{"id":1434502,"date":"2025-12-21T16:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/XPLbF4wF2Qk7nzE23kutCC"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:11:13","slug":"indie-game-awards-pulls-two-awards-from-clair-obscur-over-generative-ai-use-we-have-a-hard-stance-against-gen-ai-in-videogames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/indie-game-awards-pulls-two-awards-from-clair-obscur-over-generative-ai-use-we-have-a-hard-stance-against-gen-ai-in-videogames\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Game Awards pulls two awards from Clair Obscur over generative AI use: &#8216;We have a hard stance against gen AI in videogames&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a hell of an award season for the year&#8217;s most talked about RPG, but two of its accolades just got knocked off the scorecard. The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/indiegameawards.gg\/post\/3magufzccy22i\" target=\"_blank\">Indie Game Awards<\/a>, which awarded Sandfall Interactive with Game of the Year and Best Debut Game on Dec 18, posted <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/indiegameawards.gg\/post\/3magufzccy22i\" target=\"_blank\">a video<\/a> to Bluesky yesterday explaining that the game is retroactively disqualified for its use of generative AI in development.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a hard stance against gen AI in videogames, it&#8217;s something we talk about throughout the year when discussing any potential nominees,&#8221; Mike Towndrow of the IGA nomination committee said in the video. &#8220;On the day of the premiere, Sandfall Interactive did, in fact, confirm that gen AI was used in the making of Expedition 33.&#8221; He continues that, previously, the studio had agreed &#8220;that no gen AI was used in the making of the game when it was submitted to us for consideration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:hbkraazgwbkh2fmbptgr3yti\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3magufzccy22i\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreigwdw5iwm2iojwzodusm5l6taqldvuqpnuyrc2miidgks6zhwflz4\">\n<p lang=\"en\">The IGAs Nomination Committee is officially retracting Debut Game and Game of the Year, awarding both categories to new recipients. Additionally, we are retracting one of the Indie Vanguard recipients.Full details can be found in our FAQ under Game Eligibility: www.indiegameawards.gg\/faq<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @indiegameawards.gg (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:hbkraazgwbkh2fmbptgr3yti?ref_src=embed\">@indiegameawards.gg.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/indiegameawards.gg\/post\/3magufzccy22i\">2025-12-21T15:39:58.924Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Notably, seemingly AI-generated textures were <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nyanomancer\/status\/1915991305257210323\" target=\"_blank\">spotted by fans online<\/a> in Clair Obscur mere days after it released in April. The textures highlighted in the screenshot were quietly removed soon after, referred to in a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/patchnotes\/18282406\/\" target=\"_blank\">patch note<\/a> as a &#8220;placeholder texture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In June, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/cultura\/2025-06-28\/la-revolucion-creativa-low-cost-cuando-la-tecnologia-pone-el-arte-al-alcance-de-todos.html\" target=\"_blank\">an interview in El Pa\u00eds<\/a> saw Sandfall cofounder Fran\u00e7ois Meurisse admit the studio used &#8220;some AI, but not much&#8221; (Google translated), but the article has been updated to state that &#8220;there is no element made with generative AI in the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Indie Game Awards&#8217; new winners for Best Debut Game and Game of the Year are now Sorry We&#8217;re Closed and Blue Prince, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see what impact this has moving forward. Devs of hotly anticipated RPGs like Divinity have <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/swen-vincke-promises-an-ama-to-clear-up-larians-use-of-generative-ai-youll-get-the-opportunity-to-ask-us-any-questions-you-have-about-divinity-and-our-dev-process-directly\/\">already admitted<\/a> to using generative AI in development, and big studios like Ubisoft are letting it <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/city-builder\/ubisoft-touches-up-ai-art-placeholder-that-slipped-into-anno-117-but-fans-are-not-happy-it-was-there-to-begin-with-of-all-the-video-games-not-anno\/\">slip into final builds<\/a>, content to touch it up once it&#8217;s noticed.<\/p>\n<p>While there&#8217;s an argument to be had whether the decidedly AA Sandfall should have been up for an indie award in the first place, it seems clear that AI is the bigger sticking point for people\u2014at least within the Indie Game Awards nomination team.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"f8047e38-c8eb-410e-92d5-dd0052f0aacc\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/indie-game-awards-pulls-two-awards-from-clair-obscur-over-generative-ai-use-we-have-a-hard-stance-against-gen-ai-in-videogames.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"f8047e38-c8eb-410e-92d5-dd0052f0aacc\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/indie-game-awards-pulls-two-awards-from-clair-obscur-over-generative-ai-use-we-have-a-hard-stance-against-gen-ai-in-videogames\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a hell of an award season for the year&#8217;s most talked about RPG, but two of its accolades just got knocked off the scorecard. The Indie Game Awards, which awarded Sandfall Interactive with Game of the Year and Best Debut Game on Dec 18, posted a video to Bluesky yesterday explaining that the game is retroactively disqualified for its use of generative AI in development. &#8220;We have a hard stance against gen AI in videogames, it&#8217;s something we talk about throughout the year when discussing any potential nominees,&#8221; Mike Towndrow of the IGA nomination committee said in the video. &#8220;On the day of the premiere, Sandfall Interactive did, in fact, confirm that gen AI was used in the making of Expedition 33.&#8221; He&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/indie-game-awards-pulls-two-awards-from-clair-obscur-over-generative-ai-use-we-have-a-hard-stance-against-gen-ai-in-videogames\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1434503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,34],"class_list":["post-1434502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-rpg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Indie Game Awards pulls two awards from Clair Obscur over generative AI use: &#039;We have a hard stance against gen AI in videogames&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s been a hell of an award season for the year&#039;s most talked about RPG, but two of its accolades just got knocked off the scorecard. 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