The Conversation

Are video game developers using AI? Players want to know, but the rules are patchy

Thomas Byers receives funding from The Research Training Program Scholarship, supported by the Australian Commonwealth Government and the University of Melbourne. Bjorn Nansen receives funding from ...
Digital Trends

Unity will soon let you create casual games using simple text prompts

Making a video game usually means learning to code, working with complex game engines, and spending hours piecing everything together. That is true even for simple casual games. Many aspiring ...
The New York Times

How Hate Groups and Terrorists Use Gaming Platforms to Recruit Young Children

Fringe movements are using games and other online platforms to draw growing numbers of children to their causes, new data and dozens of interviews show. By Pranav Baskar Taking a page from the child ...

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs reveal the secret behind how the game was made

At GDC, Sandfall Interactive said that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 features very little original programming thanks to Unreal Blueprints ...
Futurism

Unity Says It Has a New Product That Cooks Up Entire Games Using AI

Attention, gamers: if you thought new titles on top of the endless cavalcade of sequels and remakes were derivative now, wait till you hear about what the game engine maker Unity has got in store.

‘GTA’-Inspired ‘Grand Heist City’ Game to Launch on Fortnite From Typical Gamer’s JOGO Studios, KitBash3D (EXCLUSIVE)

Andre "Typical Gamer" Rebelo is bringing his love of "Grand Theft Auto" to Fortnite with the launch of new map "Grand Heist City" later this month.
Game Rant

Using Math and Science, Someone Figured Out the 100 Best Games Ever Made

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) ...
GameSpot

A Petri Dish Full Of Human Brain Cells Just Learned How To Play Doom

Forget playing Doom on a calculator. Now you can play it with a clump of brain cells--no brainstem necessary.
Eurogamer

Unity boss claims engine's next generative AI update will let users prompt "full casual games" into existence, just by using natural language

Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg has touted generative AI advancements in its game engine that'll soon enable users to "prompt full casual games into existence" just by using natural language. While ...
Eurogamer

Worried about Project Windless and generative AI? Don't fret, Krafton says the game is not using "generative AI for content creation or narrative elements"

The Project Windless team isn't using gen-AI for "content creation or narrative elements", Krafton has confirmed. Last night, Krafton announced Project Windless, an open-world PlayStation 5 game based ...

Jenna Mattison Tapped To Pen Feature Adaptation Of J.D. Barker's Thriller Novel ‘A Caller's Game'

EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Mattison has been tapped to pen a feature adaptation of A Caller’s Game, the thriller from New York Times and international bestselling author J.D. Barker. This marks Mattison’s ...
Game Rant

Xbox Game Pass Adds Brand-New 3D Cozy Game With Serious Stardew Valley Vibes

From the moment 4-year-old Cameron first stepped out into Glimmer in Spyro 2, he knew video games were going to play a central role in the rest of his life. Though he never planned to make it the ...