AI Will Make Games ‘Faster, Cheaper and Better’

“I don’t think anybody’s job on the creation side is going to be taken by an AI, but it will get taken by a human using AI. »

The most impressive video gaming worlds take hundreds of game designers, graphic artists and musicians many years to create. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) will drastically cut that time down by roughly five to 10 times, predicts Unity’s CEO John Riccitiello.

Riccitiello reflected on the future of gaming in the age of AI for a recent Associated Press report.

From the way the sun reflects off a blade of grass to how in-game non-playable characters (NPCs) behave, generative AI can efficiently streamline the whole design process. He said this can apply to every single line of dialogue, environmental detail, and lighting effect in big gaming titles like Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto.

Not only that, Riccitiello added, video games testing, fine-tuning and debugging could be conducted much faster by AI tools that could simulate in-game scenarios within a fraction of the time that would cost developers.

“It’s going to make games faster, cheaper and better, » he said the news outlet. « It’s already happening.”

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