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Exploring NPC behavior: How game AI makes characters feel scripted and predictable

Hew Moran combines his passion for video games and comedy to create entertaining skits and vlogs. Inspired by famous YouTubers, he aims to entertain with content around his favorite games such as ...
Seeking Alpha

Unity targets $1B+ annual run rate for Vector by end of 2026 as advertising and AI initiatives accelerate

Yahes provided first quarter 2026 guidance of total revenues between $480 million and $490 million and adjusted EBITDA of $105 million to $110 million. Grow segment is forecast to be flat sequentially ...
techtimes

Inside Open-World Game Development: How the Game Design Process Creates Immersive Maps and NPC Systems

Discover how open-world game development works, from the complete game design process for creating vast maps to building advanced NPC systems that bring worlds alive. Horizon Forbidden West - Steam ...
Qatar Tribune

NPC announces plans to adopt AI tech

On the sidelines of Web Summit Qatar 2026, the National Planning Council (NPC) announced it will advance the adoption of AI technologies and enhance operational practices across the Council’s ...
PCGamesN

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's director thinks gen-AI is "an opportunity," but I worry his pursuit of tech could spoil the RPG's special sauce

Daniel Vávra, the director of medieval epic Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, maintains gen-AI is "here and it's not going anywhere," and says he considers it "an opportunity for everyone to make great ...
The Verge

Video game company stock prices dip after Google introduces an AI world-generation tool

Google’s Project Genie generates interactive virtual worlds from prompts that look almost like games, if you squint a little. Google’s Project Genie generates interactive virtual worlds from prompts ...
Morningstar

Unity's stock becomes the latest victim of Google's AI ambitions

Google's new Project Genie prototype, which lets users simulate virtual worlds, has gaming investors very worried. But one analyst says their fears are overblown. Google's new Project Genie will let ...
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 ...
Gameranx

GTA 6 Fans Discuss Adding “Realism” To Police Encounters

The closer we get to GTA 6, the more that players will make suggestions as to what might happen in the game, and how Rockstar Games can upgrade what has been done in the past. For example, one of the ...
GamesIndustry

Larian will not use generative AI for Divinity concept art

Belgian games developer Larian Studios has confirmed that there will be no generative AI used for concept art during the creation of the upcoming RPG Divinity. In a Reddit ask me anything (AMA), CEO ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Ask An SEO: Can AI Systems & LLMs Render JavaScript To Read ‘Hidden’ Content?

For this week’s Ask An SEO, a reader asked: “Is there any difference between how AI systems handle JavaScript-rendered or interactively hidden content compared to traditional Google indexing? What ...