Don't like AI in games? Crimson Desert studio Pearl Abyss ain't care: it's expanding AI use 'throughout our entire development pipeline'

Earlier this year, Pearl Abyss apologized for the presence of AI-generated art in Crimson Desert—not because it had used generative AI, mind, but because players saw it. And it seems like the odds we might see more of it in the future are going up, as the studio said in its Q3 2026 earnings letter (via Eurogamer ) that it will be going even deeper on AI-powered development in the future.