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How Serious Games Tackle Serious Problems

Serious games harness the power of gaming to tackle real-world problems. Here are some examples aimed at three of the biggest ...
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Best AI Tools for Gamers

For beginners, Rosebud is an ideal tool for getting started, as everything runs online with no downloads or coding required.

After 25 million copies sold, Phasmophobia maker follows Palworld and Among Us devs, forming an indie publisher to "champion and encourage creativity"

The developer behind Phasmophobia, quietly one of the biggest indie hits of the decade, is using its massive success to help ...

‘Maybe it's a video game, maybe it's a movie, maybe it's both’: How an indie filmmaker wound up making Zelda by way of David Lynch

Shot in black and white and evoking David Lynch more than NES classics, Obex is already the year's most unique video ...

Stray Children: Why the Developer of the Game That Inspired Undertale Has Now Made a Game Inspired by Undertale

Remix RPG Adventure and Stray Children creator and head of Onion Games Yoshiro Kimura about his inspirations, how he relates ...
Mashable

'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' stripped of Indie Game Awards due to generative AI use

The Indie Game Awards has stripped Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of both its Game of the Year and Debut Game awards, citing the roleplaying game's use of generative AI. Run by Six One Indie, the annual ...
Wired

The Avatar Game Is So Good, They Don’t Need to Make the Movies Anymore

The Avatar video game is better than the movies. I say this as someone who has dumbly adored James Cameron’s Avatar movies for a long time. The original 2009 film was my first ever midnight premiere, ...
GameSpot

Baldur's Gate, Divinity Dev CEO Responds To Backlash Over Generative AI Comments

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity developer Larian has confirmed that it uses generative AI in its development processes, but not necessarily in the way ...
Wired

An AI Dark Horse Is Rewriting the Rules of Game Design

The video game Valorant, a fast-paced team-based shooter, has recently become a testing ground for a promising new direction in artificial intelligence research. The game’s developers at Riot Games (a ...
GameSpot

"I'm Making This For Me, Not To Make Everyone Happy": Vampire Survivors Creator On His Next Game

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Vampire Survivors creator Luca Galante discusses new game Vampire ...
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Activision confirms Black Ops 7 uses gen-AI tools for assets, says they help "empower" its teams to "create the best gaming experiences possible"

Call of Duty Black Ops 7 is the latest high-profile game to confirm that it uses generative AI for some of its in-game assets, according to a disclosure on its Steam page. After similar disclosures ...
CNET

Nintendo Faces Backlash Over Pokemon Pokopia Use of Switch 2's Game-Key Card

When Nintendo revealed the Switch 2, it showcased the console's Game-Key Cards feature, which enables the storage of a small amount of data on the cartridge, with the remainder of the game being ...