Who Are We To Know If This Video Game Is Using AI Artwork On Its Cover And In Its Trailer, We Are But Human Beings With Eyeballs And Brains

Developer System 3 is denying claims that it used generative AI for the marketing and box art of James Pond Legacy, a new bundle of the classic fish-themed platformer. As Aftermath reports, the company released a statement detailing a manual process of redrawing and three-dimensional rendering to update the original retro characters. This defense comes amid a pattern of similar accusations regarding other classic titles handled by the studio, as well as previous criticism from the series' original creator.

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