PCG Article Discussion for March 2026

[Pifanjr]

DLSS 5 clearly overwrites game characters with AI beauty standards, but Nvidia says devs have 'artistic control'

The first demo for Nvidia's new AI rendering technique doesn't do much to combat the perception that generative AI homogenizes artwork.

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I guess a filter for your games that recreates that uncanny AI generated feeling is a thing. Luckily this is just a fun curiosity that will fade away, right?

 

[Pifanjr]

In a wild turn for the Subnautica 2 lawsuit, a judge orders Krafton to restore fired Unknown Worlds CEO and gives them 9 more months to earn $250 million bonus

Litigation is ongoing, but this ruling represents a major loss for Krafton.

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I guess Krafton was indeed trying to weasel its way out of paying the $250 million bonus. I have my doubts they're done weaseling.

 

[neogunhero]

DLSS 5 clearly overwrites game characters with AI beauty standards, but Nvidia says devs have 'artistic control'

The first demo for Nvidia's new AI rendering technique doesn't do much to combat the perception that generative AI homogenizes artwork.

www.pcgamer.com

I guess a filter for your games that recreates that uncanny AI generated feeling is a thing. Luckily this is just a fun curiosity that will fade away, right?

At the very least, this should not be called DLSS 5. Its intent and purposes are completely different from previous DLSS versions. It’s an AI filter meant to “beautify” your games, not upscaling your image with machine learning to improve performance.

At worst, it hurts artists and artistic intention. Artists spend years getting the aesthetic of the game down, handcrafting the world and its characters to fit a uniform vision, then comes along Nvidia saying “we can do better with AI”. Kind of a slap to the face.

I don’t think this sort of tech shouldn’t exist, but it should be just a fun silly little thing you try out once or twice. Not the next iteration of Nvidia’s premier upscaler technology. The uncanny feeling is too strong to make me want to use it regularly. As if I even could, they said this was running on TWO RTX 5090s, absolutely insane.