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Just as Call of Duty's AI slop causes refunds

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/27/epic-ceo-wants-steam-to-remove-ai-game-disclosures/ - text

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Sources:

• AI Content on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/3862463747997849618
• 「ゲーム会社は"ゲーム"で語るべき」――『ARC Raiders』も快調なNexonのCEO イ・ジョンホン氏に直撃取材。リリースを控える期待作や日本のゲーマーに向けた戦略を訊いた https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2025/11/10/159294.html
• As the CEO of Arc Raiders publisher Nexon says AI is everywhere, game devs call 'BS' https://www.polygon.com/arc-raiders-nexon-ai-in-game-development-strange-scaffold/
• Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3606480/Call_of_Duty_Black_Ops_7/
• Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 Is The Worst Reviewed Game In The Series https://www.thegamer.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-7-cod-bo7-worst-reviewed-entry-below-modern-warfare-3-metacritic/
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 European launch sales are 63% down over Battlefield 6 https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/call-of-duty-black-ops-7-european
• Agreed. The AI tag is relevant to art exhibits for authorship disclosure https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1993687499621728312
• Black Ops 7 is a Failure to be Celebrated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6udz8iWqpmQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Game studios love AI! The gamers ... hate it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/29/game-studios-love-ai-the-gamers-hate-it/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrXLqRQ69jQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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