A developer with six months of Arch Linux experience compared Windows and Linux for developers, gamers, and local LLM workloads, finding that Linux delivered roughly 15-20 more FPS in games such as Re…
The European Commission's draft EU Kids Act would require mandatory age verification for all users of online games, including single player titles that connect to platforms like Steam for updates, dis…
Lsfg-vk 2.0, the Linux implementation of Lossless Scaling's frame generation, has been officially released, introducing a new bindless pipeline that cuts memory usage to 30% of previous levels and boo…
Ziva, an AI agent for game development, is built inside the Godot editor with Unity in beta and Unreal support arranged per studio, because 87% of games released on Steam in 2024 were made with Unity,…
Ziva, an AI assistant that works inside game engines to help developers build and finish games, claims its users complete games twice as fast, citing a median lifetime revenue of $3,947 for indie Stea…
A promising new indie game on Steam triggered backlash after using AI, with skeptics accusing it of being 'slop.' The backlash highlights growing community sensitivity to AI-generated content in games…
Solo indie developer from Japan upgraded the local LLM powering the commercial game Hex Judge from Gemma 2 9B to Gemma 4 E4B, cutting AI conversation startup time on an RTX 2060 from about 45 seconds …
Valve's Steam and Steam Deck have made Linux gaming mainstream by hiding the operating system's complexity, not by teaching users Linux, according to an analysis of the platform's impact since SteamOS…
Researchers propose rEDMRec, a framework that distills large language model reasoning into four editable experience channels—long-term preference, short-term context, item-perception, and counterfactu…
The developer of a Soulslike game on Steam, which received only 25% positive reviews, acknowledged that players' negative reactions to AI-generated content are justified, stating, "if it looks like th…
James D. Randall, developer of the 4X strategy game Annhexation, deleted and rewrote the game's AI from scratch after the first version proved unfun to play against, concluding that the ticket-driven …
Three former Epic Games veterans are building an AI-powered game engine to challenge Unity and Unreal, which together powered roughly 70% of games released on Steam in 2025. The new engine aims to bre…
Video game lawyer Haley MacLean of Voyer Law says anti-generative-AI clauses are now commonplace in game development contracts, with publishers adding 'no gen AI' clauses to marketing, porting, and QA…
Saber Interactive added an AI disclaimer to Rideshare Simulator's Steam page after former lead writer Stella Sacco alleged she was replaced by ChatGPT; CEO Matt Karch apologized for his earlier commen…
Saber Interactive has added an AI disclosure to Rideshare Stimulator following a public feud between CEO Matthew Karch and former writer Alena Omelchenko, who claims she was replaced by ChatGPT. The d…
Saber Interactive added an AI disclaimer to the Steam page for its upcoming game after a public dispute between CEO Matthew Karch and former writer Susan Wilson, stating that 'AI can and should help s…
Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch denied claims that the studio replaced writers with AI on the upcoming game Rideshare "Stimulator," but admitted the game incorporates AI and will update its Steam …
Tim Willits, CEO of Saber Interactive, said the studio's upcoming driving game will receive Steam's AI-generated content tag following backlash, and he would "have been happy" to replace a fired write…
OpenTESArena 0.18.0, the open-source re-implementation of The Elder Scrolls: Arena, is now available, adding enemy combat AI, leveling up, NPC conversations, thieving mode, and shopkeeper services. Th…
A new open-source project, NextSteamGame, uses a RAG system to recommend similar Steam games by converting Steam reviews into tags and vectors, prioritizing explainability. The project is available on…