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Ken Levine Sides With Blizzard’s Philosophy Over Cutting Edge Tech, Warning Realism Costs More and Dates Faster

13 May 2026 at 15:00

An illustrated poster for the game 'Judas' featuring stylized characters with futuristic and Western elements, alongside Ken Levine standing indoors.

BioShock creator Ken Levine was interviewed by IGN as part of the publication's IGN Icons series, and he shared his opinion on the evergreen debate between realistic and stylized graphics. Levine reckons that relying on cutting-edge technology to deliver realistic graphics is expensive and also doesn't age as well as a more stylized approach. I don't think we've ever been a company that was like, oh my God, we need the latest and greatest technology. In the rendering space we've never been a company; outside of SWAT 4, we never really tried to do ultrarealism in our games. It's expensive, […]

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