Arc Raiders publisher defends use of generative AI, insisting 'every gaming company' is now using it

Arclight Guide Publisher Nexon has defended the game's use of generative AI, suggesting players should “assume that every gaming company is using AI now”.

Arc Raiders is the same 2023 shooter from developer Embark. finalsclaims to use artificial intelligence in development, saying on its Steam store page: “During the development process, we may use procedural and artificial intelligence-based tools to assist with content creation. In all these cases, the final product reflects the creativity and expression of our own development team.”

Start expanding on this PCGamesN Recently, it was stated that Arc Raiders “does not use any generative artificial intelligence at all,” emphasizing that it uses “something called machine learning or reinforcement learning, which is about the movement of our big drones with multiple legs, but without any generative content.”

However, in the same interview, design director Virgil Watkins added that regarding its controversial text-to-speech system, it “employs and contracts voice actors for that – that's part of their contract and we use (AI) for that purpose, which allows us to do things like our ping Things like the system being able to say every item name, every location name and compass direction. That's how we're going to do that without having everyone come in. “It's time we created a new item for the game. “

Now, in a new interview Game*Spark (Translator: AutomataJunghun Lee, CEO of Arc Raiders publisher Nexon, not only supports AI to improve “efficiencies in game production and live streaming service operations,” but also said: “I think it's important to assume that every gaming company is using AI right now.”

“First of all, I think it's important to assume that every gaming company is using AI right now,” Lee said. “But if everyone is using the same or similar technology, the real question becomes: How do you survive? I think it's important to choose a strategy that makes you more competitive.”

It does feel like Lee's comments ring true. EA CEO Andrew Wilson Says AI is “core to our business” Square Enix has recently implemented large-scale layoffs and restructuring, saying it needs “Actively apply artificial intelligence” Dead Space creator Glenn Schofield also recently detailed He plans to “fix” the industry by using generative AI in game developmentformer God of War developer Meghan Morgan Juinio said: “…if we don’t embrace (artificial intelligence), I think we underestimate ourselves“.

Nintendo, on the other hand, is bucking the trend, with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto previously stressing that the company Would rather go in a “different direction” than the rest of the video game industry When it comes to artificial intelligence.

Still, its use of artificial intelligence clearly doesn't hold Arc Raiders back. In less than two weeks since its release, the book has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide, cementing its commercial success. Nexon also revealed that evacuated shooters have reached The number of people online at the same time across all platforms reaches 700,000.

“ARC Raiders raises the bar for extraction shooters almost across the board, with incredibly gripping progression grinds and tense battles against NPCs and other players that make for unforgettable matches where the loot feels completely worth all the effort and stress that goes into getting it,” we wrote in the article IGN's Arc Raiders Reviewreturned an “amazing” 9/10.

“The fact that it always worked well and looked stunning is really impressive, even if a few bugs here and there resulted in a rare rage exit. For years I've been wondering when someone would take the great promise of this genre to the next level, and ARC Raiders is without a doubt what I've been waiting for.”

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