Released in 2010, Napoleon: Total War was a spiritual successor of the much beloved Empire: Total War. The game's unique mechanics, time period, and replay-ability, are some of the primary reasons why 12 years later, the game still averages ~1,100 concurrent players on Steam. To this day, many overhaul mods are still being created & released, and a small but extremely active community and player base still revel in the fun this game has provided us for over a decade now. 

As for Intel, its 12th gen CPU's are hallmark to many high end PC builds, and will only continue to become more common in modern PC builds as its initial release price begins to drop.

Pcworld.com went as far as to state: "Intel's 12th-Gen Core i9-12900K and its hybrid designs put intel back on top in desktop CPU's." https://www.pcworld.com/article/548999/12th-gen-core-i9-12900k-review-intel-is-back.html 

Unfortunately, what many long-time Napoleon Total War players quickly found out after upgrading their CPU; is that Napoleon Total War will not run with 12th Gen CPU's at all. Many players on NTW's steam page's community section note that after upgrading to 12th Gen Intel CPU's; their game will either not launch at all, completely close, or suffer a wide myriad of any other issues; rendering them completely unable to play the game in any capacity. 

SEGA has acknowledged the are aware of the issue according to several community members, but since Intel's 12th Gen CPU release in February of 2022 (7 months ago at the time of this post), there has been no patch, nor news release from SEGA announcing an attempt to fix this issue.

As of September 5th, 2022, Napoleon Total War is still available on SEGA's website, as well as on Steam. Many players that are unaware of this issue are still purchasing Napoleon Total War ($24.99 on Steam), and SEGA has made no attempt/announcement to forewarn players of the games incompatibility with 12th Gen CPU's. 

Many Napoleon Total War players are also fans of the greater total war series, or of SEGA as a whole; and know that SEGA has shown in the past their willingness to cater towards their fan's requests and quickly resolve major bugs and other issues. The recent release of Immortal Empires on Warhammer 3 is just one example of the lengths SEGA will go to in order to help make their games the best possible, while also continuing to keep their fanbase happy. 

By signing this petition, you are asking SEGA to kindly work towards fixing Napoleon Total War's compatibility issue with Intel's 12th Gen CPU's.  At the very least, we would like an public announcement from SEGA formally acknowledging the issue and an attempt to fix it within a reasonable amount of time. 

By signing this petition, you are in accordance with the following requests towards SEGA and Creative Assembly:

1. SEGA and Creative Assembly develop and release a patch for Napoleon Total War, in a timely manner, in order for the game to become compatible with 12th Gen Intel CPUs.

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2a. SEGA and Creative Assembly remove Napoleon Total War from Steam or alternatively, make a declaration on the Napoleon War Steam page that the game is officially not compatible with 12th Gen Intel CPUs (a formal buyer-beware statement). 

2b. SEGA and Creative Assembly issue refunds for those who purchased Napoleon: Total War, who are unable to run Napoleon Total War due to this unstated software incompatibility issue, since the earliest internal company acknowledgement/realization of said issue.

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3. Make a formal announcement through the appropriate media channel of the company's intention to either patch Napoleon Total War for the aforementioned issues; or alternatively, publicly announce the incompatibility of the game with 12th Gen CPUs; as well as the ability of buyers to demand refunds.