It sounds like Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developer Warhorse Studios’ future projects won’t be translated entirely by human hands. Earlier today, a Reddit post was shared to the game’s subreddit from Max Hejtmánek, a Czech to English translator and editor on the developer’s most recent game, where he claimed that yesterday, March 27th, he was laid off “in favour of using AI for all translations going forward.”
The post, which was verified by one of the mods of the subreddit, explained that Hejtmánek was “invited to a meeting and promptly told that, in an effort to ‘make the company more effective’ and ‘save finances’, as of next month, my position at the company would become ‘obsolete’.” Hejtmánek explained that discussions around the usage of AI had come up in the past, something he was “always strongly and vocally against,” it had never been to an extent where he was worried about his job security.
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“I feel incredibly betrayed by the management of the company I’ve come to care about greatly these past almost 4 years, and am heartbroken I won’t get to see my friends and colleagues at the office every day,” Hejtmánek continued. “I want you to know that the growing use of AI greatly affects people in the games industry and many others, and I thought you should know how much the company that makes the games you love value the work of their employees, not to mention the environment.”
While Warhorse haven’t publicly commented on usage of AI at the studio, co-founder of the studio Daniel Vávra has made multiple comments in favour of the tech. He even posited the idea that games could be “translated and dubbed into all languages immediately upon release,” using AI, making Hejtmánek’s claims sound not particularly far-fetched.
As it stands, it’s unclear what Warhorse are currently working on next, but it sounds like it may be worth keeping an eye out for an AI disclosure, or potential lack thereof, on a hypothetical future Steam page.
