AI for Games in the Foundation Model Era Foundation models and learned game-world models are reshaping AI across the game lifecycle, according to a report on AI for games in the foundation model era. The systems go beyond playing games to model players and game dynamics, support design and development, adapt player-facing experiences at runtime, and evaluate resulting artifacts. Foundation models, alongside advances in learned game-world models, are reshaping AI across the game lifecycle. Beyond playing games, recent systems model players and game dynamics, support design and development, adapt player-facing experiences at runtime, and evaluate resulting artifacts. Yet thes