United Kingdom, May 14 -- Casey Hudson has criticised the growing use of artificial intelligence in video game development, calling the technology "creatively soulless" as he works on his new Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic role-playing game.

Hudson, best known for his work on the Mass Effect franchise and the original Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, said he has no interest in using generative AI tools to speed up development on the upcoming title.

Hudson told Bloomberg: "I just find AI to be creatively soulless.

"It's hard to imagine where it's actually helpful in the process. I'm just really unimpressed with it."

Hudson is currently leading development at Arcanaut Games, the studio behind Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Repub...