Saros faces misinformation campaign distorting its storyline

2 articles · Updated · Kotaku · May 4

Posts on X used a fake AI-generated image of protagonist Arjun’s wife Nitya with crew member Kayla to falsely claim she left him for a woman.
The game instead reveals Nitya left an alcoholic, emotionally abusive, unfaithful husband before later beginning a same-sex relationship centuries afterward on Carcosa.
The false narrative has fed anti-woke backlash, with more AI mock-ups and racist rhetoric spreading online as critics mischaracterise Housemarque’s shooter as a culture-war flashpoint.

Did the game's review embargo create a vacuum for an AI-driven smear campaign to falsely define its story?

Is this misinformation campaign an ironic case of life imitating art, mirroring the game's own literary inspiration?

If viral AI misinformation is a 'money printer,' how can platforms stop incentivizing these manufactured culture wars?