Tomb Raider Remastered studio denies using generative AI in latest update, says fixes for bugs and 'texture issues' are on the way

Tomb Raider Remastered studio denies using generative AI in latest update, says fixes for bugs and ‘texture issues’ are on the way | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Action The remastered collection of the first Tomb Raider games just got a controversial patch with some truly terrible-looking new outfits: ‘Lara deserves better than this’ Action Inside PC gaming’s wildly creative Tomb Raider mapping scene: ‘Being able to create my own adventures for other people to play is such an addicting concept’ AI ‘We’re not planning on making absolute statements in either direction,’ GOG boss says about generative AI, leading supporters to make some absolute statements in one very specific direction: ‘Absolutely terrible response’ Sim Understandable AI paranoia has inspired a developer to change the handcrafted character art in its upcoming sim: ‘They look a bit AI’ RPG Indie Game Awards pulls two awards from Clair Obscur over generative AI use: ‘We have a hard stance against gen AI in videogames’ Puzzle Blue Prince is ‘the result of 8 years of development, fuelled by imagination and creativity’ not AI says publisher RPG Larian swears off gen AI concept art tools and says ‘There is not going to be any GenAI art in Divinity,’ but it’s still ‘trying [AI] things out across departments’ Action Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 1 got its final big update, if you want to bolt 61GB of 4K textures onto MGS3 and, thank God, finally switch the cancel and confirm buttons in MGS1 Action New Arc Raiders update takes aim at the Stella Montis boundary exploit, but may not have fixed it entirely Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders is handing out loadout refunds for last week’s server issues: ‘This outage impacted a large number of players, so we are making an exception’ AI ‘I f**king hate gen AI art,’ Hooded Horse chief says: ‘If we’re publishing the game, no f**king AI assets’ Third Person Shooter Embark CEO says ‘a real professional actor is better than AI’ after the studio re-records some Arc Raiders dialog with real humans Third Person Shooter Even after its success, Embark design lead is still lukewarm on AI usage for Arc Raiders: ‘I don’t think it’s fallen any way or the other’ AI DLSS 5 clearly overwrites game characters with AI beauty standards, but Nvidia says devs have ‘artistic control’ Hardware Nvidia DLSS 5 reveal: PC Gamer reacts… not wholly positively PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!MarathonGDCBest PC gearQuizzes Games Action Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Tomb Raider Remastered studio denies using generative AI in latest update, says fixes for bugs and ‘texture issues’ are on the way News By Andy Chalk published 18 March 2026 The Challenge Mode update released for Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered last week has gone over very poorly. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Aspyr) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 6 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter PC Gamer Get the PC Gamer Newsletter Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Every Friday GamesRadar+ Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you’re going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Tomb Raider Remastered developer Aspyr has issued a statement saying that its “top priority” is to fix bugs and texture issues in the recently released Challenge Mode update for Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered, but it also denied accusations that the new outfits included in the update were created with generative AI.The Challenge Mode update went live on March 12, and made an immediate impression of the wrong sort. Negative user reviews came rolling into Steam, as they do, complaining the update ‘broke the game’ and that the new skins were very sub-par: One reviewer said they “feel cheap and out of place.”Naturally, accusations that the skins were hastily cranked-out AI creations were also plentiful, a fear stoked by remaster lead artist Giovanni Lucca, who wrote on X that he was “not involved in the art direction of this new patch,” nor were any other developers from Saber Interactive, which contributed to development.Article continues below You may like The remastered collection of the first Tomb Raider games just got a controversial patch with some truly terrible-looking new outfits: ‘Lara deserves better than this’ Inside PC gaming’s wildly creative Tomb Raider mapping scene: ‘Being able to create my own adventures for other people to play is such an addicting concept’ ‘We’re not planning on making absolute statements in either direction,’ GOG boss says about generative AI, leading supporters to make some abso