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Practical Legend | A24's amazing-looking Ochi movie has highlighted the lack of brain cells in the average Twitter post, with AI scaremongering running riot for engagement

Our eyes and brains are starting to rot. Thanks, tech bros!

Oct. 17, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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BOXES! | EA CEO says generative AI is at the "very core of our business", almost three years after saying NFTs are "an important part of the future of our industry"

Let's make a big un-planned map out of cardboard boxes, with no thought to what makes a good shooter map, game flow, or sightlines!

Sept. 18, 2024 Connor Makar

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AI'LL B THERE 4 U | I talked to Nvidia’s AI NPC: it’s impressive, uncanny, an ethical nightmare, and inevitably here to stay - like it or not

Is this the beginning of the robot uprising, or just a weird little novelty that will tire itself out? A little of column A, a little of column B.

April 26, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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FOAM PARTY | Foamstars devs used AI to create in-game album covers, Square Enix confirms

While the devs stress the use of Midjourney was minor, it's there nontheless!

Jan. 17, 2024 Connor Makar

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MR ROBOTO | Voice actors blindsided by SAG-AFTRA deal with AI company

A major development in the ongoing AI debate - and not a popular one at that.

Jan. 10, 2024 Connor Makar

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FART-VERSE | The consolidation of a rubbish future continues as Ready Player One-inspired "open metaverse" is announced

Chances are this will implode anyway.

Jan. 4, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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NEW YEARS RESOLUTION | Square Enix kicks off 2024 by pledging to be "aggressive in applying AI"

As part of its President's New Year letter, we can catch a glimpse of the company's future.

Jan. 2, 2024 Connor Makar

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ASCENDING | Genvid CEO denies AI use in Silent Hill Ascension, claims all words are from their "talented team"

These jams are all-natural my friend, as speculation from onlookers is shot down.

Nov. 28, 2023 Connor Makar

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WHY DIDNT YOU BLOCK? | An AI that could make you better at video games? Bring on the skynet apocalypse

Bad at Street Fighter? Or like, any other video game? You may be in luck, hopefully.

April 6, 2023 Connor Makar

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AI HELPER | Ubisoft says its Ghostwriter AI program will not replace game writers

It was created to ease the workload, apparently.

March 23, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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LOOK AT THE FUTURE | "It's at full speed everywhere" - AI specialists tell all during King GDC roundtable

During a packed-talk at GDC, some of the biggest (organic) names in AI speak their mind.

March 21, 2023 Connor Makar

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HOKEY COMPUTER | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.33: The best game that could have been made by an AI

Humans have wondered for decades if artificial intelligence will lead to their doom, but could it have invented DOOM?

Jan. 6, 2023 A Potentially Nefarious AI

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ROAST IN THE MACHINE | Riot Games and Ubisoft team up in AI research project — using player chat logs as training data

Results of this research are set to be published next year.

Nov. 16, 2022 Connor Makar

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ball is life | NBA 2K23 gameplay changes have been revealed - improved accessibility, new techniques, and better AI

And so, so much more.

Aug. 3, 2022 Connor Makar

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GTA 6 could feature smarter NPCs thanks to newly uncovered Rockstar patent

Jan. 18, 2021 Dom Peppiatt

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40 years after its original release, a playable version of Pac-Man has been recreated by Artificial Intelligence

May 22, 2020 Alex Donaldson

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Interview: Russian AI lab brings Geralt of Rivia to life in a way that could change video games forever

May 19, 2020 Cian Maher

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A Russian AI lab is bringing Geralt of Rivia to life

March 18, 2020 Cian Maher

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Next-gen could make it easier for AI programmers to create more complex games

April 17, 2019 Kirk McKeand

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Google AI can play games now, so we're probably all going to die

Feb. 26, 2015 Brenna Hillier

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Can An AI Win a Game Jam?

Eurogamer's Chris Donlan investigates the progress of AI game designer ANGELINA as it enters Ludum Dare.

Jan. 15, 2014 Pete Davison

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Plastic Soul: One Man's Quest to Build an AI that Can Create Games

ANGELINA designs video games - and has questionable views on human morality.

June 6, 2013 Pete Davison

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UT3 bots score higher on Turing test than human players

Sept. 28, 2012 Brenna Hillier

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Shogun 2 “not going out the door until the AI is perfect”

Oct. 19, 2010 Justin Kranzl

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GDC: Molyneux "close to announcing" revolutionary AI

Feb. 19, 2008 Patrick Garratt