The Secretive V.I.P. Programs That Keep Gamers Spending

Lucrative players of games like FarmVille and Words With Friends get personal account managers and entries to exclusive ...

10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

Like all AI models based on the Transformer architecture, the large language models (LLMs) that underpin today’s coding ...

National Championship Game Miami Hurricanes Opponent Q&A: Indiana Hoosiers with The Crimson Quarry

Miami faces Indiana in the National Championship Game, so we talk to our Indiana friends to learn about the Hoosiers ...
Game Rant

The Last of Us Director Criticizes Use of AI in Game Development

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...
GamesRadar+

Peak devs admit to committing a "cardinal sin of game development," but their excuse is the viral co-op climbing game was just supposed to be a game jam project

Action RPGs Path of Exile co-creator urges online RPG devs to control in-game spending and exploits, owns up to PoE "mistake" Co-op Games Peak is $8 because the devs wanted you to see a $5 price tag ...
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 ...
Polygon

As the CEO of Arc Raiders publisher Nexon says AI is everywhere, game devs call 'BS'

Arc Raiders' use of AI tools continues to create divides in gaming. The CEO of its developer's parent company, Nexon, recently claimed that generative artificial intelligence tools are everywhere in ...
Kotaku

The Game Awards Deletes Its Future Class

The youths were apparently too rowdy, at least for The Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley. The annual event introduced an honorary program several years ago called the Future Class which sought to ...
Futurism

EA’s Attempt to Use AI for Game Development Backfiring Horribly

The video game industry is hellbent on harnessing the power of generative AI to boost productivity and dream up virtual worlds — while also cutting costs, of course. According to a recent Google Cloud ...
Sports Business Journal

Turn of Events: With or without a stadium, mixed-use projects are valuable assets

Shortly after Gallagher Way opened in 2017, just outside the walls of Wrigley Field, its plaza hosted a Wiggle Worms children’s music and dance class. A few moms with strollers and small children ...
GamesIndustry

51% of Japanese game makers use generative AI

51% of Japanese developers use generative AI in game development. In new research from Tokyo Game Show organizer Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA), as reported by The Nikkei, of the ...
automaton-media

Over 50% of Japanese game companies use AI in development, according to Tokyo Game Show organizer

Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA), the organization running Tokyo Game Show, released a preview of the “2025 CESA Video Game Industry Report” on September 25. As reported by ...