Hello everyone,
It has come to our attention that we have failed to properly disclose AI-generated content available in the NG+ VHS tapes. We’ll be addressing how this happened and what we are doing to amend the mistake.
For now, please take note of the following changes:
We have updated the Hotel Barcelona store page to disclose the use of generative AI.
We are working with White Owls to prepare an update that removes AI-assisted elements from the VHS segment to align with player expectations. Once patched there will be no GenAI content in Hotel Barcelona what-so-ever.
To clarify the ongoing discussion and remove any uncertainty:
Some voices in the VHS tapes were generated using an AI text to speech service.
All AI generated voices are verified human voice actors that get paid for their work.
The Red Tree Entertainment logo on the VHS tapes has been partially edited and refined using Photoshop Generative AI.
None of the stock footage used in the VHS tapes is AI generated and has been purchased via a stock footage service that is explicitly anti-GenAI.
The VHS tapes themselves were manually edited and personally created by Swery-san in 2022 through early 2023.
CULT Games’ stance on generative AI is clear: we are opposed to any professional GenAI use that has disproportional environmental impact, takes work away from real people, or has been trained on unethical datasets.
We regret that our store page did not clearly reflect this detail at launch. We’ve updated the page and will continue improving our disclosures. We want to thank the community for raising it so clearly. Hopefully this message has shed some light on the situation.
Furthermore, we’re working on a patch addressing common performance and QOL issues soon.
Thank you again for bringing this to our attention.
The CULT Team