Summary
After one ofthe best launches in years, the frustrations and controversies have begun to creep in forCall of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Fans were up in arms following theremoval of Stakeout 24/7, frustrated when theirloadouts and customization options were deletedafter an update, upset when a Double XP weekendseemingly wasn’t giving Double XP, and most recently, were annoyed but not surprised when theXP Boosts players got when forking out for the Blackcell bundleswere revealed.
Now, a different kind of controversy has hitActivision, as the company has been accused of using AI to design an image for one of Season 1 Reloaded’s loading screens.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Is Seemingly Using AI-Created Images
As part of the Merry Mayhem event, coinciding with the new Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies map,Citadel Des Morts, Activision added an updated loading screen to the game featuring an undead version of Santa Claus.
The loading screen, which is unlocked as the second reward in the Season 1 Reloaded festive event, is fine, if not a little generic. But as is always the case with AI, it’s not bulletproof, and it struggles with fingers and hands, which seems to be an issue with this image.
Spotted by a few eagle-eyedRedditusers, including_stnky__, this zombified Father Christmas has an extra digit. Reaching out to grab the camera, the “Necroclaus” can be seen with five fingers and a thumb.
This discovery has, of course, led to frustration within the community, with stnky_ themselves saying, “This is quite obviously AI. They’re giving us AI slop instead of hiring real cosmetic designers.” Another fan lamented the loss of the human touch,saying, “RIP to our fellow human graphic designers,” with athird adding, “This is unfortunately the future.”
It’s a major concern when a company as big as Activision, which is owned by an even bigger company in Microsoft, is going down the route of AI imagery instead of paying artists for their work.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
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Forced to go rogue. Hunted from within. This is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.Developed by Treyarch and Raven, Black Ops 6 is a spy action thriller set in the early 90s, a period of transition and upheaval in global politics, characterized by the end of the Cold War and the rise of the United States as a single superpower. With a mind-bending narrative, and unbound by the rules of engagement, this is signature Black Ops.The Black Ops 6 Campaign provides dynamic moment-to-moment gameplay that includes a variety of play spaces with blockbuster set pieces and action-packed moments, high-stakes heists, and cloak-and-dagger spy activity.In a best-in-class Multiplayer experience, players will test their skills across 16 new maps at launch, including 12 core 6v6 maps and 4 Strike maps that can be played 2v2 or 6v6.Black Ops 6 also marks the epic return of Round-Based Zombies, the fan-favorite mode where players will take down hordes of the undead in two brand-new maps at launch. Post-launch, players can look forward to even more exciting maps and groundbreaking experiences dropping into both Multiplayer and Zombies.
