{"id":564913,"date":"2026-03-27T18:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/564913\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:51:10","slug":"osiris-reborn-dev-defends-using-gen-ai-for-the-rpg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/564913\/","title":{"rendered":"Osiris Reborn Dev Defends Using Gen AI For The RPG"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, a very Mass Effect-esque video game based on James S. A. Corey\u2019s popular book series and developed by Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader maker Owlcat Games, got a brand new trailer and a rough release window announcement (spring 2027) during yesterday\u2019s Xbox Partner Preview showcase<\/a>. However, as promising as the game looks, the only thing anyone seems to be talking about today is Owlcat Games\u2019 confirmation that generative AI is being used during The Expanse: Osiris Reborn\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

As revealed by Eurogamer<\/a>, who quizzed Owlcat Games\u2019 PR manager prior to yesterday\u2019s Xbox Partner Preview showcase, while generative AI tools will be leaned upon during development, the end result will still be \u201chuman made.\u201d \u201cWe don\u2019t use it to create any assets that will be in the game,\u201d PR manager Katharina Popp said. \u201cWe use it a lot for prototyping, trying things out, placeholders. They will all be replaced at the end\u2026We use it basically for trying out things on a technical level.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, looking how a 2D image looks in 3D, or changing colors to what looks good,\u201d Popp continued. \u201cSo it\u2019s basically for being able to iterate faster. But we don\u2019t use it to write, we don\u2019t use AI voice actors, so everything that will be in the final version will definitely 100 percent be human made.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eurogamer notes in their article that Owlcat Games already had to clarify its stance on generative AI tools back in March 2024<\/a> after it posted a concept artist job listing that required interviewees to have expertise with \u201cconcept generation using AI and other modern tools.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, as <\/a>Crimson Desert<\/a> proved<\/a>, even if generative AI is (ostensibly) only used for stuff like placeholders and prototyping, some of that slop still has a funny habit of ending up in the full release. My own personal distaste for AI-generated content aside, I feel like saying artwork will be fully \u201chuman made\u201d even if it\u2019s based on an AI-generated iteration remains a bit of a grey area. You can alter it and change it as much as you like, but the influence will always be there, whether the player is aware and cares about it or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, a very Mass Effect-esque video game based on James S. A. Corey\u2019s popular book…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,276,277,49,48,217840,61,217841],"class_list":["post-564913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-owlcat-games","tag-technology","tag-the-expanse-osiris-reborn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}