The debate over AI use in game development has raged across the industry over the past year or so, with some developers swearing they'd never touch it, others openly embracing it, and quite a few placing themselves somewhere in the middle. Epic famously opened the gates to Claude, Gemini, and other LLMs with Unreal Engine 5.8 (and 6)'s MCP server, with a mixed reception from the development community. In our recent exclusive interview with Thomas Mahler, CEO of Moon Studios and Game Director on the Ori games and the upcoming No Rest for the Wicked, we asked him what kind […]

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Peter Moore, former executive of SEGA, Xbox, and Electronic Arts (among others), shared his opinion on the recent appointment of Asha Sharma as the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming and the widespread fears that she'll push heavily on AI (despite her reassurances to the contrary). Speaking to GamesBeat, Moore acknowledged that most hardcore gamers have an anti-AI sentiment right now, but also added that she's in a unique position to explain to gamers how it can be a positive change, as long as it serves the player rather than a spreadsheet. He also mused that every game developer will use […]

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