One of the dlc for Alan Wake 2 appeared to be a big "fuck you" to genai so there is some good will there but nowadays its hard to say. We need Sam Lake to just do a short video and say "fuck ai" and ill be happy haha

And then after winning awards did they admit to six one indie that they used genai, as well as the assets appearing in the initial release.

So this article in July seems to say they half used ai while now in December they are saying they used it.

The controversy I think comes from the lying

It is good to note this update to the article was posted in July and recent controversy comes from them being disqualified from the "indie video game awards" produced and organized by "six one indie" which has a zero tolerance policy on genai. They lied to six one indie first saying no genai

Downplay the usage or not but the lying is what really is concerning. If they lied about it being there where else could it be hiding?

Eat them