"For Arc Raiders, Embark hired actors to record voice lines that were then put into a generative text-to-speech system that allowed game characters to speak in the actors' voices while addressing many different possible circumstances that could happen in the game. The human actors themselves didn't need to come back to the studio to record new lines, as the AI-based system created them."
"Arc Raiders was a much bigger success than The Finals, though, prompting another voice actor to call upon Embark to bring the actors back to the studio. "If you're going to not record the lines in the first place and just use AI to take somebody's voice and manipulate it however the hell you want, that's a problem," actor Neil Newbon said."
""We don't use AI to not have to hire people or replace people or job groups or voice actors," Söderlund told GamesBeat. "People have to take a step back and understand what it is and how it can be a big help to developers and be a tremendous benefit to players. I realize it is an intricate subject and discussion.""
Arc Raiders became a major 2025 success while using AI-driven text-to-speech to expand voiced dialogue. Embark recorded human actors once and fed those recordings into a generative TTS system so characters could speak in actors' voices across many in-game scenarios without actors returning to record new lines. Embark's leadership says the goal of AI integration is to make better games more efficiently and not to cut hiring or replace job groups or voice actors. Some voice actors criticized the approach, arguing that using AI to manipulate voices without recording new lines is problematic. Other industry figures urged a nuanced view.
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