Overview
- Players quickly flagged visual oddities in the free prologue demo released at Summer Game Fest, and Panache confirmed some early AI-generated assets had been included.
- Panache identified the affected items as in-game portraits and external marketing images, apologized for the oversight, and said human-made replacements will arrive in a forthcoming update.
- The studio wrote that its team is reviewing the build and assured fans that the planned Early Access and full release later in 2026 will not include any assets generated by AI.
- Some community members remain skeptical and accuse the studio of using AI knowingly and only apologizing after being called out, which has damaged trust for parts of the fanbase.
- The episode joins several AI-related disclosures from the same showcase and has renewed debate over whether using generative tools in early production can be fully addressed by later manual replacements.