Rock Paper Shotgun

Hooded Horse ban AI-generated art in their games: "all this thing has done is made our lives more difficult"

Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender has taken a firm view on genAI art assets. "I fucking hate gen AI art and it has made my life ...

Manor Lords' dev is experimenting with a new trading system that allows for 'deliberate economic strategies', including establishing monopolies on resources

"You could, for example, attempt to monopolise Iron Slabs by hiring all Merchants on routes that export them." ...
GamesIndustry.biz

Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse won't work with studios using generative AI

Game publisher Hooded Horse has said that it is refusing to work with developers who are using generative AI. Speaking to ...
The Escapist

Fight! Fight! Fight! – Hooded Horse CEO calls out LinkedIn game marketing gurus for peddling “snake oil” – finally

Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender calls out LinkedIn marketing “snake oil” as the publisher’s Steam sale discounts Manor Lords and ...
cbswatchmagazine

Hooded Horse Publisher Bans AI Assets in Contracts, Labels GenAI as “Cancerous”

Hooded Horse, a rising publisher known for strategy and city-building games like Manor Lords, has taken a bold stance against the use of generative AI (GenAI) technology ...