AI and Games

We just hit 100 paid subscribers, thank you. And as promised, the AI and Games podcast is officially launching. @tommy.aiandgames.com shared all the details in this week's newsletter. Read for what's coming in the months ahead. www.aiandgames.com/p/introducin...

There are a lot of AI stories to be angry about right now, but for now I rambled about Epic going all-in on GenAI is actually quite refreshing. Rather than the same pontificating and nonsense, they're actually gonna go for it. www.aiandgames.com/p/epic-provi...

Apparently being riddled with some sort of horrid flu is exactly the right brain wavelength for me to just sit down and smash out the final boss of Dark Souls III. Okay, I deserve a cup of tea now...

I'm full of drugs and rather ill, so have no energy to vent over the new AI nonsense with Google Playground and Unity Spark. I spent what energy I had talking about *last week's* AI nonsense, or rather that everyone misunderstood what Capcom is up to these days. www.aiandgames.com/p/capcoms-ne...

In this week's newsletter we announce more talks for the 2026 @conference.aiandgames.com, release more videos from 2025, review Kusan: City of Wolves, AND @tommy.aiandgames.com has a look at some horrid AI-focussed patent applications for Microsoft. www.aiandgames.com/p/microsofts...

It's time to announcing the first wave of talks for AI and Games Conference 2026, including presentations from Embark Studios, Splash Damage, Arm, Warhorse Studios, Wargaming, and the first insight into Fenris Creations collaboration with Google DeepMind. www.aiandgames.com/p/fenris-cre...

I finally (FINALLY) have a bit of free time and energy to jump on a livestream. So going to stream tonight (7pm UK time) and talk about indie-2000s-FPS 'SPRAWL Zero'. I'm a few hours into it, and wanted to talk about it as I play. So yeah, come hang out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p3B...

On @aiandgames.com I wrote about the 'AI Gaming Festival': a Steam event that will help in “educating and showcasing how AI is used in games”. Except it's a marketing stunt by a GenAI startup, including an online conference with speakers from other AI startups. www.aiandgames.com/p/the-steam-...

The Sinking City 2 might borrow heavily from the Resident Evil 2 remake, but it's a survival horror that still has it's own story to tell and ideas to share. www.aiandgames.com/p/diving-int...

This week's newsletter we look back on our week so Gamescom (Dev). Helping to run a track at the developer conference, giving talks ourselves and the state of all this 'AI in games' stuff. www.aiandgames.com/p/post-games...

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The first ever AI Summit at Gamescom Dev hosted by @conference.aiandgames.com was a huge success. Really appreciate the trust placed in us to run two tracks on AI that will appeal to the audience. Good content and people is paramount! Next stop: AI and Games Conference in November!

I was delighted to get to sit with @bryantfrancis.me for @gamedeveloper.bsky.social's podcast, along with old friend and AI veteran Rez Graham. Hope this is useful, or at least a bit entertaining for you <3 www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/...

This is a very exciting work that will be presented at the IEEE Conference on Games 2026 :) If you love #PCG and fun new ideas on how to build understandable generators, check it out :) #aiandgames #gamedev #proceduralcontentgeneration #cog2026

For this week's newsletter @tommy.aiandgames.com takes a look at the recent SIGGRAPH presentation on the upgraded PSSR upscaling used in the PS5 Pro. It's a leaner and more compact AI model given the original PSSR was proving more complicated than necessary. www.aiandgames.com/p/a-deeper-l...

It's been a long week, and a hot minute since we covered the headlines. This week we talk about: - China's latest AI maneuvers - Xbox repeatedly stepping on rakes - You can talk to Peely in Fornite now - EA achieved their elusive 'AI adoption targets' & more www.aiandgames.com/p/uk-and-chi...

I got to guest on Tommy's new podcast! It was really great to chat about the book in such detail, he asked really interesting questions and we got into a lot of the good stuff behind why I wrote it and why I care about it. And also how we're both stupid. Order Next Level here: linktr.ee/next_level

With Develop in the rear-view mirror, @tommy.aiandgames.com jotted down some thoughts on his time at the event and why people are fed up waiting for meaningful change in the industry. www.aiandgames.com/p/post-devel...

The first episode of the new AI and Games Podcast is now live! To set the scene for future episodes @tommy.aiandgames.com gives a hype-free overview of how AI actually works in the video games industry. www.aiandgames.com/p/001-a-prim...

This week's edition has @tommy.aiandgames.com discuss the recent ban by @godotengine.org on AI-tools being used in submissions to the engine's code repository. As coding agents are on the rise, it's important we maintain responsibility for the code that we ship! www.aiandgames.com/p/godot-make...

Epic Games' future seems reliant on devs making games like Fortnite, or in Fortnite, and that's now most of the industry uses Unreal Engine. @tommy.aiandgames.com has a rant this week about that Unreal Engine 6 reveal, and how it feels like DLSS5 all over again. www.aiandgames.com/p/the-unreal...

If you're sending more than one person from your studio, now's the time to get your tickets. The industry passes are £250 during early bird, rising to £350 after July 31. For group booking, email us at contact@aiandgamesconference.com. www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...

Just making sure you know! For more details, check out last week's newsletter: www.aiandgames.com/p/welcome-to... #GameDev #GameAI #AIandGamesPodcast

We're pleased to announce our collaboration to co-curate two new AI tracks at this year's @gamescomdev.bsky.social 2026 - Europe's largest game developer conference. Find out how to join in and support the event in this week's edition of @aiandgames.com. www.aiandgames.com/p/new-ai-tra...

Back in April I wrote an issue of @aiandgames.com about the Take Two AI team that was let go and how every gaming news outlet misrepresented the facts. www.aiandgames.com/p/the-take-t... Fortunately @gibiz.bsky.social decided to dig a little deeper to get the real story from @luked.bsky.social.

Tommy posts this week's newsletter so we don't have to. More on the UK government's attempts to address the issues of AI in the creative industries.

Here you a go, a nice meaty newsletter catching up on the news. Including: - Capcom setting the record straight on their AI philosophy. - HoYoverse's $14.6 billion AI investment. Plus reviews of indie games Outhold, Rainbow Legends, and Lunar Abyss! www.aiandgames.com/p/capcom-lay...

Just cause I'm on vacation doesn't mean @aiandgames.com is taking a break! We revisit the Generative Design in #Minecraft Competition - an event where contestants design PCG systems for Minecraft villages - to see how things have changed since we last look ed at the project in 2019.

No @aiandgames.com newsletter this week as I'm on vacation. However our Artifacts piece on the 2026 Generative Design in Minecraft Competition (@gendesignmc.bsky.social) - where people write PCG systems that design Minecraft villages- is now live. www.aiandgames.com/p/generative...