While raiding Xanathar’s lair in the midst of playing through Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, the bard made a disastrous decision. He threw the last bead from the Necklace of Fireballs not at Xanathar, but ...

Fortnite is introducing new AI-powered NPCs capable of real-time, generative conversations Creators can customize these NPCs’ personalities and voices using the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) In ...

Today Assassin's Creed maker Ubisoft unveiled what it’s calling 'Neo NPCs', a prototype for player-facing generative AI that essentially makes it so you can talk – literally speak with your voice – to ...

Canterbury celebrate their NPC title. Photo / Photosport. Canterbury have signed off their era at Apollo Projects Stadium with a come-from-behind 36-28 triumph over Otago to win their 15th National ...

We’ve talked plenty about modders on our website over the years, and for good reasons. Modders, depending on how you look at them, are very much an “extension” of the game dev team that helps make the ...

Ambersley, who recently hung out with Twitch superstar Kai Cenat for his 'Mafiathon 2' stream, gained viral attention in 2023 for his "non-player character" streams as the beloved Spider-Man character ...

Games PC gamers and Steam customers are "a really bright spot" as the games industry struggles with prices, analyst says Games Epic Games Store boss says beating Steam isn't the plan – just "enough ...

The Twitch and TikTok creator Leaks World, who also goes by Malik, has created an entire persona around being Miles Morales. But he’s not just a straightforward version of the Spider-Man character — ...

A hot potato: Large language models and generative AI are topics that most video game developers would rather avoid. As tempting as using these tools is to replace human labor, the negative blowback ...

Callum is a seasoned gaming managing editor for a number of publications and a gamer who will always try to shine a spotlight on indie games before giving AAA titles the time of day. He loves nothing ...