Fares Urges Industry to Embrace Diversity, Not Lock Into a Double‑A Blueprint

Split Fiction director Josef Fares warns against using Clair Obscur’s claimed ‘AA’ success as the industry’s new template, arguing for a mix of AAA blockbusters and diverse, smaller projects. He praises EA as a collaborative partner to Hazelight, notes strong sales for It Takes Two and Split Fiction, and remains skeptical about generative AI’s value in game design, saying true creative vision can’t be replaced by a chatbot while predicting Hazelight will continue delivering co‑op hits.