Krafton has revealed a PUBG relationship sim this April Fools, and sure, it is actual. Playable on the PUBG official web site through each PC and cell, these with a Krafton ID can hop in and get all romantic with anime depictions of assorted in-game weapons for redeemable rewards. The one catch? Generative AI has been used “to create variations of character and background pictures”.
Titled, Winner Winner Romantic Dinner, the relationship sim comes with its personal reveal trailer. In it, some man feels dejected after getting continually rocked again and again in PUBG. Annoyed, he wonders “the place is the love on the Battlegrounds?” earlier than introducing the world to the AKM, AUG, Molotov Cocktail, and Kar98 in a manner we have by no means seen them earlier than.
When you’re keen to courageous this unholy factor, rewards you possibly can earn in PUBG embody an unique spray, emblem, and 500 G-coins (in-game forex). In order that’s not too shabby, and hey, free stuff is at all times good. Higher this than simply make the April Fools gag and never truly do something with it. These of you who need to hit up a Kar98 for the love of the sport will probably be completely happy to know you do not truly must play PUBG to attempt the relationship sim, all you want is a Krafton account.
Sadly, as we outlined above, Krafton has outlined within the “Essential Notes” part of its information publish about Winner Winner Romantic Dinner that “Generative AI was used to create variations of character and background pictures.”
Why use AI for this? Krafton made $825.7 million in working revenue final yr, one thing Krafton itself attributed to the “continued growth and sustainability of the PUBG IP.” You realize for a reality there are actually of hundreds of artists on-line who would fortunately draw a blushing anime depiction of a Russian assault rifle if given the prospect and a few honest compensation for his or her efforts.
Is love within the air, or is that simply an airdrop crate? Tell us beneath, in addition to whether or not or not you will be giving this relationship sim a attempt.