{"id":136521,"date":"2026-03-19T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198854"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:30:00","slug":"tomb-raider-i-iii-remastered-publisher-responds-to-ai-outfit-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/19\/tomb-raider-i-iii-remastered-publisher-responds-to-ai-outfit-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Publisher Responds To AI Outfit Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/04782231a3147\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/04782231a3147\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"04782231a3147\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Outfits\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/04782231a3147\/tomb-raider-i-iii-remastered-outfits.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/04782231a3147\/tomb-raider-i-iii-remastered-outfits.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Outfits\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Aspyr<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, Aspyr released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/tomb-raider-i-iii-remastered-gets-a-switch-2-release-free-upgrade-coming-soon\">free upgrade<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/tomb-raider-i-iii-remastered\">Tomb Raider I-III Remastered<\/a>, throwing in a new &#8216;Challenge Mode&#8217; and a bunch of fresh outfits to anyone who downloaded. Despite being free, the newbies were not well-received.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after launch, players began reporting inconsistencies in the new &#8216;fits, with strange symbols and odd details leading many to believe that they had been created with AI. The theories only gained credibility when Giovannu Lucca, the lead artist on both I-III and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/tomb_raider_iv-vi_remastered\">IV-VI Remastered<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/playeroldskool\/status\/2032133432189296787\">revealed<\/a> that he &#8220;was not involved in the art direction of this new patch&#8221;, announcing that &#8220;none of the original developers&#8221; were involved in it either.<\/p>\n<p>Keen to nip things in the bud, the collection&#8217;s publisher, Aspyr, has released a statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aspyrmedia\/status\/2034364496555245774?s=61\">X<\/a> to put the theories to bed. &#8220;The outfits in the update were created by our team of artists,&#8221; the post reads, &#8220;no AI generated assets were used in the update&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The studio also announced that it is working on &#8220;a series of updates&#8221; to fix textures, bugs and other technical issues that have cropped up with the latest patch.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find the full statement below:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>To the Tomb Raider community:<br \/>We hear and appreciate your feedback regarding the recent Challenge Mode Update for Tomb Raider I-III Remastered. Our top priority is the delivery of a patch that will fix the texture issues and technical bugs. In addition, a series of updates are on the way to address a variety of technical issues across all platforms. This is also an opportunity to correct some mistaken information: the outfits in the update were created by our team of artists; no AI generated assets were used in the update. We&#8217;ll release more details on the patch content and timing as soon as possible. If you&#8217;d like to help us prioritise fixes you can report bugs at support.aspyr.com.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yesterday, Aspyr started rolling out a Switch 2 upgrade for the collection, making the most of the new hardware with 1440p \/ 60fps play while Docked, and 1080p \/ 120fps in handheld mode. This S2 version is now available on the eShop for $29.99 \/ \u00a325.26, or as a free upgrade for all those with the S1 release.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:198726,198769,198641 @ 1773963646 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Have you checked out this new update yet? What do you make of Aspyr&#8217;s response? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Aspyr Last week, Aspyr released a free upgrade for Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, throwing in a new &#8216;Challenge Mode&#8217; and a bunch of fresh outfits to anyone who downloaded. Despite being free, the newbies were not well-received. Shortly after launch, players began reporting inconsistencies in the new &#8216;fits, with strange symbols and odd details [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}