Blaze Entertainment has apologized and pulled the main image used for Duke Nukem 1+2 Remastered after it was discovered by fans that the image used AI.
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Duke Nukem Caught Using AI Images, Blaze Entertainment Apologizes
On June 1, 2023, Blaze Entertainment announced that Duke Nukem will be coming to the Evercade platform through two collections.
The first features Duke Nukem 1+2 Remastered and Duke Nukem 3D. The second contains Duke Nukem: A Time to Kill, Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes, and Duke Nukem Advance.
However, as soon as the main image for Duke Nukem 1+2 Remastered circulated on social media, it was criticized by fans for using AI.
If you look closely at the hand, you can see that it doesn’t know how to hold a gun.
Blaze Entertainment initially defended itself by saying that it did commission an artist.
They also even mentioned the artist by name in a now-deleted tweet, as the artist in question described themselves as a “hybrid artist”.
Now that they have been confronted with concrete evidence, Blaze Entertainment has finally admitted their mistake and issued an apology from their CEO, Andrew Byatt:
Over the past 24 hours, we’ve been overwhelmed by the support and excitement for our latest cartridge announcement and our partnership with Gearbox to bring the Duke Nukem franchise to Evercade.
As part of this, an artist was commissioned to create the main image for the Duke Nukem 1+2 Remastered game developed by Blaze Entertainment. It was clear from the responses on social media that the work of this commission fell below the expectations and standards demanded by fans due to the use of AI in the process.
We remove such artworks as soon as it is feasible to do so and will announce replacement commissions in due course that better meet the expected high standards.
We would like to apologize to you, all the fans, who have been devastated by this and rest assured that we are working to rectify this. We would also like to thank everyone who has worked on this project to date for their input.
Andrew Byatt, CEO of Blaze Entertainment
