Anthropic
Can Anthropic ban AI slop games?
Is this the way to stop slop and fast-following?
Jon Jordan
Discord
Why AI gaming will reward social networks, not engines
2026 has seen engine companies rebuilding for AI. But engines are becoming irrelevant.
Genie 4 lands with a shrug
Project Genie knocked 24% off Unity stock, but things have changed dramatically since then.
No AI
'No AI' as a distribution strategy
Pantaloon's monthly subscription Playbill program bans generative AI games.
Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft with 63,313 lines of JavaScript
Four Gemini 4 agents beat the Ender Dragon in 27 hours with no game-specific tooling, by turning Minecraft into a coding task.
Facepunch
Netflix for games just got its post-mortem
Garry Newman says a menu of 60 games doesn't work and never will — three weeks after Meta, Google and Xbox all bet on the model.
Epic
Your bedroom is not the room Tim Sweeney's reading
Tim Sweeney says Epic's aim is to “survive the AI revolution”.
Google partners with Unity for text prompt platform Playground
Google and Unity have partnered for new text prompt gamemaking platform Playground
Capcom is open-sourcing its engine so AI can learn it
Capcom is modifying its RE ENGINE to make it easier for AI agents to use.
Why Atomontage uses the 3D format an AI can actually edit
Splats can't be edited, meshes break when described, and voxels cost you frames.
Meta
Meta's AI gaming push
Meta has an AI game creation strategy and distribution at scale.
Japan
Japan's developers hit 86% AI adoption
CESA's 2026 preview shows Japanese generative AI use jumping from 51% to 86% in a year.