Darkest Dungeon developer Red Hook Studios has said it won’t use AI to replicate the voice of deceased voice actor Wayne June.
Studio co-founder Chris Bourassa spoke about how the passing of the iconic narrator will affect the series going forward in a reply to a post on the Darkest Dungeon subreddit (via Kotaku). He told fans to rest assured that Red Hook will “never, ever erode” June’s legacy by using AI to attempt to copy his performance.
“In one of his last emails to me, Wayne gave us permission to train an AI on his voice, something he’d staunchly opposed prior to the end,” Bourassa said. “We’d never asked to do it. I think he was trying to put the game/team/fans first – offer us a ‘way forward.’ I declined, and we donated to his family anyway.”
