Overview
- In its Q3 2026 earnings letter on November 13, 2026, Pearl Abyss confirmed it is integrating AI across the entire development pipeline to boost productivity and quality.
- The company says AI will be used to automate repetitive tasks, support content creation, optimize testing, and rapidly validate design concepts before manual implementation.
- Pearl Abyss reiterated that core gameplay and final content decisions remain driven by human teams even as it increases AI use.
- The letter set project timelines: hands-on demos for DokeV in the second half of 2027 and a DokeV launch targeted for the second half of 2028, and it said Crimson Desert is being prepared for a Nintendo Switch 2 release in the first half of next year.
- The expansion follows an earlier controversy this year when Pearl Abyss removed AI-generated 2D props from Crimson Desert and apologized, a reputational risk that comes alongside wider industry adoption and debate over generative AI in games.