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The Rise of the AI Simulated 'Game'
A breakdown of an emerging trend in AI research.
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Tommy Thompson
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Goal State - Backer Update: March 2025
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Researchers Digest: Microsoft's Muse | AI and Games Newsletter 26/03/25
Let's dig into the research paper to find out more!
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Tommy Thompson
Xbox's Copilot for Games & The Real Aloy Reacts | AI and Games Newsletter 19/03/25
A quick update from the chaos of GDC
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Tommy Thompson
Reading Between the Lines of the GDC State of the Industry Report | AI and Games Newsletter 12/03/25
Sponsored by AI Game Master
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AI 101: How AI is Actually Used in the Video Games Industry
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Predictions for AI in the Game Industry 2025 | AI and Games Newsletter 15/01/25
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How the Rats Work in 'A Plague Tale'
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A Little Bit of Self-Help | AI and Games Digest - November 2024
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Researchers Digest: Microsoft's Muse | AI and Games Newsletter 26/03/25
Let's dig into the research paper to find out more!
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Tommy Thompson
Xbox's Copilot for Games & The Real Aloy Reacts | AI and Games Newsletter 19/03/25
A quick update from the chaos of GDC
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Tommy Thompson
Reading Between the Lines of the GDC State of the Industry Report | AI and Games Newsletter 12/03/25
Sponsored by AI Game Master
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Tommy Thompson
Celebrating Year 10 of the AI and Games YouTube Channel
A bumper video issue covering many episodes we put together last year.
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Tommy Thompson
Microsoft's 'Muse' Project Explained, and the Poor Quality of AI Reporting | AI and Games Newsletter 26/02/25
Plus Monolith's closure, the 'Make it Fair' campaign, and more.
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Tommy Thompson
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The Rise of the AI Simulated 'Game'
A breakdown of an emerging trend in AI research.
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Tommy Thompson
How Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 Rewards Aggression, and Punishes Heresy
One must give their all in service of the emperor!
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Tommy Thompson
The AI of DOOM (2016)
Rip and tear, until it is done...
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Tommy Thompson
Crowdsourcing Intelligence in 'The Restaurant Game'
Winding the clock back to the early 2010s and the first example of crowdsourced game intelligence.
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Tommy Thompson
Training AI to Solve Puzzles in Little Learning Machines
A game that runs a machine learning training engine in the background
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How AI Learned Whether You'll Complete Tomb Raider: Underworld
One of the first published examples of player analytics in AAA games.
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Tommy Thompson
How Killer Instinct's 'Shadow Mode' Clones Human Behaviour
Using AI to reproduce player behaviour in new and familiar scenarios.
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Tommy Thompson
How AI Detected the 'Status Economy' of Team Fortress 2
Training AI to understand the underlying social dynamics of TF2
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Analysing Player Habits in Battlefield 3
Performance Modelling in EA's Popular Shooter
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Tommy Thompson
The AI of Dark Souls
The inner workings of one of the most influential games of all time.
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Tommy Thompson
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The Story of Façade: The AI-Powered Interactive Drama
Facade became an internet sensation during the Lets Play boom on YouTube, but how does it work?
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The AI of Horizon Zero Dawn
A number of complex systems are required to bring 'the machines' to life.
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Celebrating Year 10 of the AI and Games YouTube Channel
A bumper video issue covering many episodes we put together last year.
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One New Team Member and Many Words Later
Backer Update: February 2025
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Tommy Thompson
Microsoft's 'Muse' Project Explained, and the Poor Quality of AI Reporting | AI and Games Newsletter 26/02/25
Plus Monolith's closure, the 'Make it Fair' campaign, and more.
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The 'No Gen AI' Seal of Approval | AI and Games Newsletter 19/02/25
Our monthly sponsor update digs into what's coming soon on AI and Games
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A Week Discussing the Future of AI for Games at Schloss Dagstuhl | AI and Games Newsletter 12/02/25
A week talking AI for games in the German countryside.
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Clearing the Winter Backlog [Digest] | AI and Games Newsletter 05/02/25
Plus the news, AI-Native games on Steam, 2024 conference talks on YouTube, and a new case study!
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Tommy Thompson
How Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 Rewards Aggression, and Punishes Heresy
One must give their all in service of the emperor!
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Tommy Thompson
What the UK's Consultation on AI and Copyright Means for the Games Industry | AI and Games Newsletter 29/01/25
A seemingly complex issue, that in practice should be rather simple.
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