Epic Games released an AI-powered Darth Vader character that players can speak to via microphone. Fortnite and Disney teamed up to unveil an AI character that responds to a player's voice in real time ...

Fortnite Fortnite Chapter 7 was designed to take the game "back to its battle royale roots," even though it didn't actually start as one, and one lead is "both in awe and hugely proud of this team" ...

Ahh, yes, proximity chat, the crown jewel of multiplayer shooters, where you can trash-talk your opponent in the middle of a gun fight. What's that? Fortnite added a new game mode centered around ...

SAG-AFTRA is cracking down on Fortnite after its recent introduction of an AI Darth Vader. The union, which represents roughly 170,000 voice, motion, and screen performers and other media ...

Fortnite Delulu, the game's new battle royale mode with proximity voice chat, has launched to big player numbers but also a surge of complaints around in-game abuse — prompting Epic Games to issue ...

Darth Vader is now a character on "Fortnite," using an AI version of James Earl Jones' voice. Jones's family said they allowed AI to use his voice because he wanted "all ages" to experience Darth ...

On Monday, SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against Epic subsidiary Llama Productions for implementing an AI-generated Darth Vader voice in ...

Last week, Epic was forced to deploy a hotfix to prevent Fortnite players from tricking its newly-added AI-powered Darth Vader from swearing and saying slurs with James Earl Jones's voice. Today, AI ...

Ethan Mallory recently graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a major in digital media and a minor in English. He has previously worked as a student editor for the Short Vine literary ...