{"id":587428,"date":"2026-05-16T14:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/587428\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:37:15","slug":"horizon-forbidden-west-composer-blasts-generative-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/587428\/","title":{"rendered":"Horizon Forbidden West Composer Blasts Generative AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video game composer has harsh words for genAI. 2K Games is already delisting its surprisingly decent Lego racer from 2023. And Arc Raiders is moving to fewer, bigger updates each year. It\u2019s the latest edition of Checkpoint for May 15, 2026, where I wish I was living my best life like Food4Dogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We are short-handed this week, which is why I missed multiple editions of our daily roundup over the last few days, as well as our weekly list of new games coming out. Expect things to be back on track next week when both Carolyn Petit and Rebekah Valentine return from vacation.<\/p>\n

Horizon Forbidden West composer weighs in on generative AI <\/p>\n

\u201cThe nerdy side of me goes: \u2018Oh, wow, this is quite cool,\u201d Joris De Man, who wrote the music for the first two games in Sony\u2019s sci-fi open-world RPG series, recently told Edge magazine (via FRVR<\/a>). \u201cBut the more creative and artistic side of me goes: \u2018This is f*cking insane\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sony recently embraced the potential of generative AI during an earnings presentation<\/a>, citing its ongoing use by existing first-party studios and its ability to change everything from how people buy games to how they experience them. While the company made sure to clarify that it is putting human creativity in the driver\u2019s seat of the new technology, gaming audiences in particular have revolted against genAI.<\/p>\n

De Man pointed to the importance of human mistakes and unexpected accidents in the creation of art, versus the sense of perfection people might get from AI-generated work. He also criticized the way AI companies have gone around stealing from everyone without payment or attribution before rolling out their new tech.<\/p>\n

\u201cAI companies\u2014all the major ones, like OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, etc\u2014they could have gone two ways,\u201d he said. \u201cThey could have said, \u2018OK, we need to license the stuff that we\u2019ve used\u2019, but they\u2019ve decided to go the other way. Which is, \u2018We\u2019ll train on everything we can find, and we\u2019ll worry about the legal ramifications of this later.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Lego 2K Drive is disappearing just three years after release <\/p>\n

It came out in May 2023 and is now getting delisted from storefronts on May 19, 2026. As spotted by MauroNL<\/a>, the game\u2019s online features will shut down a year from now, in May 2027. And some wonder why people are so worked up about the Stop Killing Games movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A pinball machine made out of Lego? <\/p>\n

That\u2019s one of the brick toy company\u2019s latest sets, according to one new alleged leak<\/a>. BrickTapNews claims it will release on July 1 for $200 and be space-themed.<\/p>\n

Arc Raiders takes its foot off the gas to catch its breath <\/p>\n

The extraction shooter will move to bigger, less frequent updates to fuel its ongoing growth. That means two major updates a year instead of monthly content drops. \u201cThe intention was to keep you all engaged, to ensure the game always felt fresh, and to give you reasons to keep braving topside,\u201d Embark Studios wrote in a new blog post<\/a>. \u201cBut once the game was in players\u2019 hands, we saw that the kind of long-term experience we want to create for ARC Raiders requires more transformative updates.\u201d<\/p>\n

It continued, \u201cOver time, we\u2019ve found that the pressure of a monthly cycle limits how impactful these updates can be. You feel it, and we feel it too. Running at that pace isn\u2019t sustainable, or compatible with the bigger ambitions we have for this game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elden Ring and Duskbloods still on track for Switch 2 this year <\/p>\n

But when? FromSoftware owner Kadokawa Group confirmed the timeline in its latest earnings report<\/a> but we still don\u2019t have any updates on whether they\u2019ll be arriving in just a few months or late in the year.<\/p>\n

Crimson Desert dropped another surprise patch overnight <\/p>\n

Update 1.07<\/a> is mostly bug fixes, but it does increase the number of boss fights available for rematches and adds new unarmed combat skills for Damiane. Players are also excited about the fact that the \u201cnumber of animals in the world that can be used as mounts\u201d has increased.<\/p>\n

The controversial Esports World Cup is moving cities <\/p>\n

The Saudi Arabia-funded event is leaving Riyadh for Paris amid the U.S.\u2019s war with Iran in the Middle East, Games Beat reports<\/a>. An estimated 2,500 esports players attended last year\u2019s event, and organizers are reportedly worried about potential interruptions to travel depending on how the conflict evolves over the next few months.<\/p>\n

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