I wish we’d also spent time celebrating our players and the mods across all our games – but that’s something we’ll explore in the future.

For a first attempt, I couldn’t be happier for the teams who pulled this off and gave you a genuine glimpse into the projects we’ve eagerly been building. I’m proud of what we did and happy for what we learned. Those in front of the camera are lifelong Total War fans, and while exciting, it’s also incredibly nerve wracking talking publicly about the things you’re working on – I'm hugely proud of them all. It was an enormously complex orchestration of presenting the showcase internationally, launching a DLC, and releasing Immortal Empires to WH1 and 2 players.

Over half a million people tuned in, and seeing that mix of familiar faces, players coming back after years away, and people discovering Total War for the very first time was awesome. It meant a lot to the team, and moments like that remind us why we choose to do this for a living.

In the future, we want to deliver more of these moments. Could a Total War-con work? Would you come? Regardless, future events might not all look the same, but each will show what Total War is up to across its many projects and where it’s going.

[h3]👉 CONTINUE READING 👈[/h3]

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Total War: WARHAMMER III - Hotfix 7.0.3 BETA

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Hey folks,

We’ve just rolled out Hotfix 7.0.3 as an opt-in Beta for Total War: WARHAMMER III, giving you the chance to get an early look at the myriad tweaks and fixes we’ve been working on in the wake of 7.0 and Hotfixes 7.0.1 and 7.0.2 before our teams sign off for a well-deserved festive break.

You can find full instructions on how to opt-in to a Beta on Steam here. The Beta you need to select from the dropdown menu is 'beta_hotfix_703 - BETA Hotfix 7.0.3'.

Once we’re back, fully stuffed and well-rested (hopefully), we’ll be taking a look at any feedback raised from the Beta and set to work on getting 7.0.3 ready for a full release. Unlike in the past when we’ve used the Beta branch to deliver Hotfixes, we are keen to ensure that we do take on board your feedback around the changes and fixes we’ve implemented. This does mean that 7.0.3 will only release once we’re happy with its content, so please expect this to remain on the Beta branch until we reach that point.

Whilst our teams will be monitoring for any unexpected behaviours, we expect that this is our final release of 2025. We want to give our sincere thanks to everyone who has helped by giving feedback, pointing out errors and raising bug reports. All of this has helped us to provide the changes and improvements you wanted to see this year, and we hugely appreciate your passion and enthusiasm!

With that said, let’s jump into the list of changes.[/p][p][/p][p]👉 READ FULL HOTFIX 7.0.3 BETA NOTES HERE 👈 [/p][p][/p][p] — Steve Coleman // Senior Community Manager [/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][hr][/hr]

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Hotfix 7.0.2

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Hey folks,[/p][p][/p][p]We've just rolled out Hotfix 7.0.2 for Total War: WARHAMMER III, implementing a number of additional fixes in the wake of Update 7.0 and Hotfix 7.0.1.[/p][p][/p][p]We've also listed some known issues at the bottom of this page which are currently on our radar. Our teams are deep in preparation for 7.0.3, which will include a number of additional fixes. With the holidays fast approaching our plan is to release this into a Beta branch later in December, with a view to releasing in full at the start of the new year if all is well.[/p][p][/p][p]As always, if you run into any new issues after updating, please report them over in our dedicated bug reporting area.[/p][p][/p][p]See you on the battlefield![/p][p][/p][p]— Steve Coleman // Senior Community Manager[/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][p][/p][h2]PERFORMANCE [/h2]

[p]Fixed a crash that could occur when opening the Patrons of Ulthuan panel during a High Elves multiplayer campaign. [/p]
[p]Fixed a crash-to-desktop issue that occurred when users who only own the Champions of Chaos DLC attempted to play Vilitch the Curseling’s ‘The Altar of Battle’ quest battle. [/p]

[h2]CAMPAIGN [/h2]

[p]Fixed an issue where players were incorrectly able to interact a second time with Monstrous Arcanum markers after completing their associated missions. [/p]
[p]Minor Cult Pleasure Palaces will no longer grant immortality to settlement garrison leaders. [/p]

[h2]BATTLE [/h2]

[p]Fixed Monstrous Arcanum quest battles occasionally having incorrect deployment zones when teleporting to them. [/p]

[h2]LOCALISATION [/h2]

[p]Fixed several untranslated strings and updated various existing translations in Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Czech. [/p]

[h2]ASSEMBLY KIT[/h2]

[p]Addressed and resolved an issue in Assembly Kit BOB where campaign processing was disrupted due to incompatibility with the latest Gaming Services update on the Microsoft Store platform.[/p]

[p][/p][hr][/hr][p][/p][h2]STILL COOKING[/h2][p]Note: This list is just a spotlight on some of the things that you are talking to us about most — there are lots of other things that we are investigating in the background![/p]

[p]Unlocking Heralds of Civilization on turn 1 allows Aislinn to gain up to 30k gold on turn 2 from joining wars against minor factions. [/p]
[p]Enemies in second-stage Monster Arcanum hunt markers may retreat after the player interacts with the marker. [/p]
[p]Two High Elf factions can complete the Caradryan hero quest, enabling one to confederate the other and acquire two Caradryans. [/p]
[p]Sea Patrol Outpost chain fails to provide its Control effect. [/p]
[p]Ashtari mount disappears when switching mounts with Caradryan. [/p]

[p]Merwyrm, Dread Maw, Dechala, and other units are missing audio on the latest Steam release (Patch 7.0.1). This issue was reproduced on 7.0.2 (Steam) but has not been observed in local testing. [/p]

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