Generative AI

Jessica Jung, previously a project manager lead at Niantic, has accepted a position at Supercell to head its inaugural "AI Innovation Lab" in San Francisco, citing the opportunity as "an offer that [she] couldn't refuse."

Unity released its financial report for the second quarter. The company remains unprofitable but is placing high hopes on its new advertising platform.

According to the Devcom speaker survey, 33% of participants prefer to minimize the use of AI, while 32% believe AI has potential applications in coding and production.

The President and co-founder of Valve Corporation, Gabe Newell, gave an extensive interview to an unknown blogger from the CIS, for whom this was both the first interview and the first recorded video.

The number of AI-generated reviews on Steam is increasing. This conclusion was reached by experts from the text-checking service Copyleaks, who analyzed reviews on the Valve store.

At the beginning of the year, two former Google Stadia engineers opened their own studio, Glass Bead Games. They decided to develop games based on generative artificial intelligence technology and have recently received investments for this effort.

A study reveals that 7% of games available on Steam now indicate the use of generative AI in some capacity

In Steam, there are more and more games whose developers use artificial intelligence during development, according to Ichiro Lambe, head of Totally Human Media and one of the creators of "Steam Labs." He noted that their share among the new releases in 2025 was about 20%

The lead developer in charge of Xbox Graphics has faced criticism for promoting new job openings with an image generated by artificial intelligence

According to insiders at mobile developer King, employees laid off during Microsoft's recent wave of job cuts will be replaced by the AI tools they helped develop.

The MobileGamer portal has obtained details about the layoffs at King, which are part of the major reductions at Microsoft. To gather this information, they spoke with sources close to the company.

The portal MobileGamer has learned details about the layoffs at King, which are occurring as part of Microsoft's large-scale job cuts. To gather this information, they spoke with sources close to the company.

The creators of The Alters have admitted to incorporating AI-generated text in limited sections of the final game.

Frontier Developments has revealed its decision to eliminate the application of generative AI in Jurassic World Evolution 3 in response to criticism and opposition.

Recently, Tencent unveiled a new generative model called Hunyuan-GameCraft. It is used to create gameplay videos in which viewers control the movement of objects.

The American Guild of Actors SAG-AFTRA believes that Epic Games and its subsidiary Llama Productions have violated U.S. labor laws. They identified an infringement in the addition of an AI interlocutor in Fortnite in the form of Darth Vader, speaking with the voice of the late actor James Earl Jones.

SAG-AFTRA, the union representing 160,000 actors, voiceover artists, and media professionals, has lodged an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. The charge accuses Llama Productions and Epic Games of utilizing AI to depict Darth Vader in Fortnite.

SAG-AFTRA, the union representing 160,000 individuals in acting, voiceover work, and other media professions, has addressed the "video game employers' April 30 offer" by presenting a thorough AI proposal. This proposal outlines "in plain language what the proposed changes would mean for performers"

One of the most important revolutions in video game development over the past decade has occurred without much fanfare. While two years ago, generative AI could still be seen as a toy, today it is the industry standard.

Epic Games has announced it will not be monitoring the AI-generated content used for creating thumbnails in third-party mini-games on Fortnite. The company stated it would likely become "unenforceable" as AI advances make it harder to differentiate from artwork created by humans.

Game Gears, part of the GDEV holding, has leveraged AI technology during the development of Aliens vs Zombies: Invasion. The studio’s CEO and AI evangelist Alexander Vaschenko explained how exactly these tools helped optimize production in his article for Game World Observer.

In developing Aliens vs Zombies: Invasion, the Game Gears studio, a part of the GDEV holding, actively utilized AI. Alexander Vashchenko, CEO and AI evangelist of the studio, explained in his column for App2Top how these tools specifically helped optimize production

Mike Verdu, who served as the Vice President of Generative AI at Netflix Games, has departed the company.

Scopely is ready for its new megadeal by announcing the acquisition of Niantic’s entire video game business. The company will now own global hits like Pokémon Go and Pikmin Bloom.

Reports suggest that PlayStation is incorporating characters from its leading franchises into an artificial intelligence prototype

Uthana has obtained $4.3 million in funding to "revolutionize" 3D character animation using generative AI

The group of voice actors who provide the French-language voices for characters in Apex Legends has allegedly declined to sign agreements that would allow their voices to be utilized for AI training.

A recent study conducted by Modl.ai reveals that 30% of game developers view artificial intelligence as playing an "extremely important" role in quality assurance processes.

Thanks to the new analytical service toolkit, it has become possible not only to find projects on Steam that are created and advertised with the involvement of artificial intelligence but also to count their number.

The US Copyright Office has clarified that works produced with generative AI are ineligible for copyright protection unless an author or artist is involved in the "creative process".

Gamelight is a mobile UA platform for game developers and publishers. We spoke with its founder, Günay Azer, about the startup's approach to working with data, its proprietary AI algorithm, rewarding ads, and much more

Gamelight is a user acquisition platform for mobile developers and publishers. We’ve discussed the company’s data-driven approach, dedicated AI algorithm, rewarded UA/marketing, and more in an exclusive interview with founder Günay Azer.

Sony has secured patents for a range of innovative systems, including one that utilizes AI to anticipate player behavior and another to modify DualSense controllers to function as more realistic weapons

The mobile game developer SuperPlay used the advertising platform Gamelight to promote two of its key titles. Here we discuss the collaboration

We continue our review of 2024 together with top managers and experts from the games industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with David Fernandez Remesal, CEO of Sandsoft.

Studio Atelico, a gaming startup, has unveiled a new AI engine designed to enable game developers to create experiences driven by generative AI that function on devices without relying on costly cloud services.

We continue to wrap up the year 2024 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Up next is an interview with Konstantin Ivanov, the Brand Director of AdQuantum

We continue our review of 2024 together with top managers and experts from the games industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with Marcin Marzęcki, CEO and co-founder of Kool Things.

We continue to review the results of 2024 together with top managers and experts from the gaming industry (and related sectors). Up next is an interview with Alexandra Kurdumova and Alina Davletshina from Futura Digital (their channel on Telegram)

The developers of Catly, a pet simulation game revealed at The Game Awards last week, have strongly refuted claims that its initial trailer was produced using generative AI.

Among the trailers shown at The Game Awards 2024 ceremony, the trailer for Catly—an MMO featuring cats by the studio SuperAuthenti—caught some attention. Online suspicions arose that it, like the game itself, might have been created using generative artificial intelligence (AI). In a comment to IGN, the developers of Catly stated that this is not the case

One of the biggest oddities of recent days has happened to the owners of itch.io, a digital storefront and platform for indie game developers. Here are the main details of why the website suddenly went offline.

Google has introduced Genie 2, an AI tool described as a "large-scale foundation world model." This technology can create "an endless variety of action-controllable, playable 3D environments" using just one image prompt.

Future, a company specializing in media distribution and publishing, has revealed a strategic collaboration with OpenAI and its ChatGPT technology.

Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, wants to expand his business portfolio with a new startup. This time, by establishing his own gaming studio based on his AI project, xAI

Itch.io has implemented a new requirement for creators to indicate whether their work incorporates generative AI.

The digital store itch.io sells not only indie games but also game assets. The platform's administration has introduced a new requirement for the creators of such assets—all assets created using generative neural networks must be tagged accordingly

Microsoft has started testing a new AI chatbot as a tech support assistant for Xbox

In the gaming sector, Netflix is once again shifting its priorities: the company is now focusing on developing games using generative AI. The creation of a new division, GenAI for Games, was announced by its vice president, Mike Verdu, who previously led Netflix Games.

In its gaming division, Netflix is once again shifting priorities: the company will now focus on developing games using generative AI. The creation of the new GenAI for Games unit was announced by its vice president, Mike Verdu, who previously led Netflix Games