AI in gaming

From Kotaku: “Drunken Goddess Reflux will have a closed beta instead”

From Rock Paper Shotgun: “In what I suspect is the start of a trend, assuming it isn't one already, the creators of Drunken Goddess Reflux have yanked a planned public demo partly…”

From PC Gamer: “The key thing for Torvalds is that you understand the code you submit, not how you made it.”

From Kotaku: “The idea-making process of developers 'cannot be replaced easily,' the company insists in new financial report”

From Eurogamer: “Season 5 launched in Battlefield 6 this week as planned, and though most of the new additions - new maps, weapons and vehicles, and gameplay changes - were…”

From GamesIndustry.biz: “Sega and Creative Assembly have temporarily withdrawn Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition from sale in response to concerns about AI upscaling and other…”

From The Verge AI: “Sega is removing Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition from storefronts following a disastrous launch where users complained about issues like bugs and…”

From The Verge AI: “Bluesky's Attie AI tool, which initially launched earlier this year as a way to use AI to build your own feeds, now lets you make "small" social apps like…”

From PC Gamer: “Not so much 'going out with a bang' as 'anticlimactic party balloon deflation'.”

From PC Gamer: “The performance hit you get from enabling DLSS Neural Rendering is now significantly lower, but NBA 2K27 is still not going to convince anyone.”

From VGC: “The original 2011 was pulled from sale due to the new version of the game being released”

From Eurogamer: “UPDATED 3.30PM BST: Dean Hall has explained more about his idea in an email exchange with Eurogamer, clarifying issues such as whether it uses or welcomes any…”

From PC Gamer: “Several US states have sued the company, alleging that ChatGPT is harming the public.”

From Game Developer: “Developers working on the upcoming Star Wars and Marvel shooter have been reportedly instructed to lean heavily on AI, especially during the creation of code…”

From Eurogamer: “Epic Games isn't lifting its foot off the gen-AI pedal.”

From Rock Paper Shotgun: “Days after a report emerged about them imposing an "AI-first" production model on the devs of a new Disney shooter, Epic Games have released a new version of…”

From Rock Paper Shotgun: “As part of Microsoft's ongoing , physics-ignoring push to do more business with thousands fewer staff , games chief Asha Sharma has announced Xbox Labs: a new…”

From The Verge: “Back in 2019, author Margaret Stohl was handed a manuscript written by Jason Jones, who's best known as the co-creator of sci-fi gaming series Halo and Destiny.”

From The Verge: “Epic Games is announcing a big refresh of its PC games launcher today in preview, saying that the new version is "way faster" and now supports Linux.”

From Rock Paper Shotgun: “Earlier this year, Garry's Mod and Rust developers Facepunch Studios released S&box , a mix of open source game development platform/spiritual successor to…”

From Rock Paper Shotgun: “I'm not your guy for computerised automobile magic picture shows, or "car videogames" as they are popularly known – for that, we turn fearfully to Mark Warren,…”

From Eurogamer: “Xbox is reacting - uncharacteristically quickly - to the deluge of vibe-coded game ports, decompiles and recompiles we've been seeing online in recent weeks by…”

From Rock Paper Shotgun: “Another day of news, another day in which I find something genAI - related to write about while sighing.”

From GamesIndustry.biz: “Dr Simon Hembt is counsel at Bird & Bird in Frankfurt, Germany.”

From Rock Paper Shotgun: “The happy-go-lucky bigwigs at Epic Games have instructed the creators of an unannounced shooter that features Marvel and Star Wars characters to complete their…”

From Ars Technica: “"No more hand-written code" or AI-free art for delayed Marvel/Star Wars shooter.”

From GamesIndustry.biz: “Epic Games has delayed its upcoming Disney collaboration - a shooter featuring characters from the Marvel and Star Wars franchises - and told developers to…”

From Eurogamer: “Epic Games has reportedly turned to gen-AI to finish up development on a shooter that crosses over Star Wars and Marvel, which has been internally delayed.”

From GamesIndustry.biz: “Yuji Horii, the creator of Dragon Quest, says he has produced a new game using AI in about 30 minutes.”

From Eurogamer: “Dragon Quest co-creator Yuji Horii has just released a new game that he says was made (or, rather, prompted) in about half an hour thanks to gen-AI.”

From Rock Paper Shotgun: “Nvidia, AI-obsessives to the point of yassifying basketballers , are shifting production away from their top of the range RTX 5090 consumer graphics cards in…”

From GamesIndustry.biz: “It's impossible to not be swept up in Tarn Adams' enthusiasm.”

From Eurogamer: “Will de Renzy-Martin, the actor who plays lead character Coen in the English language version of The Blood of Dawnwalker, has reminded us of the value humans…”

From Eurogamer: “PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles are more expensive than ever in most markets, thanks largely to memory components being gobbled up by AI data centres.”

From PC Gamer: “City residents and leaders denounced the free web game, which was taken down.”

From PC Gamer: “The game is great, but CD Projekt wants to tell a new story.”

From Polygon: “Game Pass has a few excellent Call of Duty games available, but some of the best entries from years past are conspicuously absent.”

From Kotaku: “God forbid someone in Rockstar Games' marketing department decided to add a little artistic flair to a trailer”

From Kotaku: “Sora’s adventure begins with an ominous, terrifying nightmare”

From Polygon: “Resident Evil 2 on Switch 2 runs smoothly and looks great, thanks in part to HDR's effects on colors and lighting”

From Polygon: “From a yoyo adventure to a game where you die every minute, these nine overlooked single-player Zelda-likes are ranked by weirdness.”

From Polygon: “On this weekend's streaming and VOD movie column, there's the most recent take on Dracula and a horror movie about the plushy star of a kids' TV show.”

From Kotaku: “I've never been more scared to see a movie that's not a horror film”

From Kotaku: “Mel Jarnson plays Cammy, or at the very least, someone going by that name”

From PC Gamer: “I've only played a bit of offroad driving sim Over the Hill, but I'm already hooked.”

From Kotaku: “Legislative pressure could force companies to change how digital game licenses work”

From Polygon: “In this weekend's TV column, we highlight major releases, among them, the end of an era for Marvel streaming and a prequel to a horror icon.”

From PC Gamer: “Bulkhead's effort to make life better for the Blues worked a little too well.”

From Ars Technica: “There are still significant hurdles ahead, both technical and legislative.”

From Kotaku: “The Belmont's Curse version of "Bloody Tars" is more restrained than it should be”

From Kotaku: “It's useless to moralize: the sick thrill is the point”

From Polygon: “Warner Bros.”

From Polygon: “Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave's DLC weapons are powerful, if fragile, additions to your armory.”

From Kotaku: “Eternal Anima finds surprising strategic depth in letting you foresee your opponent's next move”