Following community backlash over AI-generated advertising hoardings, Hotta Studio confirmed limited generative AI use in Neverness to Everness and pledged to replace controversial assets.
Sony Group announced a collaborative pilot with Bandai Namco to explore generative AI applications in game development while emphasizing human creativity remains central to production.
Spiideo's new AI Highlights feature uses generative AI to automatically create story-driven sports clips from game footage, event data, and commentary.
Analysts estimate Take-Two has spent between $1 billion and $1.5 billion on GTA 6, making it the most expensive video game ever developed.
IO Interactive's art director clarifies the controversial straight-line design on the 007 First Light DualSense controller was intentional, referencing the game's light themes rather than gun barrel rifling.
Hotta Studio acknowledges limited generative AI use in background assets and commits to reworking flagged content following community backlash and sponsorship withdrawals.
Google DeepMind has acquired a minority stake in Fenris Creations, the newly independent studio behind EVE Online, establishing a research partnership to test AI models in the game's complex player-driven universe.
The Minimax algorithm enables AI systems to make optimal decisions in competitive zero-sum games by recursively evaluating all possible moves and assuming opponents play optimally.
Developer Hotta Studio admits limited AI use in Neverness to Everness and promises to rework specific flagged assets following community backlash and VTuber Ironmouse's public criticism.
Roskomnadzor has filed lawsuits against three major gaming companies for failing to localize Russian user data, with court reviews scheduled for May 2026.