Cyberpunk 2077 turns to AI to replace departed actor in Phantom Liberty: “This way we could keep his performance in the game”
Oct. 13, 2023CD Projekt says the sons of late Polish voice actor Miłogost Reczek were “very supportive”
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CD Projekt Redhas used a combination of AI and a new voice actor to record new lines for aCyberpunk 2077character inPhantom Liberty.
Speaking to Bloomberg, CD Projekt localization director Mikołaj Szwed praises Reczek as “one of the best Polish voice talents,” calling his in-game performance “stellar.”
Szwed goes on to say that the team hired a different voice actor to perform the new lines before using a Ukraine-based voice-cloning software called Respeecher to make it all sound like Reczek.
“This way we could keep his performance in the game and pay tribute to his wonderful performance as Viktor Vektor,” Szwed says, adding that Reczek’s sons “were very supportive.”
AI has been a hot topic across film and games over the last year. At the time of writing, Hollywood actors are currently on strike over myriad issues, one of which is how far studios can go when using artificial intelligence to manipulate and replicate their work, living or deceased. Just recently,Robin Williams' daughtersaid using AI to recreate his voice was “disturbing.”
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