Imran Khan,<\/p>\n
Contributing Editor,GameDeveloper.com<\/p>\n
November 13, 2026<\/p>\n
schedule2 Min Read<\/p>\n
Original Polish voice actor for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt protagonist Geralt of Rivia Jacek Rozenek has consented to a special exception for CD Projekt Red to use AI to aid his voice acting in the announced expansion to the 11-year-old game, specifically for the purpose of maintaining continuity in his performance after his voice was changed following a stroke.<\/p>\n
As reported by Game File, the discussion began when CDPR brought Rozenek in to discuss returning for the upcoming expansion, Songs of the Past. As an unprecedented late expansion to the 2015 game, the new lines would be in close proximity to thousands of lines Rozenek had recorded as the Polish voice of Geralt well over a decade ago, but due tohis stroke, Rozenek sounds different. Thus, the decision was made to use AI to bridge the gap.<\/p>\n
Rozenek had returned to acting in the years after his stroke, but the job drained him physically, and he sounded gruffer and lower than he had years prior. In a brand new project, maybe that wouldn’t make a big difference, but it would have been immediately noticeable when positioned next to recordings from a decade prior.<\/p>\n