@itstherespawn: Playground Games has confirmed that Fable's massive cast of NPCs was created without the use of AI-generated voices. The clarification comes after fans questioned how the studio managed to bring more than 1,000 fully voiced characters to life. Speaking during a Summer Game Fest Q&A attended by GameSpot, the developer said there is "no generation involved" in the game's voice work, ruling out the use of AI text-to-speech technology. Instead, Playground revealed it hired around 100 actors to voice Fable's living population. According to the studio, every NPC in the upcoming RPG is fully voiced, with actors recording thousands of lines of dialogue to help bring Albion's world to life. #gaming #news #actor #xbox
The fact that this is something to be praised for is sad
2026-06-12 13:29:33
13149
Kodi :
Mind you this was the standard 10 years ago
2026-06-13 14:07:00
2943
🔆 Jeff is Strange 🔆 :
This game looks like a movie. Amazing…
2026-06-17 06:48:31
0
bobonator23 :
As if using AI was the default? For shame.
2026-06-12 13:51:45
2474
dorito972 :
keep in mind Skyrim has the same five voice actors and everybody loves it
2026-06-12 20:34:29
526
🍉RJ is Tired🍉 :
bare minimum is now an achievement 😭
2026-06-13 06:57:15
554
Afro :
People with 0 knowledge of the industry acting like this isn’t great news. We just had Arc Raiders heavily use AI in their character voices and make millions. Actors deserve to be paid and it deserves to be celebrated
2026-06-13 20:31:42
20
GOODIE :
mind you, this was the standard as few as 2 years ago.
2026-06-13 02:51:36
17
.Bloodlessss. :
“Company does the bare fucking minimum for a game”
2026-06-12 14:11:47
92
pro.bowler01 :
I think their clarifying not bragging. ffs people
2026-06-12 20:14:49
21
Ethan🦇 :
I’d rather 3 people voice 1000 NPCs than ai generated voices be used
2026-06-13 16:20:54
74
wifi :
is that not the bare minimum? or are we letting game companies be lazy? tf
2026-06-13 03:46:06
11
ᛉ :
Industry so cooked we get impressed by bare minimum
2026-06-12 14:07:05
31
Jenni Haining :
… this is just how video games work normally why is this praise??
2026-06-13 06:38:44
131
fairlyoddkaylin :
Mind u it’s sooooo easy to hire vo some will literally do it for free.. this is actually crazy that y’all acting like they did something.. pls get a grip this isn’t normal to be praising the none use of ai, ai shouldn’t be a thing in general
2026-06-15 18:50:25
8
mg.kitty :
I was gonna buy it eventually, but simply because of this, I will buy the day it drops. SUPPORT REAL ART
2026-06-13 04:38:11
28
Brain Globule :
That's uh... that's what you're supposed to do...
2026-06-14 18:19:57
35
Mallow :
how games have always been made btw
2026-06-13 12:12:44
23
Flightcrw :
I’m not applauding a fish for swimming
2026-06-12 17:57:36
16
lewis :
This should be the standard
2026-06-12 22:46:35
12
Briar :
uh....ya? let's not act like this is exceptional. Using AI like that should be unacceptable
2026-06-14 02:27:51
12
justblank :
Yall hate AI in games but then when a company doesn’t use it in a game yall hate on it. No wonder why games have AI in it.💀
2026-06-13 01:56:03
54
MisoSoup.xlsm :
Hey, maybe we vocalize our appreciation for a company actually listening to it's audience for once? You should always acknowledge the good, no matter how small, because one small good thing can really make a difference in the world, even if you don't believe it. Look at it this way, they gave ONE HUNDRED people jobs - ONE HUNDRED people got a paycheck to help feed themselves and their family. Was it a lot? Probably not, but for people who have little to nothing, any opportunity is a good one, and I bet all them worked really hard to bring life to a franchise that most of us grew up with.
They did a good thing, acknowledge it - otherwise they may not listen when it counts most.
2026-06-13 22:07:03
11
Spectral_essence :
That's great, but they should really work on the npc's movements and gestures, they look rigid & lifeless.
2026-06-13 04:58:51
13
To see more videos from user @itstherespawn, please go to the Tikwm
homepage.