Open-world gaming is one of the most mainstream ways to enjoy this popular entertainment medium, and it's also one of the most popular genres around. This makes it important for these worlds to stand ...

Generally speaking, non-playable characters (NPCs) in video games are stuck repeating the same prerecorded lines over and over, shattering the illusion of an immersive world. But what if we injected ...

Convai has teamed up with Unity to expand its AI-based non-player characters (NPCs) for games. Convai is showing off various demos of games with AI NPCs at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) ...

Open-world games thrive on rich, well-written NPCs who breathe life into expansive worlds. Games like Watch Dogs Legion and Red Dead Redemption 2 prove the importance of NPCs in immersive storytelling ...

Video game companies like Ubisoft are embracing genAI to speed up development and pioneer new gameplay while navigating high ...

Some side characters are so unforgettable they deserve their own game. From villains to heroes, which NPC will steal the show in a spin-off?

LOS ANGELES – For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys. But as artificial intelligence technology ...

When you read “artificial intelligence,” you might think of new innovations such as Chat GPT, but AI has been used in video games since the 1950s. From Pacman’s trademark ghosts to autonomous decision ...