Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the best games available on the market in its vanilla state, but some mods bring the game's visuals to new levels, as showcased in a new video shared on YouTube this week.
13.10.2023 - 13:51 / gamesradar.com / Ai
CD Projekt Red has used a combination of AI and a new voice actor to record new lines for a Cyberpunk 2077 character in Phantom Liberty.
That comes from Bloomberg, which reports that the developer did consider recasting the Polish language actor of Doctor Viktor Vektor but decided against it as they wanted the performance of Miłogost Reczek – who passed in 2021 – to be preserved as a tribute. As such, with permission from the actor's family, they opted to go the route of AI.
Speaking to Bloomberg, CD Projekt localization director Mikołaj Szwed praises Reczek as "one of the best Polish voice talents," calling his in-game performance "stellar."
Szwed goes on to say that the team hired a different voice actor to perform the new lines before using a Ukraine-based voice-cloning software called Respeecher to make it all sound like Reczek.
"This way we could keep his performance in the game and pay tribute to his wonderful performance as Viktor Vektor," Szwed says, adding that Reczek's sons "were very supportive."
AI has been a hot topic across film and games over the last year. At the time of writing, Hollywood actors are currently on strike over myriad issues, one of which is how far studios can go when using artificial intelligence to manipulate and replicate their work, living or deceased. Just recently, Robin Williams' daughter said using AI to recreate his voice was "disturbing."
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A new Bloomberg report reveals CD Projekt Red employed AI to recreate the voice of an actor that passed away after the game's release. Speaking to the outlet, CDPR said it reproduced the performance of Miłogost Reczek (who plays V's confidante and Ripper doc Viktor Vektor) for the recently released Phantom Liberty expansion.
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CD Projekt Red used AI to replace the voice actor Miłogost Reczek in Cyberpunk 2077 following his passing in 2021.
As reported by Bloomberg, it's been revealed that CD Projekt used AI to replicate the voice of the late Miłogost Reczek, who voiced Night City's most reliable ripper doc, Viktor Vektor, in the base game's Polish localisation back in 2020.
CD Projekt Red might have stumbled a bit when they got Cyberpunk 2077 out the door and into the hands of the public. It was filled with bugs and poor optimization, which even prompted Sony to remove the game from their digital storefront for a period. However, the studio continued to work through the issues and delivered players with a series of patches to bring the game up to their standards. Now, the latest big update and expansion added a new area and content to take in. With that said, there was one obstacle developers had to figure out, and it was based on a deceased voice actor.
CD Projekt turned to AI technology to replicate a Cyberpunk 2077 Polish voice actor who passed away in 2021.
If you've ever spoken to the ripperdoc character Viktor Vektor in the Polish localisation of Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty expansion, you've been talking to a cyborg. Technically, of course, most characters in Cyberpunk 2077 are cyborgs, but in this case, I'm referring to one voice actor posing as another using voice-cloning technology, following the second actor's death.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty includes the voice of a deceased actor from the base game, replicated using an AI algorithm by developer CD Projekt Red for the DLC campaign. The technology was used to recreate the sound of the late Miłogost Reczek, who voices delightfully named ripperdoc Viktor Vektor in the base game, with the permission from his family.