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Overwatch game director Aaron Keller has stated that developer Blizzard has no intention of releasing AI-generated content in the game, with the company instead aiming for the hero shooter to have a “handcrafted” feel to it.
“We don’t want to put AI-generated content out in front of players. That’s just not something that we’re comfortable doing. We want this to feel like a handcrafted universe, and it is a handcrafted universe,” Keller told GameSpot.
Blizzard is owned by Microsoft, and that company is adopting a different approach. Microsoft is spending many billions of dollars to create all manner of AI-enabled content and products in the future. It’s even building nuclear reactors to power its AI ambitions.
Blizzard also makes World of Warcraft, and the developer said in 2024 that it does not use generative AI for the MMORPG. Activision, meanwhile, has readily admitted that it uses generative AI to create some Call of Duty content.
Blizzard unveiled a series of updates for Overwatch 2 today, including a name change. Going forward, Overwatch 2 will drop the “2” and instead be called simply Overwatch. The original Overwatch shut down back in 2022, so the name is freed up.
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