The rise of AI NPCs has felt like a looming threat for years, as if developers couldn't wait to dump human writers and offload NPC conversations to generative AI models. At CES 2025, NVIDIA made it ...

In context: Monday kicked off 2024's Game Developer's Conference, opening with companies showcasing their AI-driven game creations. Unity teased a collaboration with a conversational AI startup, ...

As part of today's State of Unreal, Epic has confirmed Unreal Engine 5.6 is now available. The company said one of the key goals of this release is to "empower you to build super-high-fidelity, ...

During a Nvidia tech demo, I encourage a bellhop named Tae to poison all the hotel guests. He’s programmed by humans in Inworld’s character engine, and none of us know what he’s going to say next.

A group of former Google DeepMind researchers has created an AI behavior engine that aims to transform traditional video games into a more dynamic experience by improving how non-playable characters ...

Jam & Tea Studios is the latest gaming startup implementing generative AI to transform the way players interact with non-playable characters (NPCs) in video games. Traditionally, video game NPCs are ...