Remember Fortnite's AI-powered Darth Vader that led SAG-AFTRA to file an unfair labor practice charge against Epic Games? Well, the studio has now revealed the latest evolution of the technology. Originally described as a "Persona device", the tech is now simply called "conversations", but the core remains the same: Fortnite developers can use conversations to create AI-powered characters with personalities and voices that can talk, react, respond to player actions, and even influence gameplay. Released with Fortnite's v40.20 update (launched on April 16), it is available in the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) and allows island creators to build AI-powered […]

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Dead Meat is, for the moment, a very new kind of video game that could potentially be commonplace, depending on how Generative AI (GenAI) continues to be welcomed (or unwelcomed) into the video game industry. It rides that thin line because Dead Meat is a game where you speak to AI-powered NPCs as you investigate a murder mystery. It's developed by Meaning Machine, a studio that says "AI characters and quests have the potential to revolutionize interactive storytelling" on their website, adding that it can only work "if human authors retain creative control of those stories. Because without the human […]

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