I made a little petition and will send it around and I'll send it to Larian once we get enough signatures! ✏️

www.change.org/p/dear-laria...

Bring NPCs to Life with AI-Powered Conversations With conversations, create AI-powered characters with personalities and voices that can talk, react, and respond to player actions—and even drive gameplay. Now in Experimental.

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www.fortnite.com/news/bring-n...

www.sci-tech-today.com/news/epic-ga...

www.gamesradar.com/games/we-do-...

Epic Games CEO: Labeling Games That Were Made With AI 'Makes No Sense' Tim Sweeney argues that since AI will be used in 'nearly all' future game releases, there is no reason to force developers to call it out on game store listings. Developers and artists disagree.

Epic Games
Fortnite
Voices, Gen-ai characters, acquired Meshcapade a german ai startup, expansion of Epic Developer Assitant (ai coding tool) Tim Sweeney has stated that “AI will be involved in nearly all future production -y
Sources:
www.pcmag.com/news/epic-ga...

gameranx.com/updates/id/5...

Sega teams with AI startup Eques on voxel generation tool Sega has its eyes on user-generated content, and thinks Eques' new generative AI-powered voxel tool will make the technology viable for greater use in its games.

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www.gamedeveloper.com/business/seg...

tech4gamers.com/sega-to-use-...

segabits.com/blog/2026/04...

Sega says it will use AI in game development, but only in ‘appropriate use cases’ | VGC The company is aware that AI can “face strong resistance in creative areas”…

SEGA
Sonic / Yakuza / Persona / Football etc
Game development, announced 'gaming copilot ai assistant' for the xobx consoles. Sammy CEO Haruki Satomi believes use of AI will free up developers' time and allow them to perform more critical tasks. -y
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-sa...

Bethesda clarifies artists will have creative control over DLSS 5, amid backlash Yassified Starfield, anyone?

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www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

tech4gamers.com/bethesda-gen...

insider-gaming.com/starfield-fu...

Todd Howard says Bethesda won't use AI “to generate anything” as the studio is being “incredibly cautious” to not replace the “artistic intention” of making games Bethesda Game Studios lead Todd Howard confirms Bethesda won't use AI to generate anything in The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5.

Bethesda
Elder Scrolls / Starfield / Fall Out / Doom & more
Todd Howard won't rule it out as a tool during game development, embraced Nvidia's DLSS 5 gen ai slop filters. And ‘future Bethesda titles’ will use DLSS 5 -y
Sources:
frvr.com/blog/todd-ho...

www.gamesradar.com/games/bethes...

Level-5 CEO says games are now being made 80-90% by AI, making “aesthetic sense” a must for developers - AUTOMATON WEST As AI becomes more common in game development, in order to break through devs will need to have a "sense for aesthetics," says Akihiro Hino.

Level 5 Inc
Ni No Kuni / Inazuma Eleven / Professor Layton
"Depending on how it’s used, AI may be able to produce plagiarized content, but if used correctly, it has the power to enrich the creative world" -y
Sources:
automaton-media.com/en/news/leve...

twistedvoxel.com/level-5-ceo-...

CD Projekt Hits Back Against Gen AI In Games: 'Not Gonna Be Making The Witcher 5' Recent comments from CD Projekt Red's CEO bode well for the future of The Witcher franchise.

Cont sources.
www.cbr.com/cd-projekt-r...

CD Projekt RED has been testing out AI tools to create "realistic" NPCs in The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 A new 154-page document detailing what CD Projekt RED worked on in 2025 reveals research into AI tools for creating realistic crowds of NPCs.

CD Project Red
Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2
Confirmed it is actively testing AI tools to help shape its future game development -y
Sources:
www.pcguide.com/news/cd-proj...

respawnindex.com/cd-project-r...

www.thegamer.com/cd-projekt-r...

Daniel Vavra says during an interview, "You know hat I hate most about making games?" he explained. "The fact that it takes 7 years and 300 people and tens of millions of dollars to make. And the fact that Tom had to spend 500 hours in the studio recording completely generic heckling and generic bars." "If AI can help me make an epic game in a year with a smaller team like in the old days, I'm all for it. That game will still have an art director, writers, programmers, graphic designers, but they won't have to do the tiresome and boring tasks, they'll have to focus on the essentials."

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www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-tim...

www.pcgamesn.com/kingdom-come...

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 director defends Larian over AI "s***storm," says "it's time to face reality" Bemoaning the long production times for Kingdom Come Deliverance and KCD2, Daniel Vavra labels recent Larian outrage as "AI hysteria."

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 / Warhorse Studios
Daniel Vavra is pro-ai, and Warhorse replaced translators for gen-ai for forward updates. Defended Larian's use of gen-ai. -y
Sources:
www.pcgamesn.com/kingdom-come...

kotaku.com/kingdom-come...

Larian is using generative AI, confirms CEO, but Divinity won't contain anything AI-generated Larian is using generative AI as part of its game development process, but the studio's new Divinity game won't include anything AI-generated.

Cont. Sources:
www.ign.com/articles/lar...

www.eurogamer.net/larian-is-us...

However, that does not mean that generative AI won't be used at all throughout development. He says that where it can help the team "refine ideas faster" and result in "less waste", it may be used in other departments. With that said, he clarifies that "if" Larian uses a gen AI model to create in-game assets then it will be trained on the studio's own data.

Divinity text and logo for the upcoming unreleased game

Larian Studios
Divinity will have gen-ai tools used for idea's and concept, pulling back from 'concept art' after backlash but won't rule out the team using it, and "won't be in the final version of Divinity." -y
Sources:
www.polygon.com/larian-addre...

www.thegamer.com/larian-backt...

Metal Eden steam store image

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: This game features voice-over content partially created through AI voice generation tools.

Metal Eden
Reikon Games. Steam disclosed -y

PIONER steam store image

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: Some secondary in-game materials, such as logos and posters, were initially AI-generated and later refined by our artists

PIONER
GFAGAMES. Steam disclosed -y

Battlefield 6 steam store image

Battlefield 6
EA. Not disclosed, originally they said bf6 wouldn't have any in it. Battlepass = money paid content found with it from players. -y
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www.windowscentral.com/gaming/battl...

www.gamespot.com/articles/bat...

Maplestory store steam image

Screenshot from wiki. AI custom illustrations beta 1. Utilizes generative ai to generate in-game illustrations of the players character to be used in quest dialogues 2. Can also be added to character info

Maplestory
NEXON Korea corp. No disclosure! -y
Sources:
maplestorywiki.net/w/MapleStory...

Stormgate steam store image

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: Some AI tools were used to help with early ideation in the development process. AI tools were also used to assist in up-rezzing our portraits and adding facial animations. Final assets were all painted by artists. We have not replaced any developers with AI and believe that talented people lie at the heart of exciting games

Stormgate
Frost Giant Studios. Steam disclosure -y

Nascar 25 steam store image

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: We used AI to generate spotter phrases based upon the voices of real-life NASCAR spotters, with their approval. We also used AI to generate crew member photos.

Nascar 25
iRacing(dot)com Motorsport Sim. Steam disclosure -y

Undead Citadel steam store image

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: AI-generated content was used for achievement images

Undead Citadel
Dark Curry S.L. Steam disclosure -y

Exanima steam store image

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: Occasional use of decorative detail within game environment (e.g. tapestries) based on historical medieval and renaissance art.

Exanima
Bare Mettle Entertainment. Steam disclosure -y

Vice undercover steam store image

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: The use of AI in Vice Undercover was strictly limited to enhancing a limited number of database images, such as some faces, objects, and locations. All images began with original photographs taken by the team, which were then used to create datasets for generating initial concepts. These AI-generated images were not used as-is—instead, they served as a starting point for detailed, creative transformation. Every final image was extensively painted, composited, and refined using original photographs and artistic elements, ensuring that all visuals align with the game's unique style and authenticity. AI was simply one tool in a much larger creative process driven by human artistry.

VICE Undercover
Ancient Machine. Steam disclosure -y

The operator steam store image

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: AI was used in the ChemScan manual to generate the photo of the machine. NO AI used for the voices.

The Operator
Bureau 81. Steam disclosure -y

Project Zomboid - Church on Zunday - Steam News A lot of stuff in a WIP state at the moment, so not too many big flashy shiny things in the blog this time round. Hopefully enough to whet your whistle though. In terms of work on the four central pil...

This post has a zomboid news promoting youtube videos that use gen-ai
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Project Zomboid steam store image

Lenny, the project zomboid dev's reddit post says, That shouldn't be taken as a definitive statement whether AI was used at all, as none of us can possibly say for certain at this point until we look into it more. The important distinction is they were contracted and paid for commissioned art pieces from a professional artist, so WE certainly didn't use AI in replacement of a paid artist. Full statement on the issue on another thread below: ------- This art as well as the new loading screens were all done by the same artist who did our Bob on Car art way back in 2011 way before AI was a thing. He's a professional AAA concept artist whose always preferred to stay anonymous due to avoiding complication with his day job. As to whether there's AI used in any part of these images productions I could not say, I would hope not, but I will say however that in terms of the ethics of AI replacing artists in the industry, I feel confident that either way we have contracted an artist and paid them for the production of this art, it looks awesome, and even if AI was involved in the process in any way there'll have been plenty of and a majority of talented artist skill involved too. Beyond that, particularly in terms of any other concerns about AI art, we'll look into it.

Project Zomboid
The Indie Stone. Not disclosed, found to have gen-ai arrt splash screen with build 42 as well as newspaper assets. Splash images were removed. Lenny's stance is not against ai and is trying to cover it up -y
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www.destructoid.com/project-zomb...

www.reddit.com/r/projectzom...

Sonorous deep down below steam store image

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: This game uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help optimize code and improve development efficiency and runtime performance. Additionally, character voices in the game were generated using AI voice synthesis tools. These technologies enhance the overall quality and experience of the game.

SONOROUS – Deep Down Below
HOONAYA. Steam disclosure -y

Frontier: Path of Shadows steam store image

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: Character designs are created manually by artists and writers, but we use AI to speed up the drawing of details. We also use AI to speed up the drawing of backgrounds and planets. AI is not used to generate content directly during the game.

Frontier: Path of Shadows
Oduvan Games. Steam disclosure -y

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter steam store image

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Nihon Falcom. Not disclosed! -y
Sources:
hitmarker.net/news/trails-...

www.eurogamer.net/falcom-is-th...

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn steam store image

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
Owlcat Games. Not disclosed! -y
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www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/ow...

www.eurogamer.net/owlcat-gen-a...