Indie dev pulls AI-generated assets game from Steam, hints at AI-free reboot

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A indie developer behind the Steam roguelike card battler Hardest announces the game will be removed from Steam on January 30 to drop AI-generated assets, citing concerns about AI's economic and environmental impact and suggesting a future AI-free version with real assets may rise from the project.
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