The director of Tales of Kenzera: Zau learned his most important game development lesson while working with Ridley Scott: 'That's why we're able to make games faster'

"You have to do the work in order to find that voice, or find that thing that makes you kind of stick out and stand out." ...
Scientific American

Human neurons on a chip learned to play Doom

Cortical Labs says the stunt points toward a new kind of low-power computing—and perhaps a new way to study neurological ...

"Why make game art at all?" New Blood publisher fears DLSS 5 is replacing artistry with AI

Nvidia says that DLSS 5, due later this year, is designed to sit on top of existing assets, taking a 2D frame plus motion ...
IGN

AI Will Change Games, but Not in the Way CEOs Think

Back in 2024, not long after laying off five percent of the company’s workforce, EA CEO Andrew Wilson got on a stage to wax poetic about all the ways generative AI would help take the gaming industry ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Ancient Roman Game Board Was a Mystery. Researchers Used A.I. to Figure Out How to Play

More than a century ago, a scratched-up slab of limestone was excavated in the modern-day Netherlands and later deemed an ancient Roman game board. Since then, the mysterious game has eluded ...
TechSpot

Microsoft is using NPUs to automatically capture Xbox game highlights

In brief: Microsoft is still exploring ways to leverage NPUs for gaming. While AI-based image upscaling might be the most obvious implementation, the company is also attempting to turn Copilot into a ...
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.
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 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 ...
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Using Canva Code to Create Learning Games

Did you know you can create engaging educational games for your class using Canva Code? And no, Code here doesn’t mean coding. There’s no programming involved. No tech headaches. Just you, your ...
The Washington Post

The video game that started it all

Playing "Pong" during the Midwest Gaming Classic trade show at the Baird Center in Milwaukee in 2024. (Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images) The ceiling of the lobby in One Liberty Plaza in New York’s ...
GamesRadar+

Pokemon dev Game Freak says it wasn't trying to make an anti-Pokemon game with its flashy new action RPG Beast of Reincarnation: "It just happened"

"We never had a strong feeling like, 'let's make something in a different genre and style to what we've done before'" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.