20250529 - Game studios love AI! The gamers ... hate it

What do you want them to do? Pay artists?

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Sources:

‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers https://aftermath.site/ai-video-game-development-art-vibe-coding-midjourney

TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. FORM 10-K For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (PDF) https://taketwointeractivesoftwareinc.gcs-web.com/static-files/f6f0fac7-0f1c-4446-854b-c3d4d754d7cc

ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. Form 10-K For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (PDF) https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0000712515/a0cdeb54-a4a8-4ffd-b9a9-485d37859121.pdf

Ubisoft's NFT announcement video is overwhelmingly disliked https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-de-lists-overwhelmingly-disliked-nft-announcement-video/

“how are the ghost recon NFTs doing?” (archive) https://archive.is/cd8aY

Ubisoft ends Ghost Recon Breakpoint updates, working on NFTs for other titles https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-ends-ghost-recon-breakpoint-development-working-on-nfts-for-other-titles

Ubisoft insists yet again that its uncanny AI-generated 'NEO-NPCs' will make games 'more alive and richer', whatever that means https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/ubisoft-insists-yet-again-that-its-uncanny-ai-generated-neo-npcs-will-make-games-more-alive-and-richer-whatever-that-means/  

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News: Craig Wright loses, baseball Bitcoin, Kickstarter on the blockchain, Australian crypto scams https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/12/09/news-craig-wright-loses-baseball-bitcoin-kickstarter-on-the-blockchain-australian-crypto-scams/

News: Dead Man’s Switch broadcast, Australian regulation, NSW housing, gaming NFTs, Jean-Louis van der Velde of Tether https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/12/23/news-dead-mans-switch-broadcast-australian-regulation-gaming-nfts-jean-louis-van-der-velde-of-tether/

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