These generous flourishing statements are in vogue especially in Japan, where the governments 'AI Action Plan' published last summer expects businesses to show they're embracing the technology. As I wrote this week, this is why Square Enix is waffling about AI in QA. bsky.app/profile/aian...

What did we learn at last week's @aiandgames.com conference? Find out over on Video Games Industry Memo (and thanks to Testronic for sponsoring our fine work) www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/four-thing...

We're still getting back to our regular rhythm at AI and Games HQ, so for this week's edition @tommy.aiandgames.com catches up with the headlines, and gives a quick recap of the AI and Games Conference - plus some official photos from the event! www.aiandgames.com/p/post-confe...

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With the 2025 @conference.aiandgames.com just around the corner, @tommy.aiandgames.com had something to get off his chest, or at least part of it. Game AI is facing an existential crisis, and we need to start talking about it. www.aiandgames.com/p/game-ais-e...

With our event just days away, it's time to announce a special surprise! We made an @aiandgames.com plushie! Grab yours at the AI and Games Conference next week, or sign up to the waitlist (plushie.aiandgames.com) to be the first to know when we release a batch for sale online in early 2026.

📽️ NEW VIDEO 📽️ Artifacts is back as @tommy.aiandgames.com chats with the #indiedev team behind co-op #survival #horror 'Blood Typers'! From its origins as a @gamemakerstoolkit.com #gamejam entry in 2020 to the perils of squeezing a level generator into an online game. Link: youtu.be/KCBX1pM5fAM

In this week’s newsletter, @tommy.aiandgames.com dives into the persistent myth that generative AI will slash development costs. And, why the faster and cheaper output won’t fix the real issue: there isn’t enough audience to sustain it. www.aiandgames.com/p/a-future-w... #GameDev #IndieDev #GenAI

I've got a whole bunch of notes written up for a presentation I'd like to do sometime about the AI in this game. (Enemy AI, not generative AI, sad that I always have to disclaim this now.) If you'd be interested in that or if you'd have questions about how it works, please let me know! DMs are open.

In this week's edition of @aiandgames.com, I reflected on how conversations really shift depending on where you are in the world. Presenting at events in both Dublin and Helsinki within a week on current challenges with AI in games led to very different conversations afterwards!

Happy birthday to FEAR which turned 20 years old on October 18th. Good lord I remember playing that game in grad school. We've covered the game three times on @aiandgames.com, with my retrospective interview with @jefforkin.bsky.social back in 2024 being my favourite. youtu.be/3Of2NtTYcvU?...

It’s newsletter day! Sponsored by Lingotion, this week @tommy.aiandgames.com reflects on presenting at NEXUS Dublin & @pgconnects.bsky.social Helsinki. Two events with two different takes on (generative) AI in games. Plus some fresh announcements & news. Dive in! www.aiandgames.com/p/two-events...

The demo of our folk horror card strategy game The Killing Stone is live! We gots creepy characters and furry friends and so many animated figurines with sweet VFX. Also the enemy AI is pretty diabolical, that's on me. Please check it out and leave a review! store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...

New Video is Out!!! In the episode @tommy.aiandgames.com explores David Durst’s Stanford research on using transformer neural networks (the kind behind LLMs) to train bots that play Counter-Strike like pros and outperform traditional game AI. youtu.be/sOgfvb8y9j8 #MLMove #GameAI #GameDev

If you're heading to the AI & Games Conference next month, don't miss Bram's talk! Thanks to @aiandgames.com and the other organisers for having us there 🙏🏻

📽️ NEW VIDEO on @aiandgames.com! What if you used generative AI in games to do something players might actually find interesting? In this video we check out MLMove: a Counter-Strike bot that uses genAI to learn choke points, sightlines, and cover just like real human players. youtu.be/sOgfvb8y9j8

Here’s a sneak peek at why you need to be at the AI and Games Conference 2025 this November in London by @tommy.aiandgames.com. For all the detailed updates check out @conference.aiandgames.com. #AIandGames #Conference2025 #GameAI #GameDev #IndieGames

Today I'll be at te Nexus conference here in Dublin - and who would be better to kick it off than @tommy.aiandgames.com #nexus #nexusconference

In this week’s newsletter @tommy.aiandgames.com rounds up the news we missed last week. And shares a special editorial on the shaky financing behind the EA buyout along with the naïve optimism around generative AI’s ability to recoup those costs. www.aiandgames.com/p/a-generati...

Don't miss our session @conference.aiandgames.com in November. Richard will take you through how Havok uses Cross-Platform determinism to save time, reduce frustration and simplify debugging.

In the newsletters this week @tommy.aiandgames.com is summarising his recent trip to the IEEE Conference, the largest academic conference on games. And also recap all the announcements for @conference.aiandgames.com. www.aiandgames.com/p/takeaways-... #GameAI #gameDev #IEEE

In the last week’s newsletter we covered the investor point of view on the rise of GenAI and its impact on funding. Check out the full interview here. #GameDev #IndieGames #IndieDevelopers #GameInvestment #GenAI www.aiandgames.com/p/investor-p...

This week we launched our subscriber drive for 2025, with 20% off annual memberships on @aiandgames.com. We ask for your help as we work to be a trusted resource on #AI for #gamedev, #indiev and #research. 🧵So let's thread on why we need your help, and what we want to bring to you in future.

I had a great week at Gamescom, but critically I was seeing and hearing more meaningful discussion of where AI sits in the industry beyond hype and outright rejection. Scribbled down some thoughts on this in this week's newsletter.

Design Dive returns to @aiandgames.com for this short but fun analysis of narrative design in Donkey Kong Bananza. Pauline's emotional journey is the real heart of the game's story. With the narrative team relying on a game AI bark systems that react to player progress. youtu.be/DyGYxtJL_GM?...

Our latest Design Dive episode is out! Watch @tommy.aiandgames.com talk about #DonkeyKongBananza using the cutest and simplest trick of the bark system to communicate the relationship between the titular gorilla and his companion, Pauline. #GameDev #NarrativeDesign www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyGY...

Newsletter update - Catch up on all that is happening in the games industry and AI. This week's special is a closer look at Devcom and Gamescom which @tommy.aiandgames.com attended last week. www.aiandgames.com/p/reflection... #gamescom #devcom #gamedev #indiegames #AIandGames

Don’t miss out the talk by @tommy.aiandgames.com today at #Devcom. #GameDev #AIandGames

We have new goals this year and we need your support to make them happen. You’ve helped us build something special. And now we set bigger goals to provide you with more content and more voices. As a thank you, we are offering 20% off on all annual plans until Oct 1. 🙏 #AIandGames #GameDev #IndieDev

This week's newsletter is a deep-dive into us. What we have been doing and how things are going for us. We are also announcing a plan for a subscriber drive, which we will discuss further in our next post. Read in detail here: www.aiandgames.com/p/our-goals-... #AIandGames #GameDev #GameNews

Weekly newsletter update: A lot is happening in the AI and Law(Games) this week. Here is your quick read to stay on top of everything. #AIandLaw #AIandGames #GameDev www.aiandgames.com/p/nvidias-fa...

The deadline for submitting talks to @conference.aiandgames.com is today! Submissions are open until 23.59 PST, so a final call to all our friends in #gamedev and #research who work on all the good stuff in AI for games to submit over at: submit.aiandgamesconference.com

Weekly newsletter is up! This week we have sponsor update under paywall. Along was all the AI and Games news this week! www.aiandgames.com/p/ai-to-blam... #GameNews #GameDev #GameAI #LawsAroundAI

Time’s almost up: If you’ve been meaning to hit send, now’s your moment. Whether you’re sharing an experiment, a breakthrough, or just a fresh take on AI in games — we’d love to hear it. Submit your talk before 1Aug: 👉 submit.aiandgamesconference.com #AIandGames #GameDev #GamesIndustry

🗞️ Newsletter update: @tommy.aiandgames.com dives into the growing flood of AI-generated shovelware on Steam and the real risk it poses to developers, players, and the industry at large. Read here: www.aiandgames.com/p/a-failure-... #AIandGames #GameDev #Steam #PlatformPolicy #GamingNews #IndieDev

This week's newsletter focuses on the talks @tommy.aiandgames.com attended at @gameaischool.bsky.social. Cheers to @togelius.bsky.social and Georgios Yannakakis for running yet another successful event. www.aiandgames.com/p/massives-s... #GameDev #GameAI #EASEED #Massive #Rovio #King

Talk submissions close on 1 Aug! Our advisor @aphraella.bsky.social is here to guide you through the process. Do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions regarding your submission. 🎤 Submit now: submit.aiandgamesconference.com #AIandGames #GameDev #AI #CallForSpeakers

In this week's research digest @tommy.aiandgames.com unpacks the BFI’s latest report on AI in the screen industries. What it gets right, what’s missing, and what’s next. We also have new updates for @conference.aiandgames.com. #FutureOfStorytelling #GameDev #BFI www.aiandgames.com/p/digging-in...

It's Friday, and I've got your weekend's entertainment sorted. Plonk yourself down for two hours and listen to all the #gamedev stories behind the making of Alien: Isolation.

In this week's @aiandgames.com newsletter, it's the issue that is plaguing #gamedev right now: the use of #AI generated assets in games. It's a problem I warned would happen, and equally one of the industry’s own making. But will the controversy impact sales? www.aiandgames.com/p/when-gener...

Oh shit, Tommy dropped his big Alien: Isolation retrospective. Some great new insights from the devs in here. A mammoth effort. Glad to be a part of it.

We return to Sevastapol one last time! Alien: Isolation - The Retrospective is a feature-length exploration of @creative-assembly.com's beloved horror title. Exploring the challenges faced in development, and its legacy 10 years later. #gamedev #gaming #alien www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeIk...

using AI just to make the "unnoticable" textures is stupid. making the unnoticable textures is one of the best bits. making stupid jokes on in-game billboards. putting crappy effects over eachother til it looks good. drawing squiggly lines to make something look less flat. all of this is fun

We return to Sevastapol one last time! Alien: Isolation - The Retrospective is a feature-length exploration of @creative-assembly.com's beloved horror title. Exploring the challenges faced in development, and its legacy 10 years later. #gamedev #gaming #alien www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeIk...

I'll be at @developconference.com all next week! Say hi and let's chat, or maybe wave from a distance as you confuse me for someone else. I'm looking to talk potential gigs starting from Q1 2026. Experienced in Unity & UE5, and consuming coffee at an alarming rate.

It's time... Join us on Monday June 30th at 7pm BST (8pm CEST / 2pm EDT / 11am PDT) for the live premiere of Alien: Isolation - The Retrospective. A feature-length look into the making of @creative-assembly.com's horror classic! #gamedev #gaming #alien #youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeIk...

The @gameaischool.bsky.social continues with a panel moderated by @aiandgames.com

Get the scoop on Unity’s AI update, an indie hit that ditched AI assets, and our upcoming projects for paying subscribers. 🚀 Subscribe for full access. #gamedev #AIandGames #UnityAI #IndieDev www.aiandgames.com/p/unity-repa...

This week @tommy.aiandgames.com dives into the high-stakes Disney lawsuit. And how it will shape the boundaries of AI use. Do you think this would help or hurt the future of games and generative AI? www.aiandgames.com/p/how-disney...

Not long now until the Alien: Isolation retrospective. In the meantime catch the trailer and get ready to revisit the horror of Sevastopol once again. youtu.be/wX0wJ-AoQx4?...