Congratulations to our Research & Development Director, Duygu Cakmak and the other organisers on day one of the AI and Games Conference 2025!

Very happy with how my talk "Debugging Across Time and Platforms: The Power of Determinism" yesterday at @conference.aiandgames.com! "Managed to make a very deep technical topic entertaining and easy to follow", "One of the worst Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions I have ever heard"

Had the pleasure to be at Ian Shaw's talk at @conference.aiandgames.com this week and talk quite a lot with Ian! Pathfinding not based on the grid but on delaunay triangulation of the space!

Day2 all wrapped up! This was amazing!

This was bananas! @tommy.aiandgames.com

My Havok sweater says "At the Heart of Games" - and today and tomorrow the Heart of Games beats at Goldsmiths University in London at the @conference.aiandgames.com #aiandgames #havok

Had a great first day at @conference.aiandgames.com! Lots of great talks, and I even got some cool game recommendations out of it!

The @conference.aiandgames.com is packed! Day 1

Welcome to day 1 of AI and Games conference.

I'm sorry, what??? 😮 That is amazing. brb gotta check the size of my hand luggage, for reasons.

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.

CA's Senior Technical Designer, Miguel Lopez-Bachiller Rey and Senior Machine Learning Scientist, James Kwan will share how supervised learning is used to predict combat outcomes in @totalwar.bsky.social in their talk @conference.aiandgames.com Find out more and get tickets below.

Only one more week until the AI and Games Conference returns to #London ! Speakers from CD Projekt RED, Warhorse, Ubisoft, EA, Riot, Creative Assembly, Sports Interactive, Unknown World's and more! Check the full list and grab tickets at: aiandgamesconference.com #AI #gamedev #gameAI #indiedev

Only two weeks to go until the AI and Games Conference returns to London! Back with an even bigger programme spread over two days, bringing together the leading experts in #gameAI for #gamedev including #indiedev, #research and AAA. Grab your ticket now at: www.aiandgamesconference.com

The conference schedule is now live on the website. www.aiandgamesconference.com

Predicting Combat Outcomes in Total War Miguel Lopez-Bachiller & James Kwan (Creative Assembly) reveal how they used supervised learning to improve AI battle decisions and autoresolve in Total War. Get insights from data, dev challenges & R&D collab. 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #GameAI

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

📽️ 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

🎮 When Research Meets Release Dates: Production-Grade RL for Games Wesley Kerr (Riot Games) shares real-world lessons on making reinforcement learning work at production scale—beyond the hype. 🗓️ Nov 3–4 | 📍 Goldsmiths, London 🎟️ Get tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #GameAI #AIDevelopment

From Metrics to Meaning: Effort-Aware and Explainable AI for Game Pathfinding by Yetunde Longe-Folajimi (Wentworth Institute of Technology), shows how AI can help decode level difficulty & design smarter procedural content. 🎟️ Nov 3–4: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #GameAI #GameDev

Elevating Mobile Game Experiences With On-Device ML Inference by Yusuf Duman (Arm) dives into local LLMs, smart NPCs & neural graphics in mobile games. Practical, powerful & device-ready. 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...

Use Cases and Practical Methodologies for Reinforcement Learning for Learning at Agents at Scale by Kyra Wulffert, Duncan Davis & Huntting Buckley (Databricks). 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #Databricks #ReinforcementLearning

On-Device Generative Agents for Lifelike NPCs by Piero Molino (Studio Atelico) explores how GARP powers emergent NPCs with small LLMs, memory systems & zero inference cost. 🎟️ Nov 3–4, London: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #AI #NPCs #GenerativeAI

Design for everything in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 by Vadim Petrov (Warhorse Studios). Exploring balancing realism, iteration & performance in open-world RPGs. 🎟️ Nov 3–4, London: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #AI #KingdomComeDeliverance2

Build Your Own Navigation Stack! @bramridder.bsky.social (Kythera) shows how to extend Recast with plugins for hierarchical pathfinding, multimodal nav & more to outperform Unreal. 🗓 Nov 3–4, London 🎟 www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #NavigationAI

AI Planning Analytics — From F.E.A.R (2005) to Assassin’s Creed: Shadows (2025) by Eric Jacopin. Explore 20 years of Goal-Oriented Action Planning in NPC decision-making. 📅 Nov 3–4, London 🎟 Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #NPC #GOAP

Simulation-Based AI with LLMs for Game Agents by Simon Lucas explores how SBAI + LLMs create smarter, more adaptive game AI. 📍 Nov 3–4, London 🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev

Gemini in Unreal Engine: Enhancing game development with multimodal AI by Gabriel Ware (Google). Discover how multimodal AI streamlines workflows & powers new gameplay. 📍 Nov 3–4, London 🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #UnrealEngine

Good Enough AI: Pragmatic Approaches for Crafting Compelling Player Experiences in Games by Gaetan Soppe Drenjanin (Sports Interactive). Learn how smart, pragmatic AI design delivers memorable player experiences. 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #AI

Debugging Across Time and Platforms: The Power of Determinism by Richard Kogelnig (Havok). Learn how cross-platform determinism makes debugging faster, easier & less painful across consoles & PC. 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #Determinism

But why is it saying that?? Making LLM powered AI bots a bit more reliable by Batu Aytemiz (Fundamental Labs). Learn how to turn unpredictable LLM agents into reliable, player-ready bots. 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev

No API. No Problem: Deploying tiny, fast, fine-tuned models offline by Keith Lia & Kristian Dam Pedersen (Raw Power Labs). Learn how to embed LLMs directly into games.And do it fast, private, and API-free. 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #LLM

Supporting thousands of simulated NPCs in the open world of KCD2 by Petr Smrček (Warhorse Studios). Learn how AI LOD made nearly 2,400 NPCs possible. Balancing scale & performance to create truly living worlds. 🗓️ Nov 3–4 | London 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #KCD2 #GameDev

How to bully AI into delivering meaningful gameplay by Thomas Keane & Ben Ackland (Meaning Machine). GenAI isn’t magic—but with the right “bully layer” it can create meaningful gameplay. 🗓️ Nov 3–4 | London 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #GenerativeAI

Navigating Legal Frontiers: How the Law Applies to AI in 2025 by Rupam Davé (Lewis Silkin LLP) explores IP, data, liability & regulation shaping AI in games. Practical insights for devs & publishers. 🗓️ Nov 3–4, London 🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #AI #Law

Latent Landscapes: Using ML to Generate Terrain in Prologue: Go Wayback! by Joey Faulkner (Playerunknown Productions). Learn how ML + PCG create resilient, varied worlds — and the pitfalls to avoid. 🗓️ Nov 3–4, London 🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #AI #PCG

How to Power-Up Unreal Engine Behavior Trees by Antonio Muñoz Gallego (Unknown Worlds) shows how Utility AI & the Gameplay Ability System make NPCs more adaptive, modular & multiplayer-ready. 🗓️ Nov 3–4, London 🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #UnrealEngine #AI #GameDev

Let the NPCs Fight: Learning Attack Reach from Real Gameplay Data by Vincent Martineau (Ubisoft) shows how Assassin’s Creed used gameplay data & data science to scale fair, reliable combat AI. 🗓️ Nov 3–4, London 🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #AI #Ubisoft

The Living World AI Recipe Book: Practical Insights for Ambient Character Simulation by Pablo Rodríguez (Avalanche Studios) explores practical, scalable techniques for believable ambient NPCs that make open worlds feel alive. 🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #AI

From Cloud to Edge: Optimising Small Language Models for Game Applications on AWS by Patrick Palmer & Andrei Muratov shows how to fine-tune, distil & run LLMs on devices for responsive, private AI. 🗓️ Nov 3–4, London 🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #AI #AWS

Bringing Research to Life in AAA Game Production by Alessandro Sestini (EA SEED). From RL & LLM prototypes to tools in Battlefield & Plants vs. Zombies, learn how research moves from academia to AAA studios. 🗓️ Nov 3–4, London 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #GameAI

Panel: Investment Trends at the Intersection of AI and Games with Cassia Curran (Curran Games Agency). AI-driven gameplay or dev tools? Hear what’s hot, what’s risky & what’s next. 🗓️ Nov 3–4 | London 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea... #AIandGames #GameDev #AI #Conference2025

Talk Reveal: The Illusion of Life – Managing NPCs in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora by Martin Weusten (Ubisoft Düsseldorf) 🗓️ Nov 3–4, London 🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/4nmKLzd #AIandGames #GameDev #AvatarFrontiersOfPandora #AI #NPC #Ubisoft #Conference2025

*Press A for Assistance: Making Games Accessible with AI* by Nonika & Steven Rice (U. Windsor) explores how AI can improve accessibility, approachability & learnability to make games more inclusive. 🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/4nmKLzd #AIandGames #GameDev #Accessibility #AI #Conference2025

Diversity in Autonomous Playtesting: a Case Study on Reinforcement Learning for NHL26 by Florian Fuchs (EA SEED) shows how RL can uncover multiple AI exploits in hours—not weeks. 🗓️ Nov 3–4, London 🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/4nmKLzd #AIandGames #GameDev #AI #ReinforcementLearning #EA #NHL26

How to Build a Friend: AI Companionship and Its Game Design Potential by Olga Titova (Wargaming) explores how emotional AI can shape NPCs and player connection—drawing on Replika & Blush. 🗓️ Nov 3–4, London 🎟️ Tickets: [bit.ly/4nmKLzd](bit.ly/4nmKLzd)

One Trillion Parameters and No Plans by Jeff Orkin (Bitpart AI) is coming to AI and Games Conf 2025! Can LLMs replace planners in games? Jeff breaks down why symbolic planning still matters and how hybrids might shape the future. 🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/4nmKLzd #AIandGames #GameDev #AI #LLM #GOAP

Heat, MaxTac, and Blockades: Expanding the police system in Cyberpunk 2077 by Maciej Celmer (CD Projekt Red) dives into the AI behind police chases in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. This Nov 3–4, London Get your tickets now! #AIandGames #Cyberpunk2077 #GameDev

Retro-AI: Dungeon Keeper by Ian Shaw Our first confirmed talk for AI and Games Conference 2025 is here! Ian dives into the AI behind Bullfrog’s iconic RTS, Dungeon Keeper, one of the earliest examples of emergent AI in games. 🎟️ Don’t miss it: bit.ly/4nmKLzd #AIandGames #DungeonKeeper #GameDev #AI

Thank you to everyone who submitted talks for our conference! The response was overwhelming, and selecting the final lineup proved to be very challenging for the team. This week, we sent final confirmations, and we'll be announcing the scheduled list of talks in upcoming weeks. Stay tuned!