Controversy Erupts as Indie Game Awards Dismiss Clair Obscur Over AI Use
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The Indie Game Awards revoked the Game of the Year award from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 due to its use of generative AI, despite widespread use of AI in gaming. The award was given to Blue Prince, which also used AI for art assets, highlighting the performative nature of the controversy. The article criticizes the selective stance on AI use in the gaming industry and questions the moral consistency of such decisions.
- In a totally performative move, the Indie Game Awards stripped Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of Game of the Year just to give it to another game that used gen AI The Escapist
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI Polygon
- Gamers Are Extremely Mad About AI New York Magazine
- GOTY Winner Clair Obscur Disqualified From Awards Show GAMINGbible
- Fan-made RTX Remaster of Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines Compared to the Original Game IXBT.games
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