Embark Studios uses AI voice in Arc Raiders
The gist
Embark Studios has replaced most AI-generated voice lines in Arc Raiders with real voice actors.
The shift follows player criticism of lifeless AI dialogue in the shooter.
How it unfolded
- Oct 2025ARC Raiders launches with a hybrid voice approach — some dialogue recorded by professional performers, other lines generated through a text-to-speech system using licensed actor voices.
- Oct 2025Studio CCO and co-founder Stefan Strandberg says the amount of generative AI-based voices in ARC Raiders is on the same level as in THE FINALS, using "a combination of recordings of real actors and TTS."
- Mar 2026Embark announces it is beginning the process of replacing the AI voices with human ones.