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Valve is developing SteamGPT, an AI system spotted in Steam client code. It will handle player reports, game launch issues, and refunds. The system may integrate with player trust scores and CS2 anti-cheat.
Take-Two Interactive laid off AI division head Luke Dicken and undisclosed staff developing procedural game content and ML tools. Company embraces generative AI for efficiencies despite CEO's positive employment view. Layoffs timed unusually before GTA VI release.
Sony Interactive Entertainment acquired UK startup Cinemersive Labs, which develops AI tools to convert 2D photos and videos into 3D volumes. The team will join Sony's Visual Computing Group to enhance game rendering and visuals using machine learning. This builds on Sony's AI efforts like PSSR upscaling in PlayStation 5 Pro.
Square Enix and Google Cloud partnered to create a conversational AI buddy in Dragon Quest using generative AI. It transforms enemies into allies to tackle game industry revenue challenges. This signals a strategic AI push amid market struggles.
A desktop app captures game subtitles via OCR, converts them to speech with TTS, and applies character-specific voices using RVC in real-time. It achieves ~0.3s latency through two-stage processing and similarity filtering to avoid repeats. Experiments include emotion modulation, real-time translation, and audio ducking.
NetEase faces outsourcing layoffs amid AI integration across game production, boosting efficiency up to 300% in art, models, and testing. AI replaces execution-heavy roles like UI design and copywriting, with one AI user equaling three traditional workers. Industry-wide shift seen in Tencent, miHoYo, with tools like Lobster accelerating automation.
Tencent's 2025 earnings highlight robust game revenue growth, driven by hits like Delta Force and evergreen titles, with AI enhancing user experiences via features like AI teammates in Peace Elite. Investors prioritize AI's role in cutting game dev costs and boosting efficiency over mere entertainment value. Tencent focuses on sustaining top games long-term amid rising AI R&D spends.
Square Enix is introducing 'Oshaberi Slime', a generative AI companion in MMORPG Dragon Quest X Online. It uses Google's Gemini 3 Flash model and Gemini Live API for real-time voice conversations with players. This marks a new AI-driven interactive feature in the game.
Nvidia unveiled DLSS 5, a 3D guided neural rendering model that alters game lighting and materials in real-time. Gamers criticize it for over-stylizing characters like in Resident Evil demos, sparking memes and backlash. Nvidia's Jensen Huang dismisses the complaints.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang pushed back against backlash claiming DLSS 5 produces 'AI slop' in games. He stated critics are 'completely wrong' about the technology's visual quality. The defense addresses growing gamer concerns over AI-generated artifacts.