Non-player characters (NPCs) in video games generally have a pretty limited range. They might have a restricted number of canned responses to your questions but generally act as cannon fodder or story ...

I wasn’t a fan of the Covert Protocol demo that Nvidia showed me on a video call late last week. The short mystery demo features a handful of NPCs that are directed entirely by AI. There’s a door ...

Video game publisher Ubisoft has unveiled prototypes for AI-powered non-playable characters (NPCs), dubbed “NEO NPCs,” The Verge reports. The prototypes are a collaboration between Ubisoft, AI ...

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With toolkits already available for game devs to meld AI into NPCs, Animoca Brands’ co-founder thinks more intelligent nonplayer characters will start to show up in 2024. Nonplayer characters in games ...

Usually, when you go to see one of the big hardware powerhouses, the presentations are primarily focused around… well, you know - hardware. That’s been shifting over the years, however, as specialized ...

Throughout its history, Ubisoft has ushered in new standards for what a game can be and look like which shook the industry when they first arrived and all these years later have become foundational ...