"Ubisoft's Text-to-Speech Mishap in New Prince of Persia Game"

Reviews for the upcoming game Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown are positive, but a puzzling discovery was made during previews: one of the NPCs is voiced by a text-to-speech program, which Ubisoft says was a placeholder and will be replaced in a late January or early February update. The character, Kalux, has eight lines recorded via a free text-to-speech program, leading to a stilted, robotic delivery. Despite this, the game is receiving praise for its innovation in the Metroidvania genre, with a day-one patch planned to address various aspects of the game.