ESA Foundation Raises $1.15 Million With Nite to Unite

The latest Nite to Unite fundraiser raised $1.15 million to support undergraduate scholarships and grants for tomorrow's game makers. It also recognized Unity’s Unity for Humanity program with the ...

Why Roblox and Fortnite are AI-Proof—and Unity Is in the Blast Zone

AI world models are sending shockwaves through the gaming industry, as the future of gaming engines is called into question.
Talker

Research finds playing virtual reality games can make you kinder

Playing virtual reality games can make you a kinder person, according to new research. They increase a player’s desire to help others, say scientists. Researchers found that VR games may increase a ...
Las Vegas Sun

GDC: Ramen Acquisition of Coplay Brings Together the Best-In-Class Multi-agent AI Assistants for Unreal Engine and Unity Under One Roof

Ramen, developer of the best-in-class multi-agent AI assistant for Unreal Engine, Aura, announced that it has acquired Coplay, developers of the premium AI tool of the same name for Unity game ...

Unity Software: The Valuation Reset I've Been Waiting For

Unity (U) upgraded to Buy: 10% revenue growth, strong AI-powered ads, and margin leverage. Read more on what investors should ...
GamesIndustry.biz

Google unveils new AI cloud tools to support game development

Google has detailed the next phase of its 'Living Games' concept: using autonomous AI agents as a core component to support cloud-based game development. Announced at GDC Festival of Gaming, Google ...
TweakTown

Unity AI will let you create 'full casual games' with text prompts and no coding experience

TL;DR: Unity's upgraded AI, launching in beta at GDC, enables developers to create full casual games using natural language prompts without coding. Leveraging advanced models from OpenAI and Meta, ...
The Verge

AI can’t make good video game worlds yet, and it might never be able to

Project Genie is an underwhelming glimpse into what may come. Project Genie is an underwhelming glimpse into what may come. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The ...
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 ...
HotHardware

Toyota Built It's Own Game Engine For Cars Claiming Console-Grade Graphics

In an unexpected bit of news, Toyota has unveiled a proprietary game engine called Fluorite. Nope, this doesn't mean the company is entering the game development any time soon, but rather, is ...
Kotaku

A Bunch Of Big Video Game Company Stocks Just Tanked For A Very Dumb Reason

Yesterday, Google revealed its Project Genie AI-generation tool, allowing people to make “interactive environments” in seconds using just prompts. Today, in response to this, a bunch of investors seem ...