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2026-08-25 3 stories

• Nvidia announces ray-traced Nanite, native anti-cheat, and DLSS 4.5 at Gamescom 2026 4 sources
• Ontos Has the Most Unsettling Yet Gripping PS5 Gameplay You'll See Today
• Nvidia tech behind PUBG's genAI team mates will let folks chat to creature-collecting RPG Aniimo's not-Pokemon next year

2026-08-24 3 stories

• Windows 11 will soon let you control unified memory, just in time for NVIDIA RTX Spark
• Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook Includes AI Training Warning — Read Out by the Narrator
• James Pond Publisher Denies AI-Generated Trailer, But No One's Buying It

2026-08-23 1 story

• Steam Week in Review: A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics

2026-08-22 1 story

• Fortnite's New Season Kicks Off With Bot-Infested Lobbies

2026-08-21 3 stories

• We're finally talking about AI, ft. David 'Rez' Graham and Luke Dicken
• Roblox makes three of its AI safety tools open source
• New game digest: Meta’s games app, Century’s new soft launch, PUBG, Gangstar, Tomb Raider, The Traitors, more

2026-08-20 1 story

• GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit reveals new People and Workplace focus, dedicated to shaping the future of games workplaces

2026-08-19 6 stories

• Three Games Are Available Today Across Various Tiers Of Xbox Game Pass (August 19)
• Take-Two's former AI guy is, in a twist, skeptical about AI now: 'The guy should be selling you the gold if he's actually got the gold'
• On the podcast: Apple’s EU App Store changes, Supercell, PUBG, MTG, Poinpy, Gamescom, July’s top games, Netflix, more
• James Pond’s New Trailer Has AI Alarm Bells Ringing, But Dev Says Otherwise
• Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Game Development Will Have A “Tough Future” Because Of AI
• 'We Can Fix This Quickly' - New Xbox Game Pass Title To Replace Every AI Cutscene This Week

2026-08-17 2 stories

• Saber Interactive adds AI disclaimer to Rideshare on Steam; CEO Matt Karch apologises to former lead writer 2 sources
• People are paying $2,599 for MSI’s latest handheld gaming PC because apparently RAM shortages, AI demand, and fiscal self-preservation are all optional now

2026-08-16 2 stories

• Saber CEO Matthew Karch apologises to writer he said he'd have "been happy to replace" with AI 2 sources
• Saber Interactive finally adds an AI disclaimer to Rideshare Stimulator's Steam page

2026-08-15 3 stories

• Witcher 3 designer says it wasn't easy to convince players its NPC simulation wasn't 'just fakery': 'People nowadays are interested in those kinds of details, and it really came to haunt us' 2 sources
• Saber's AI Rideshare Stimulator controversy almost closes on high note with CEO apology, then he calls Portal scribe who mocked him an 'unsuccessful writer' 2 sources
• The bigwigs who want AI-generated NPCs and writing think you're too dumb to appreciate a good story—don't prove them right

2026-08-14 3 stories

• Rideshare Stimulator Outlines AI Usage After Contentious Exchange With Ex-Writer 3 sources
• Sony Engineer Reveals PSSR 2.0 Secrets in SIGGRAPH 2026 Talk
• GunZ: The Duel Launches on Steam, Faces AI Backlash

2026-08-13 3 stories

• Twitch is training AI on livestreams, says it's an opt out feature as "nobody would opt in" 6 sources
• 'I would frankly have been happy to replace her with AI' - extraordinary public spat between Saber CEO and writer "replaced with ChatGPT" intensifies 6 sources
• Videogame lawyer says it's become 'just boilerplate' this year to include no-AI clauses in contracts: 'It's not worth the legal liability'

2026-08-12 5 stories

• Saber Interactive denies replacing writer with AI 5 sources
• Twitch Now Trains Amazon's Generative AI Models on Your Channel by Default 4 sources
• The Voice of The Witcher's Geralt Says He'd Sue Every Single AI Platform With His Voice on It 'Into the Ground' if He Could
• Developers expect generative AI to impact roles and team sizes in the next three years
• BAFTA Games Awards updates voting requirements and entry fees as it opens entries for 2027 ceremony

2026-08-11 3 stories

• Former Rideshare Stimulator Lead Writer Claims They Were Replaced with ChatGPT 3 sources
• Gamescom Dev speaker survey identifies potential impacts of AI on team structure and productivity
• "We live in a world full of AI, let's be honest with ourselves" - 1666: Amsterdam developer still using AI tools despite recent controversy

2026-08-10 4 stories

• Black Myth: Zhong Kui Devs Aren’t Rushing to Use AI 3 sources
• Unity credits AI advertising platform for driving its 'best quarter ever'
• In cosmic roguelike The Carcass, you build a colony inside the corpse of a god that's slowly becoming aware of you
• EVE Online studio hires former Icelandic minister to lead autonomous AI efforts

2026-08-09 1 story

• Roblox shares plummet by 70% after the company reports persistent decline in player numbers, and of course the solution involves AI

2026-08-07 6 stories

• AI Tools Aren’t Going To Replace Anyone, Says GTA 6 Publisher Boss 2 sources
• What devs need to know about localization, ft. Concha Fernandez Alvarez, Aurelie Perrin, and Guido Di Carlo
• Unity records "best quarter in history" following continued success of Vector AI
• Former Icelandic minister joins Fenris Creations to lead new AI partnerships
• Analyst: AI-focused M&A deals are "weakening" the games investment landscape
• "Ideas like this usually just die": Inside generative AI’s effect on modding, and how host sites struggle to maintain transparency