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Epic Games launches AI-powered characters in Fortnite with voices from professional actors

Epic Games is rolling out AI-powered voices for 36 Fortnite characters including Agent Jonesy, Peely, and Fishstick. Starting July 30th, creators can publish experiences with NPCs that hold real-time conversations using Google Gemini technology. The voices come from professional actors who agreed to have their performances turned into voice models.

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Epic Games launches AI-powered characters in Fortnite with voices from professional actors

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Roblox launches Build, bringing AI game creation to mobile devices for the first time

Roblox unveiled Build, a mobile-first AI-powered feature that transforms text prompts into playable games without coding. Starting July 28 in New Zealand, users aged nine and older can create games directly from their phones using both open-source and proprietary AI models. The move aims to democratize game creation but raises concerns about content quality on a platform already flooded with user-generated content.

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Roblox launches Build, bringing AI game creation to mobile devices for the first time

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma joins Federal Reserve jobs task force days after announcing 3,200 layoffs

Asha Sharma has been appointed to co-lead a Federal Reserve task force examining how AI affects jobs and productivity. The timing has raised eyebrows across the gaming industry, coming just three days after she announced the largest restructuring in Xbox history, eliminating 3,200 positions. The panel will assess how general-purpose technologies reshape the labor market and inform monetary policy decisions.

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma joins Federal Reserve jobs task force days after announcing 3,200 layoffs

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Steam Users Show Surprising Tolerance for AI in Games, Survey Reveals Only 8% Refuse to Buy

A recent survey of 3,800 Steam players reveals unexpected acceptance of AI in games, with 43% expressing comfort with the technology while only 8% would refuse to purchase AI-assisted games under any circumstance. The data suggests a gap between vocal online opposition and actual player sentiment toward AI integration in game development.

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Steam Users Show Surprising Tolerance for AI in Games, Survey Reveals Only 8% Refuse to Buy

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Yield Guild Games shuts down YGG Play, lays off 35 employees in pivot to AI data economy

Yield Guild Games is closing its crypto game publishing arm YGG Play and cutting 35 jobs as it shifts focus to the AI data economy. The blockchain gaming company cited the prolonged crypto market downturn and video game industry struggles as key factors. YGG now plans to supply behavioral datasets derived from gaming for AI training, leveraging its $20.6 million treasury to extend operations for four years.

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Yield Guild Games shuts down YGG Play, lays off 35 employees in pivot to AI data economy

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Google DeepMind Lead Uses Claude AI to Port Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour to iPhone

A Google DeepMind design executive used Claude Fable 5 to port the classic 2003 real-time strategy game Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour natively to iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The project compiles the original game engine for ARM64 architecture without emulation, complete with touch controls and graphics pipeline conversion from DirectX 8 to Metal.

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Google DeepMind Lead Uses Claude AI to Port Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour to iPhone

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Meta quietly launches Pocket, an AI-powered app for creating and sharing interactive games

Meta has launched Pocket, a new vibe-coded gaming app that enables users to create small interactive apps and games through simple AI prompts. The platform, born from Meta's acquisition of Gizmo earlier this year, features a social feed where users can discover, play, and remix AI-generated experiences called 'gizmos' created by others around the world.

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Meta quietly launches Pocket, an AI-powered app for creating and sharing interactive games

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Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs across Xbox and sales divisions as AI spending reshapes operations

Microsoft eliminated 4,800 roles, representing 2.1% of its global workforce, with the deepest cuts hitting Xbox and commercial sales. The layoffs come as the company invests over $100 billion in AI infrastructure, marking the latest wave of tech industry job cuts that have affected 154,000 workers in the first half of 2026 alone.

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Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs across Xbox and sales divisions as AI spending reshapes operations

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AI drives 181,000 new games in six months, but trust and job losses mount across industry

AI in gaming has triggered an unprecedented surge in game releases, with 181,000 mobile games launched in just six months—up 118% on iOS and 73% on Android. But the boom comes with mounting concerns: one in four gaming employees lost their jobs in two years, while 52% of professionals now view generative AI as harmful to the industry.

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AI drives 181,000 new games in six months, but trust and job losses mount across industry

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Gaming industry splits as Dragon Age creator condemns generative AI while Epic CEO champions it

David Gaider, co-creator of Dragon Age, has condemned generative AI as a 'virulent plague' in game development, calling it terrible at iteration and producing soulless results. Meanwhile, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney promotes AI as a solution for faster content production. The stark divide reveals deep tensions over ethical concerns of AI, job displacement, and artistic integrity in gaming.

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Gaming industry splits as Dragon Age creator condemns generative AI while Epic CEO champions it

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General Intuition raises $320 million to build AI models that act in the physical world

General Intuition, a frontier AI lab, has secured $320 million in funding led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Jeff Bezos and General Catalyst. The startup is training large action models using billions of gameplay clips from Medal's 17 million monthly users, aiming to create AI systems that can perceive environments and take real-time actions in both virtual and physical spaces.

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General Intuition raises $320 million to build AI models that act in the physical world

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Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog ARG sparks fury as fans discover hidden AI data training clause

Sega launched a Sonic the Hedgehog alternate-reality game for the franchise's 35th anniversary, but fan excitement turned to outrage when participants discovered the terms of service require consent for AI data training. The Chaos Hunt ARG collects names, birthdates, zip codes, and phone numbers through marketing platform Community, which explicitly states user data may train proprietary AI models and be shared with third parties.

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Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog ARG sparks fury as fans discover hidden AI data training clause

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AMD brings FSR 4.1 to RDNA 3 graphics cards ahead of schedule, updates SDK with ray tracing boost

AMD has released FSR Upscaling 4.1 for Radeon RX 7000 series cards earlier than expected, originally scheduled for July. The AI-powered upscaling tech was previously exclusive to RX 9000 cards. Meanwhile, the FSR SDK 2.3.0 update delivers FSR Ray Regeneration 1.2.0 with quality improvements and expanded denoising capabilities for game developers.

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AMD brings FSR 4.1 to RDNA 3 graphics cards ahead of schedule, updates SDK with ray tracing boost

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Tim Sweeney calls Valve's Steam AI disclosures irresponsible as Unreal Engine doubles down on AI

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has sharply criticized Valve's requirement for AI disclosures on Steam, calling it irresponsible and claiming it makes success much harder for game developers. The comments come as Epic unveils AI integrations in Unreal Engine 5.8 and the upcoming Unreal Engine 6, intensifying the debate over AI in game development and transparency in the gaming industry.

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Tim Sweeney calls Valve's Steam AI disclosures irresponsible as Unreal Engine doubles down on AI

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CD Projekt Red co-CEO warns AI-generated games are coming but questions their success

CD Projekt Red joint CEO Michał Nowakowski says fully AI-generated games are on the horizon, with AI studios claiming they can launch games in just three weeks. But he doubts flooding the market with AI-driven content will succeed, as concerns grow about platform saturation and quality games getting buried under what players call 'AI slop.'

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CD Projekt Red co-CEO warns AI-generated games are coming but questions their success

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