Do You Care About Generative AI in Games?
Plus check out Fortnite’s big chapter finale
The head of Epic Games doesn’t think it is important to let consumers know if generative AI was used to create games. What do you think? Take our poll and let us know. Also, Fortnite closed their most recent chapter in epic style. All this and more. Let’s go!
Epic contends robots are cool
Should digital game storefronts disclose if generative AI was used in the creation of the game? The Head of Epic says no.
In a series of posts on Twitter, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney compared Steam’s required disclosure for generative AI to “mandatory disclosures for what shampoo brand the developer uses.” From Sweeney’s Twitter post:
The AI tag is relevant to art exhibits for authorship disclosure, and to digital content licensing marketplaces where buyers need to understand the rights situation. It makes no sense for game stores, where AI will be involved in nearly all future production.
Steam currently requires game developers to specify if generative AI was used in the creation of the product, and if so, how it was used. Meanwhile, Sweeney contends that as use of AI continues to grow in game development, all creators will use the tool in some form to make their games.
What do you think? Should digital storefronts disclose if and how generative AI was used in the creation of a game? Take our poll and we will post results in an upcoming issue.
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Fortnite’s big season finale
Fortnite has closed out their latest season in epic style, with a cast including a giant Homer Simpson, Godzilla, a Voltron clone and Star Wars Star Destroyers all battling a giant squid-like creature called the Dark Presence.
The event was attended by over 10.5 million players with another 3 million watching on various streaming services. The grand finale was the end of Chapter 6 and the start of Chapter 7. Chapters in Fortnite last roughly about one year. Video Games Chronicle broke out the new changes for Chapter 7 and looked at some of the new characters entering the game. You can check out the trailer for Chapter 7: Pacific Break below.
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Check out our article on 10 New Games to Play in December.
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