Latest news with #Aloy
Metro
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Horizon Zero Dawn 3 scheduled for 2027 as a cross-gen PS6 game claims rumour
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered – Aloy will return (Sony Interactive Entertainment) Sony is planning to launch the PS6 with a new Horizon game, as the latest rumours suggest that a Horizon Online spin-off is still on the way. Back in 2022, when Horizon Forbidden West was released on PlayStation 4 and 5, everything seemed to be going perfectly normally for Sony. The PlayStation 5 was selling well, they had lots of new first party games released or announced, and everything appeared primed to continue much in the way the previous generation had. But that was before Sony became obsessed with live service games and suddenly realised, seemingly overnight, that video games were becoming too expensive to make in the normal fashion. Fast forward three years and their first party output has slowed to a crawl and the only new Horizon game to be released has been Lego Horizon Adventures – which was, not unsurprisingly, a flop. Technically, developer Guerrilla Games has already confirmed Horizon 3 will happen, although only in the vaguest sense of stating, in 2023, that they're currently working on 'Aloy's next adventure'. Now a rumour suggests that the third mainline entry is well underway and due for release in the next two years. According to TCMFGames, via Insider Gaming, the game's story will focus on the enemy AI Nemesis (which was teased in the second game, so not much of a revelation) and is 'potentially' a cross-gen title for both PlayStation 5 and 6. Anyone could guess that but whether this particular source has inside knowledge or not it does seem very likely that this is what Sony is aiming for, considering they have not said a word about the series in years. If the date is accurate then it could well be that the game is being positioned as a launch title for the PlayStation 6, which would make perfect sense given the franchise's popularity and reputation for cutting edge visuals. Being cross-gen is also not a surprise, especially as the leap in graphical power is likely to be fairly minimal for the next generation, making it relatively easy to continue support for the PlayStation 5. As for the rumoured multiplayer game, it's never been officially announced but it's been leaked multiple times already and Guerilla Games has been posting job ads for people to work on an unspecified multiplayer title – so there seems little doubt that it did exist at some point. There was some question as to whether it was cancelled during Sony's recent purge of live service titles, but recent indicators are that it was not. Rumours suggest that it's relatively similar to Monster Hunter, which would make sense given all of Horizon's robot animals, and isn't to be confused with talk of an MMO and mobile game. The former was once underway at NCsoft and is believed to be cancelled, the fate of the mobile title is unknown. If Horizon Online, as fans have dubbed it, is going to be out before 2027 you would expect Sony to start talking about it relatively soon, perhaps at its not-E3 summer showcase. If Horizon 3 is closely connected to the PlayStation 6 though, it may be a while longer before we hear about that. Horizon Forbidden West – how much better will the graphics be on PS6? (Sony Interactive Entertainment) Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter, and sign-up to our newsletter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. Arrow MORE: Nintendo Switch 2 could be being sold at a loss claim analysts Arrow MORE: GTA 4 remaster coming to PS5 this year claims insider Arrow MORE: GTA 6 release date sparks panic as rival companies fear new delay
Forbes
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
New ‘ARK: Survival Evolved' AI Trailer Incites Fan Fury
ARK: Aquatica It is no secret that game publishers and developers are experimenting with AI in all sorts of ways, some of them more normal, streamlining internal processes and such, others more controversial, like the recent AI-infused Aloy conversation demo from Sucker Punch. But this? This is next level. ARK: Survival Evolved has debuted what appears to be a 98% AI-generated trailer for its new Aquatica expansion. That includes voicework, possibly a script, and certainly the video footage shown: Almost everything after the first-person intro has the trademark smoothness of AI video and something just feels…off about almost every scene. There are the trademark AI screw-ups, like a man swimming where his feet evolve into weird fin-like appendages as he moves. Also, AI video is mostly only able to be effectively rendered in very, very short clips right now that are just a few seconds long, which is how long each of the clips are that are shown here.. Fans hate this, as does the general public, and as you can see, it's become a news story. The trailer has an underwater (no pun intended) ratio of 500/21,000 likes to dislikes, with comments with thousands of votes saying something along the lines of 'you should be ashamed of yourself' or 'how do I delete someone else's video?' The video was supposedly delisted, but it's still visible and on the Snail page right now. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder Again, AI is certainly being pushed into gamedev to some extent, much to the chagrin of many devs, especially artists and writers, but rarely to this blatant of an extent. The idea here, of course, is not really proudly displaying AI tech, but being able to save money by not paying artists or needing to take the time and energy to make an actual cinematic trailer. Why do that when you can spend a few hours messing around with AI video prompts and throw them all together with an AI narrator on top? There seems to be a split here between publisher Snail Games, who put the trailer out, and ARK developer Wildcard, with a tweet reiterating Aquatica is being developed by Snail, while Wildcard is focused on Survival Ascended and ARK 2, not decrying the trailer outright, perhaps, but putting some distance between them, and this was posted the day the trailer went live: I would think the reception of this trailer would be a cautionary tale to other studios attempting to do something similar. We've also seen this in other media like the ill-received AI-generated intro to Marvel's Secret Invasion, which is still brought up to this day. We will see more and more AI inserted into games whether we want it or not (or whether we know it or not) but this? This is ridiculous. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Aloy Voice Actor Ashly Burch 'Worried About This Art Form' After Horizon Zero Dawn AI Demo Leaks
Voice actor Ashly Burch responded to an internal Sony tech demo featuring a generative-AI controlled version of the hero she plays in the Horizon Zero Dawn games, Aloy, saying it's exactly why she and other game performers are currently on strike. 'I am worried for this art form,' she told fans in a new TikTok video. The leaked demo reported by The Verge showed Aloy carrying on a conversation with a Sony engineer by generating computer-voiced responses in real-time. It was an extremely crude interaction, but behind its obvious limitations was a stark warning about how the technology might be used in games once it improves. One of those potential consequences includes harvesting performances from real actors and then replacing them with digital replicas, as striking SAG-AFTRA members recently claimed. 'Guerrilla reached out to let me know that the demo didn't reflect anything that was actively in development,' said Burch—who also stars in the Apple parody of the game industry called Mythic Quest—in her recent video. 'They didn't use any of my performance for the demo, none of my facial or voice data. Guerrilla owns Aloy as a character. So all that said, I feel worried, and not worried about Guerilla specifically, or Horizon, or my performance, or my career specifically even, I feel worried about this art form, game performance as an art form.' tiktok-7481742753991314734 Burch explained how SAG-AFTRA, of which she's a member, has been on strike with many of the biggest video game companies—including Activision, Electronic Arts, and others—over AI protections, and pointed to the Aloy tech demo as a perfect example of what the group is fighting for. Burch noted that the performance rules the actors are asking companies to sign onto have already been agree to by others in various interim agreements. 'I just imagine a video like this coming out that does have someone's performance attached to it, that does have someone's face, or voice, or movement, and the possibility that if we lose this fight that person would have no recourse, they wouldn't have any protections, and way to fight back, and that possibility makes me so sad, it breaks my heart, it scares me,' she said. 'We have proposed a deal that terms of use for AI digital replicas in-game and additional compensation for the use of an actor's performance in other games,' a spokesperson Audrey Cooling of the game company bargaining group said in a statement last week. 'We have made meaningful progress and are eager to return to the bargaining table to reach a deal.' Burch suggested it's not enough. 'The technology isn't the problem, game companies wanting to use the technology isn't the problem,' she continued in her video. 'We're on strike and the bargaining group will not agree to give us common sense protections. I support the strike, I've always supported the strike, I believe fighting is what we have to do to protect the future and longevity of this career we all love so much.' . For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sony Confirms Controversial PlayStation Tech Demo Leak Is Real
Last week, an internal leaked, causing quite a stir. The video showcased Aloy from the Horizon series powered by artificial intelligence rather than a real voice and motion capture work, leaving players concerned for the future of PlayStation Studios games. Aloy actress Ashly Burch has since confirmed that the tech demo is real, and someone from Sony got in touch with her about it. We didn't really doubt that the tech demo was real since it was hit by copyright strikes that were traced back to Sony Interactive Entertainment. However, Burch directly confirmed to fans in a public TikTok video that Guerrilla Games contacted her to assure her that the video didn't reflect any in-development work, and it wasn't her performance that was used to train AI. That said, Burch pointed out that despite the fact that the character Aloy is the property of Sony, the threat of AI abuse is very much real — something the SAG-AFTRA union is actively fighting against. 'What we're fighting for is that you have to get our consent before you make an AI version of us in any form, you have to compensate us fairly, and you have to tell us how you're using this AI double,' Burch explained, adding that she's not worried about the technology itself, rather how it's used. 'I just imagine a video like this coming out that does have someone's performance attached to it, that does have someone's voice or face or movement, and the possibility that if we lose this fight, that person would have no recourse.' You can watch Burch's full statement below: The post Sony Confirms Controversial PlayStation Tech Demo Leak Is Real appeared first on PlayStation LifeStyle.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'I feel worried about this art form:' Unsurprisingly, the real Aloy from Horizon isn't a fan of AI Aloy
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Voice actor Ashly Burch, known for her role as Aloy in Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West, shared her response to a controversial AI tech demo of her character leaked last week and, unsurprisingly, it has her worried about the future of the gaming industry. Burch explained in a TikTok video, "Gorilla reached out to me to let me know that the demo didn't reflect anything that was actively in development. They didn't use any of my performance for the demo, so none of my facial or voice data." "All that said, I feel worried. And not worried about Gorilla specifically or Horizon or my performance or my career specifically, even. I feel worried about this art form, game performance as an art form." Burch's response comes amidst an ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike hinging on protections for actors from the use of AI to replace them in the gaming industry. SAG-AFTRA fought a similar battle in the film and TV industry back in 2023 alongside the Writers Guild of America. Now, video game voice and motion capture actors are also striking to protect their careers and the future of their industry from AI. Ashly Burch summed up the situation in her video, stating, "The technology isn't the problem, game companies wanting to use the technology isn't the problem. The problem is that we are currently on strike and the bargaining group [for the game studios] will not agree to give us common sense protections." The leaked AI tech demo of Aloy is a stark warning about what the future of the gaming industry could look like if voice and motion capture artists don't win their fight for AI protections. The clip of the tech demo has been removed from YouTube, but the footage was noticeably more cold and robotic than Burch's phenomenal performance as Aloy. It highlights all the nuance and heart we lose when the human element is taken out of game performances. Fans are unhappy about the tech demo as well. As one Horizon player commented on Reddit, "If they use this AI tech in the next game. I will not be buying it or playing it." Another user called fans to support Burch, commenting, "As fans of games like Horizon, we should support the PEOPLE working to improve our entertainment experiences. I'm all for technical advancement, like she said. But it can't replace people." While Burch reassured everyone in her video that her performance wasn't used to train the AI Aloy shown in the tech demo, she admitted that the risk of actors' performances being exploited or used without their permission for AI is very real. Best of the best 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest RPGs: Grand adventuresBest co-op games: Better together "I feel worried not because the technology exists, not even because game companies want to use it. Of course they do, they always want to use technological advancements. I just imagine a video like this coming out that does have someone's performance attached to it," Burch explained. She added, "If we lose this fight, that person would have no recourse. They wouldn't have any protections, any way to fight back. And that possibility… It makes me so sad." Actors and gamers alike are right to be worried about the future of the gaming industry. Voice and motion capture actors have become the heart and soul of so many great games and are getting much more recognition today than they once did. Hopefully, game studios take notice of the response to the AI Aloy clip from Burch and Horizon fans. AI can be a helpful tool in gaming, but if it's used to take actors out of the equation, that's a loss for gamers and gaming as a powerful storytelling medium. As Ashly Burch put it, "I love this industry and this art form so much and I want there to be a new generation of actors. I want there to be so many more incredible game performances. [...] If we don't win, then that future is really compromised."
