Itch wants asset creators to disclose when they've used generative AI
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
The platform is asking users to self-classify their asset pages by revealing when they've leaned on tools like ChatCPT and Midjourney.
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Jussi Kemppainen is exploring AI-assisted game development with Echoes of Somewhere
PreMortem.Games
AUGUST 30, 2023
With the discussions over the use of AI in game development raging on, Jussi-Petteri Kemppainen , Lead VFX Artist at Mainframe Industries and founder of Dinosaurs Are Better , spends his spare time to see what all the fuss really is about. It became a public AI research project. With his free, experimental 2.5D
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Players lambast Activision after publisher confirms generative AI was used in Black Ops 6
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The Microsoft-owned publisher has admitted generative AI tools were used to 'help develop some in game assets.'
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Epic acquires AI-powered 3D asset tagging technology Loci
Game Developer
APRIL 3, 2025
The Fortnite maker says the tech will help 'automate artist workflows and improve discoverability of content.'
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AWS to showcase tools for breakthrough gaming experiences at GDC 2025
AWS Games
MARCH 13, 2025
Experience first-hand how Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games helps build breakthrough gaming experiences at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 17-21, 2025 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Meet with AWS for Games experts to learn about the transformational power of generative AI and cloud game development.
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Popul8 uses AI to assist developers with the creation of digital game characters
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 13, 2023
The use of AI in game development has the potential to revolutionize the way games are designed and created. One interesting AI driven solution is the character creation tool Popul8 by Didimo. One interesting AI driven solution is the character creation tool Popul8 by Didimo.
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Unity yanks AI-driven asset creation tool Atlas from storefront after one day
Game Developer
JUNE 29, 2023
The company said the tool violated its terms and conditions but failed to provide more specifics.
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Riccitiello doubles down on Unity's AI plans
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 7, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Unity CEO John Riccitiello has offered more insight into the engine provider's plans for AI tools and more, despite the recent setback with its assets marketplace.
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‘Doki Doki AI Interrogation’-developer YAMADA explores the role of AI in games
PreMortem.Games
JUNE 17, 2024
Japanese indie game developer Yamada has used ChatGPT as a key design element for his latest project, Doki Doki AI Interrogation. He had to set up strict boundaries and even make the AI powered character ‘drunk and forgetful’ to pull it off, but, according to the developer, the experience has moved players to tears.
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AWS for Games debuts Guide to Generative AI for Game Developers, and more at GDC 2024
AWS Games
MARCH 27, 2024
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, a seismic shift that was certainly felt at the 2024 Game Developer Conference (GDC) held last week in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Check it out , and follow the recap below for a full rundown of AWS for Games activities at GDC 2024.
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Unity's push for "responsibly sourced" AI tools
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Unity is pressing on with its push into AI development tools, announcing at today's Unite event that Muse is now in early access. Read more
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AI game development legal issues, explained
Game Daily
MAY 12, 2023
He is due to give a presentation at Nordic Game 23 in Malmo, Sweden, later this month, on “ The Use of AI-Generated Assets and Its Legal Implications.” ” It’s a timely speech, with AI dominating headlines right now. Even the definition of “AI” is up for grabs.
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Unity Asset Store – Features, Best Practices and Our Experience
Logic Simplified
MAY 28, 2024
Unity calls its Asset Store ‘community-powered solutions for creators.’ Unity Asset Store contains art packs and tutorials to help you get started as a creator, and advanced solutions for complex projects. Unity Asset Store offers flexibility and more choices for bettering the process. Rightly so!
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Emerging Trends in Game Art: Real-Time Rendering, Stylized Game Art, and Beyond
iXie gaming
MARCH 28, 2025
By 2026, the gaming industry is expected to reach $321 billion , with real-time rendering and AI-driven game art playing a pivotal role in its growth. Game art has undergone a seismic transformation over the past decade, driven by technological advancements, evolving player expectations, and a rapidly growing industry.
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Build High-Performance Unreal Engine Studios with Remāngu 2.0 and AWS
AWS Games
MARCH 11, 2025
platform is addressing these challenges head-on with its comprehensive cloud-native game development environment built on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The technology allows teams to set up their game development environment in the cloud. This feedback-driven development process ultimately led to the launch of Remngu 2.0a
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Scaling Art Production for Live-Service Games: Challenges, Innovations, and Future-Ready Pipelines
iXie gaming
MARCH 2, 2025
How do top game studios maintain a constant flow of high-quality assets without bottlenecks? With the right strategies, game studios can accelerate asset creation, streamline workflows, and maintain artistic consistency, ensuring their live-service games remain visually compelling and player-focused.
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Solo dev Mario Malagrino “The psychological pressure is the worst part of game development”
PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
On his company Twitter account Next Game Level , he introduces himself with a great sense of humor. Game developer from Italy! We’re talking about Mario Malagrino, developer of Remote Life and the upcoming Crude. He’s operating as a solo developer because he works at a different pace than most others. “I’m
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Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024
Logic Simplified
APRIL 1, 2024
Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased.
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Building a City Driving Game with the Untold Engine - Part I
Harold Serrano
DECEMBER 4, 2024
So, I decided to develop one. I went to BlenderMarket to check out any car assets I could use, and I found a nice City asset. Since this game is mainly for my kids, I figured that it would be a good idea to add some AI assistance for them. My idea is for the car to drive around the city.
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Ada Eden’s AI-powered 1001 Nights is a human story about narrative power
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
In the indie game dev scene, the use of AI is often met with suspicion and disdain. Many see AI as an evil tool that scours the internet, grabs bits and pieces of other people’s work, and spits out bizarre creations with seven fingers. Meet Ada Eden , the development team of 1001 Nights.
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Generative AI in game development, and ‘automation anxiety’
Game Daily
JULY 28, 2023
“Creativity was once viewed as future-proof, but recently we’ve seen a lot of discourse around the idea that, no, it’s not future proof, and that causes anxiety, a kind of primal, pit of your stomach pre-sentiment about AI eating up jobs.” And the same thing goes [for AI production].
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Yahaha Studio facilitates user generated content with a no-code solution for game creation
PreMortem.Games
JULY 27, 2023
Creators of all skill levels craft their own games, worlds, and social spaces. For novices with no prior game development experience, the platform offers a no-code solution together with a library of over a million 3D assets. AI technology has opened new possibilities and made our mission more attainable than ever.
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AI-powered Unity is Revolutionizing the Gaming Industry
Logic Simplified
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
It’s probably no surprise that AI has had a transformative impact across various industries and similarly, it has brought about tremendous advancements in the gaming industry as well. In terms of how games are created and played 一 AI wearable gadgets, NPCs, pathfinding, decision trees, and other innovations are making the move.
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Change the Rules of the Game: NVIDIA Omniverse Brings an Arsenal of RTX and AI-Powered Apps, Extensions and DIY Toolkits to Accelerate Game Development Pipelines
Nvidia
JULY 22, 2021
Collaboration and simulation platform simplifies complex challenges like multi-app workflows, facial animation, asset searching, and building proprietary tools. Collaboration and simulation platform simplifies complex challenges like multi-app workflows, facial animation, asset searching, and building proprietary tools.
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How Generative AI is Changing the Gaming Landscape
iXie gaming
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Nearly every industry will evolve courtesy of generative artificial intelligence (AI) – and the gaming sector isn’t an exception. Generative AI is one of the technologies with the potential to revolutionize how developers create games. But what is generative AI? What is Generative AI?
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Top Game Development Sessions at NVIDIA GTC
Nvidia
OCTOBER 13, 2021
The latest NVIDIA breakthroughs in graphics are elevating workflows in game development, and you can experience it all at NVIDIA GTC, which starts November. The latest NVIDIA breakthroughs in graphics are elevating workflows in game development, and you can experience it all at NVIDIA GTC , which starts November 8.
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Top Emerging Free Game Development Tools and Trends!
Big Games
JANUARY 8, 2024
Buckle up, aspiring developers, because the barrier to entry just shrunk to the size of a pixel! We’re talking free game development software , mind-blowing technology, and trends hotter than a dragon’s breath. So, are you ready to unleash your inner game developer? But that’s not all!
The Growing Use of Generative AI in Game Design
iXie gaming
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become a buzzword across different sectors, including gaming. This growing use of generative AI is largely attributed to its advanced capabilities, including the ability to create unique content. As a result, they allow for a more personalized and dynamic gaming experience.
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New Ray-Tracing, AI, Cloud, and Virtual World Tools Simplify Game Development at GDC 2022
Nvidia
MARCH 24, 2022
This week at GDC, NVIDIA announced a number of new tools for game developers to help save time, more easily integrate NVIDIA RTX, and streamline the creation of. NVIDIA announces a number of new tools for game developers to help save time, more easily integrate NVIDIA RTX, and streamline the creation of virtual worlds.
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The Future of Art & AI in Game Production
iXie gaming
MAY 24, 2023
Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have revolutionized the gaming industry, enhancing programming and player experiences. As AI continues to advance, the future of art and AI in game development holds tremendous promise. However, AI is redefining the boundaries of game artistry.
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Now that the ‘most hated man in gaming’ is gone, what’s next for Unity?
PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Following several weeks of turmoil at game engine maker Unity , the announcement of its CEO John Riccitiello leaving the firm feels like an unsatisfying sacrifice. After first revealing its new pricing structure for game developers, which didn’t go over well , Unity was forced to walk it all back and apologize.
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2025 Mobile Games Marketing Predictions
Deconstructor of Fun
JANUARY 16, 2025
Looking ahead, the biggest opportunities I see for growth and innovation in 2025 will center around advancements in AI-driven content creation, new monetization opportunities utilizing e-commerce, loyalty programs, and hybrid casual. These trends are reshaping how businesses approach user acquisition, product development, and retention.
UEFN & HaZ Dulull- A New Dawn for Creators
Game Dev Unchained
JULY 26, 2023
However, with the quality threshold of animated films matching the one of video game cinematics, he says, the gaming industry’s influence is being acknowledged more than ever. The reveal of UEFN’s capabilities was described as “a game-changer,” comparable to Steve Jobs introducing a new iPhone. .
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You’ve spoken of IP concerns as the major practical barrier to generative AI use in the final product of a game. Steam seems to be about to become more open to games using these tools. What does this say about the industry’s risk assessments?
Ask a Game Dev
JANUARY 12, 2024
I believe that Valve has determined they are ready and able to deflect any (current) legal liabilities onto an offending game's developers and off of themselves. I also think that this decision will result in a wave of AI-supported shovelware and asset flips.
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Gaming executives optimistic about generative AI development
Game Daily
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Execs also see AI taking a role during in-game live events, such as player support. ” Nascent scene Gaming companies are currently worried that the nascent AI scene will take a while to settle down. Its report goes on to offer up advice to gaming companies, on how best to extract benefits from AI.
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TOP 6 Game Development Trends 2022
Moonmana
JULY 4, 2022
So what are the top game development trends in the current year? What to Expect in Game Development? To estimate the industry and the whole game development future is not an easy task, as life is truly unpredictable. As a result, game development saw their sales increase. lifestreaming.
Game Development – New Resources from GTC 21
Nvidia
JUNE 4, 2021
Developers, engineers, artists and leaders from game studios across the world gathered virtually at this year’s virtual GTC to learn how the latest NVIDIA technologies are revolutionizing game development. Until now, this hasn’t been possible in video games in real-time.
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Top 5 Coding Languages Compatible with the Unity Game Development Engine
iXie gaming
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Unity is a leading game development engine used by about 70% of game developers globally. This platform provides numerous features and tools to build games for several devices, including consoles, desktops, virtual reality/augmented reality, and mobile devices. Why Choose Unity as Your Game Development Engine?
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Is your workplace/industry buzzing about (what companies would like us to call) “AI”? What’s the buzz, if so?
Ask a Game Dev
JUNE 29, 2023
We’re not thinking about AI too much - it’s too far away on the horizon to seriously consider while we’re busy focusing on getting the game into alpha, beta, and doing our cert submission prep. A large portion of our tool engineering is targeted at those kinds of problems.
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GDC 2023: Trends re-defining the future of game development
AWS Games
MARCH 14, 2023
Based on what we heard, a few themes that are top-of-mind include: cloud-based game development (aka Game Studio in the Cloud), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to help support player community health, content moderation, and AI-driven game development.
Avalon seeks partners to build Web3 gaming’s interoperable future
Game Daily
APRIL 11, 2023
Fresh from raising $13 million in funding, Avalan Corp is beginning to outline its vision for Web3 game development, most particularly the company’s belief in creating development tools that aid world and asset creation, as well as interoperability between games.
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IP Should Be the Next Big Thing in Mobile Gaming
Deconstructor of Fun
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Trademarks are called to protect the link between a producer (game developer) and service (game) in the eyes of consumers. The main question is whether consumers playing a game are tricked into thinking that the game was developed by someone else. US Patent US20070226648A1 and its application. One is legal.
Ten highlights from Nordic Game this Week
Game Daily
MAY 21, 2023
AI Development Concerns The first talk is by Andre Schenini Moreira (managing partner, FMA Legal), and it addresses a matter that’s top of mind for game developers and publishers right now – artificial intelligence. Here are ten highlights from the days ahead.
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