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Stories tagged #game-development
Steam review delays delay indie game launches
Indie developers miss launch dates as Steam approvals stretch to weeks due to AI slop in submissions.
Game developers extorted over AI cloning of Steam demos
Unnamed senders demand hundreds to thousands of dollars and developers have pulled Steam demos, though follow-through is unproven.
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Simon Willison calls October 2026 an inflection point for AI-built computer games
Willison says Claude Opus 5.5's gains in 3D modeling and music generation let vibe coding produce compelling games, echoing the coding-agent tipping point of November 2025.
How to engineer an AI harness for game development
A Calgary talk argues game LLMs need harnesses because much of a game is not code.
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Epic Games reportedly pivoting to "AI first" game development model
Epic Games is shifting its Disney collaboration to AI-first development, indefinitely delaying a planned shooter.
Epic Games tells employees to use AI to get Disney game done
Epic Games delayed its Disney game and ordered staff to build it with full AI workflows after cutting 1,000 jobs.
Google bets Gemini can turn casual players into game developers with new Playground feature
Google launched Playground, a Gemini-powered browser tool for US adults to build games from text.
SWE-Game: Can Coding Agents Build the Games We Want?
SWE-Game finds coding agents, led by Opus5, still score below 60 building games.
Capcom is preparing for a ‘future where we create games together with AI’
Capcom plans to evolve RE Engine into an AI-assisted game engine without shipping AI-generated assets.
A2Z GameSpec-Bench: How Faithfully Can Coding Agents Generate Games from Game Design Specifications?
A2Z GameSpec-Bench tests whether coding agents faithfully implement 100 long-form game design documents.
Unity launches official plugins for Claude Code and OpenAI Codex to stop AI agents from using outdated tutorials
Unity released official plugins for Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, supplying maintained skills so AI agents stop using outdated engine tutorials.
Pocket's AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results.
A hands-on review finds Pocket's AI turns game ideas into interactive mobile apps, but sharing stays locked inside Meta's platform.