Embracer rolls out new AI policy to 'massively enhance game development'
Game Developer
JUNE 20, 2024
The company claims shunning AI models will lead to it being 'outrun' by its competitors.
The Rise of Generative AI in Revolutionizing Game Development
Game Developer
JUNE 18, 2024
In this article, we'll explore the impact of generative AI on game development, the challenges it presents, and how developers can leverage automation tools to navigate this new frontier.
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China's game art industry reportedly decimated by growing AI use
Game Developer
APRIL 11, 2023
The widespread use of AI art is reportedly diminishing the work of game artists in China, who worry about how it'll be used in other departments of game development.
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Using AI bots as game development tools, not replacements with modl.ai
Game Developer
JANUARY 4, 2023
As AI tools have quickly become a controversial topic in the game industry, modl.ai aims to make AI tools that support developers, not supplant them.
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Unity rolls out AI tools and marketplace for game developers
Game Developer
JUNE 27, 2023
Unity's AI tools include a content creation tool called Unity Muse and a runtime inference engine called Unity Sentis.
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Near half of game devs say they're working with generative AI tools
Game Developer
JANUARY 18, 2024
As generative AI becomes a bigger presence in games, developers use the technology while remaining wary of its impact.
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Developers still aren't warming up to generative AI
Game Developer
JANUARY 22, 2025
Developers do not in fact welcome our new AI overlords.
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SAG-AFTRA can now call immediate strike if game companies refuse AI protections
Game Developer
JULY 22, 2024
The union is attempting to secure better wages, working conditions, and AI protections for voice actors and performers within the game industry.
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Book Excerpt: Game AI Uncovered, Volume One
Game Developer
JUNE 18, 2024
This volume brings together the collected wisdom, ideas, tricks, and cutting-edge techniques from 20 of the top game AI professionals and researchers from around the world.
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SAG-AFTRA signs agreement with AI-powered voice company Ethovox
Game Developer
OCTOBER 29, 2024
The union said the deal will ensure performers are 'protected and empowered in the AI age.'
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Unity claims 79 percent of developers are 'feeling positive' about generative AI
Game Developer
MARCH 16, 2025
The latest Unity Gaming Report states that AI uptake is also 'holding steady.'
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Nintendo president says generative AI can be used in 'creative ways'
Game Developer
JULY 4, 2024
Contrary to recent reports, Nintendo hasn't ruled out using generative AI technology, but emphasized that games 'cannot be created by technology alone.'
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ArtStation is hiding anti-AI artwork images on its platform
Game Developer
DECEMBER 23, 2022
ArtStation continues to be embroiled in the controversy of AI artwork on its platform.
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The Sam Altman saga casts a shadow on "ethical" AI
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
We shouldn't let developers claim they're making generative AI "ethically" without scrutiny.
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SAG-AFTRA's new agreement lets game devs use AI voices
Game Developer
JANUARY 9, 2024
Amidst continued AI negotiations, SAG-AFTRA's locked down a way for developers to use digital voice replicas in future works.
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Discord embraces OpenAI with new chatbot and AI server moderator
Game Developer
MARCH 9, 2023
In an effort to become a place for "AI with friends," Discord is launching three new features powered by OpenAI.
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Generative AI might make interoperable game items more viable
Game Developer
APRIL 7, 2023
Developers in generative AI are eying how the tech could help items transfer between games.
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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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High on Life features AI art and voice acting, according to Justin Roiland
Game Developer
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Roiland is equally High on Life and on using AI.
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Microsoft to bring generative AI design tools to Xbox devs
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Microsoft wants its Xbox developers to use AI in their quest and narrative design, and eventually leverage that technology out to third-party studios.
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EA CEO: 60 percent of development processes could be 'impacted by generative AI'
Game Developer
MARCH 7, 2024
EA boss Andrew Wilson said generative AI is something the publisher is 'embracing deeply.'
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Is NVIDIA's AI-driven NPC tech just really expensive improv?
Game Developer
JANUARY 23, 2024
NVIDIA's AI tech can't beat out improv performances from real actors.
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Generative AI tools have created a 'clusterfuck,' but do they have a creative future?
Game Developer
AUGUST 6, 2024
Speaking at AMAZE Sheffield, Good Afternoon co-founder Sarah Brin explains why generative AI is currently an example of 'bad theft.'
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QORPO brings generative AI features to AneeMate with AWS
AWS Games
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Grabbing the attention of gamers is challenging in a crowded market, but QORPO s unique video gaming experiences stand out. Leveraging many managed services from Amazon Web Services (AWS), the game developer, publisher, and solutions provider accelerated creative game development for popular titles like Citizen Conflict.
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Xbox to add AI-powered chatbot as part of larger AI plans
Game Developer
APRIL 2, 2024
Microsoft's AI-powered Virtual Support Assistant is said to help answer Xbox players' questions and refund games right from the Xbox website.
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Report: NVIDIA's AI tools use loads of scraped internet video
Game Developer
AUGUST 5, 2024
A new report indicates NVIDIA extracts whatever data it can from popular websites and platforms to train its AI products. The company says its practices are legal.
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Game developers, don't give up on your bad sketches
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Generative AI art tools make it easy to whip up images for concepts and storyboarding. But don't throw out your pen and paper just yet!
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GamerGPT: What to Consider When Considering Generative AI in Gaming
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
We briefly cover how AI tech and law intersect with generative AI in video games, starting with a survey of issues related to the right of publicity, intellectual property (“IP”), and privacy.
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Tencent and Ubisoft are making NPCs with NVIDIA's AI-generated tools
Game Developer
JANUARY 8, 2024
The two developers have started integrating NVIDIA's AI-generated tools into their respective pipelines to help make NPCs for their games.
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ZeniMax Union strike tentative agreement over AI usage in workplace
Game Developer
DECEMBER 11, 2023
ZeniMax's worker-led union nets a second victory in a number of days, as it can now decide how AI gets used in its production workflow.
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Square Enix is testing AI-driven fictional language generation
Game Developer
MARCH 29, 2024
The AI text-to-speech "translations" to create fictional languages are still in the experimental phase.
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Game Developer's 2023 Wrap-Up: 10 Must-Read Featured Blogs
Game Developer
DECEMBER 15, 2023
This year the blog section was our litmus test for industry sentiment on accessibility, generative AI, climate change, and the shift away from Unity in light of its Runtime Fee disaster.
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Creating Natural AI
Game Developer
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Problem: AI aimlessly wandering and unnatural Solution: Create tasks for the AI to complete around the level
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GGWP gives developers free access to AI moderation platform
Game Developer
JULY 20, 2023
GGWP's AI moderation platform leaves limited access and is now free for all game developers to be used for their in-game player communities.
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How AI and Automation are Revolutionizing Player Support
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
At Keywords Studios, we believe that AI is a creative collaborator and performance enhancer, with the potential to revolutionise the future of our industry.
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Why AI Isn't The New Crypto In Gaming
Game Developer
APRIL 26, 2024
There is a corner of AI where the games tribe will find their Eden. Where creativity is enhanced and copyright is respected. What are these tools, what challenges can they help overcome and how will they positively impact and shape the industry in the near future?
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GDC 2024 State Of The Game Industry: Devs discuss layoffs, generative AI, and more
Game Developer
JANUARY 18, 2024
Over 3,000 game industry professionals weighed in on this year's State of the Game Industry survey with opinions about layoffs, the use of generative AI, return-to-office policies, and more.
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Valve welcomes AI games onto Steam (but only if devs promise they aren't doing anything illegal)
Game Developer
JANUARY 10, 2024
"We are making changes to how we handle games that use AI technology. This will enable us to release the vast majority of games that use it."
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Embark Studios: AI let devs "do more with less" when making The Finals
Game Developer
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The creative team behind The Finals talks reshaping the dynamics of multiplayer map design, and why generative AI entered their production process.
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ChatGPT's AI-made game is built from a game that already exists
Game Developer
MARCH 9, 2023
In the same way art-focused AI programs need a prompt, ChatGPT made its first game by using existing games as a foundation.
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SAG-AFTRA: AI "equal or even greater threat" to video game performers
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
"These vital protections are not only righteous and fair.but necessary to counter the existential threat to member work posed by the unregulated use of AI."
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Microsoft will integrate its Copilot AI into Xbox and PC games
Game Developer
MAY 21, 2024
The tech giant's AI focus is now bleeding into its games division, and Copilot will gradually be embedded into different Xbox titles.
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