Darkest Dungeon developer Red Hook revealed in a recent discussion that it doesn't intend to recreate the iconic voice of the game's late narrator, Wayne June, using generative artificial intelligence (thanks, Rock Paper Shotgun).
"In one of his last emails to me, Wayne gave us permission to train an AI on his voice, something he'd staunchly opposed prior to the end. We'd never asked to do it, I think he was trying to put the game/team/fans first - offer us a 'way forward'. I declined, and we donated to his family anyway," co-founder and creative director Chris Bourassa revealed in a Reddit comment. "I would never, ever erode his incredible and timeless performances by teaching a machine to sound like him. His voice and delivery was human, and I'm forever grateful I got to write for him."
A user responded to Bourassa, speculating that if the narrator of a hypothetical Darkest Dungeon 3 is a worse performer than June, then the decision not to train an AI model using his voice would have been a mistake, to which Bourassa responded:
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