‘Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2’ translator says he was fired by developer for using AI

In the latest edition of “AI is coming for our jobs,” English translators Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Now, the game’s developer, Czech-based Warhorse Studio, claims it plans to replace all translation work with artificial intelligence, rendering his work “obsolete”.

Max Heitmanek, the game’s long-time English translator, announced his termination on Reddit earlier today in a post titled “.Fired from Warhorse Studios and replaced by AI“It’s on the r/kingdomcome subreddit. Although subreddit moderators claim to have confirmed his identity, the latest information on Hate Manek LinkedIn profile Indicating that he no longer works for Warhorse.

This post begins with a concern shared by many, especially in the creative industries, right now. “Yesterday, March 27, 2026, without any warning, I was invited to a meeting and was immediately told that starting next month, my position at the company would become ‘obsolete’ and that all translations would be made using AI from now on, in order to ‘make the company more efficient’ and ‘save money’.”

Hejtmanek said he has been working as a Czech-to-English translator at Warhorse Studios since 2022, and his layoff is just the latest in a series of high-profile job losses that highlight how disruptive artificial intelligence has been in creative industries.

This also raises important questions about the inroads of AI into the arts. While it’s undoubtedly true that artificial intelligence can perform fast and cheap translation tasks, just as it can create fast and cheap cartoons, action sequences, movie dialogue, etc., it’s also true that removing the human element from a work of art inevitably makes the final product cheaper and even calls into question entire companies. If art is no longer a human project but a machine project, what purpose does it serve?

Hejtmánek alluded to this issue in his original post, saying, “We wanted you to know that the increased use of AI is having a huge impact on people in the games industry and many others. We also wanted you to know how much the companies that make the games you love care about the work of their employees, as well as the environment.”

The game’s translators changed today, what’s next? Author of the story? Design artist? Voice actors? How much of the human role can AI eliminate before the entire enterprise is called into question? And, as Max points out, what does that say about companies so eager to replace human workforces with AI workforces?