Xbox is diving headfirst into the AI revolution, unveiling ‘Copilot for Gaming,’ a mobile-based AI companion designed to assist (and possibly antagonize) players. Forget lonely nights grinding; now you have an algorithm judging your every move. Billed as a voice-activated assistant, Copilot aims to answer questions, complete tasks, and, according…

Tencent, the Chinese tech behemoth, just dropped a Q4 earnings report that’s raising eyebrows – in a good way, for them at least. Profit skyrocketed a whopping 90% year-over-year, hitting 51.3 billion yuan (roughly $7.1 billion USD). This easily cleared analyst expectations, which, let’s be honest, probably weren’t factoring in…

The robots are coming for your polygons. And your job. That’s the gist of what Peter Levin, managing director and co-founder of Griffin Gaming Partners, had to say at GDC, according to a recent Variety Intelligence Platform podcast. The topic? The relentless march of AI into the hallowed halls of…

The robots are coming for our… game development jobs? Maybe. Google Cloud, ever the optimist, is throwing its weight behind AI, promising to revolutionize the gaming industry. The pitch? AI can handle the grunt work, freeing up human developers to focus on, you know, the creative stuff. Think less debugging,…

Let’s face it, in the glitzy, hyper-competitive world of gaming, keeping players engaged is like trying to herd cats…on roller skates…during an earthquake. No matter how meticulously crafted your game, players will inevitably wander off. Maybe they rage-quit after the tenth consecutive death by a slightly-too-powerful goblin. Perhaps they got…

Grand Theft Auto VI. The words alone send shivers down the spines of gamers and terror through the hearts of competing studios. But beyond the hype and the inevitable record-breaking sales, something more profound is brewing beneath the surface: AI. Not just better graphics or more realistic explosions (though, let’s…