The RL and Video Games workshop is back at RLC for a second edition this year - submissions now open! @rlvgworkshop.bsky.social

We are happy to announce that RLVG will be back for @rl-conference.bsky.social 2026!!! More details coming soon! In the meantime, start preparing those papers!

Missed our workshop at @rl-conference.bsky.social? Watch all keynote presentations and the panel discussion on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Big thanks to our awesome speakers: @togelius.bsky.social, @jmac-ai.bsky.social, Roberta Raileanu, Michael Bowling and @pcastr.bsky.social!

We’re excited to announce our final keynote speaker: @michaelhbowling.bsky.social (University of Alberta). 🎲🃏 In this talk, he will explore what drew him to explore using 40-year-old video games to test RL agents! Join us at @rl-conference.bsky.social to find out more about the Atari Benchmark!

We’re excited to announce our next speaker: @pcastr.bsky.social (Google DeepMind, Mila) 🎮🕹️ His research tackles core challenges in deep RL for real-world impact, like network scalability and plasticity loss! Join us at @rl-conference.bsky.social to learn more about Pablo’s work!

We’re excited to announce our next keynote speaker: @neuroai.bsky.social (Microsoft Research) 🧠 Ida studies how humans and AI build world models for memory, exploration, and planning. Her talk will show how game-playing AI reveals insights into human and artificial cognition. Join us at #RLC2025!

We’re excited to announce our next keynote speaker: @togelius.bsky.social (NYU, modl.ai)! 🕹️ Julian will share why games are essential testbeds for AI and how RL powers game-playing agents, player modeling, and procedural content generation. Join us on August 5th to learn more about Julian's work!

Thank you to our headline sponsors Medal for their kind support to make this workshop happen - go check them out at medal.tv to capture and share your PC gaming highlights! 🎮🕹️

We’re excited to announce our next speaker: Roberta Raileanu ( Google DeepMind)! Roberta will discuss the history and future of NetHack, the iconic roguelike that continues to challenge RL and LLM agents alike. ⚔️ Join us to learn how we can develop agents capable of tackling open-endedness!

We’re excited to announce our first speaker: James MacGlashan (@jmac-ai.bsky.social), from Sony AI! 🚀 James led the development of GT Sophy, a superhuman RL racing agent in Gran Turismo! Join his talk to learn about how GT Sophy was used as an opponent in GT7 and what’s next for RL in gaming.

❗️❗️submission deadline is extended! ⌛ New Submission Deadline: June 6th, AoE Find out more here: sites.google.com/view/rlvg-wo...

One week left to submit your contributions for our workshop! ⏰🎮 We welcome submissions on video games to benchmark open problems in RL and in applications of RL for video game development! ⌛ Paper Submission Deadline: May 30th Find out more here: sites.google.com/view/rlvg-wo...

Running out of time to submit your contributions for our workshop! We welcome submissions on video games to benchmark open problems in RL and in applications of RL for video game development! ⌛ Paper Submission Deadline: May 30th Find out more here: sites.google.com/view/rlvg-wo...

Join us at the Reinforcement Learning Conference 2025 for a Workshop on Reinforcement Learning and Video Games, celebrating a decade since the Atari Nature paper 🎮 🕹️ Check out our webpage for more information: sites.google.com/view/rlvg-wo...

Barto and Sutton receive the Turing award! Amazing recognition for two kind, pioneering, and genuinely inspiring scientists. Congratulations!! awards.acm.org/about/2024-t...

Merry neural Christmas! The XY&Z team had some fun training our own DIAMOND-based Xmas world model 🎁 The best part is that anyone can play it right here on XY&Z! 🎄 next.journee.ai/demo00002 🎄 Thanks to @eloialonso.bsky.social, @adamjelley.bsky.social et al. for their fantastic open-source work!

If you're at NeurIPS, RLC is hosting an RL event from 8 till late at The Pearl on Dec. 11th. Join us, meet all the RL researchers, and spread the word!

Try 💎 DIAMOND’s Counter Strike world model directly in your browser! → next.journee.ai/xyz-diamond ← How long can you stay in distribution? Can you beat @snguyen.bsky.social’s 1000 frames? @eloialonso.bsky.social and I are at NeurIPS! Poster #6306, Friday 11am-2pm, West Ballroom