- CD Projekt Red has hired a new AI director, Dorian Kieken
- Kieken is a former BioWare developer with credits in mass effect 2 and mass effect 3
- Kieken will be responsible “for the company’s AI vision and strategy”
The witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2077 Studio CD Projekt Red has hired a new AI director, Dorian Kieken, a former BioWare developer with credits in the mass effect series.
Kieken shared the news through his LinkedIn profile and had previously worked as a producer on sonic chronicles before becoming a producer, development director, and project development manager at BioWare (via GamesRadar).
He worked at the studio for eight years, working on major hits such as mass effect 2 and mass effect 3as well as its downloadable content (DLC), before leaving in 2015 to found his own AI startup: AI Redefined.
“After 8 years of creating memorable RPGs at BioWare and 8 years of creating cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions at AI Redefined, it’s finally time to bring all that experience together,” said Kieken, announcing his return to the games industry.
“I am pleased to announce that I have joined CD Projekt Red as Chief AI Officer, responsible for the company’s AI vision and strategy. Incredible things are yet to come!”
Kieken offered some insight into what his role at CDPR would entail, since the term “AI” can have very different meanings today, saying, “Machine learning would be a better (but still too broad) term.”
“To give you an idea, my experience at AI Redefined was building multi-agent reinforcement systems in gaming and simulation environments,” the developer explained. “For example, what we call an AI director would adapt in real time what happens in an airplane simulation to better train a pilot.”
As for what game Keiken will be working on, we don’t have an answer yet, but The witcher 4 is the next big launch title from CDPR and most of the studio is working on the game. Is Cyberpunk 2077 The sequel is currently in pre-production.
In other news, CDPR is preparing to release a new expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt before the release of The witcher 4.
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