{"slug": "survey-reveals-ai-is-still-controversial-in-game-development", "title": "Survey Reveals AI Is Still Controversial in Game Development", "summary": "A Gamescom Dev Speaker Survey found that 47% of game developers believe AI-assisted development will have the biggest impact on the industry in the next three years, while 30% want as little AI involvement as possible. The survey, which echoes earlier GDC and Skillsearch findings, shows that generative AI remains a divisive topic in game development, with 'Code and Production' seen as the area of most value.", "body_md": "In the last year or so, we have covered at least two game industry worker surveys—[one from the GDC](https://www.techpowerup.com/345810/state-of-the-game-industry-survey-game-workers-united-on-unionization-divided-on-gen-ai) and the other from [Skillsearch](https://www.techpowerup.com/348299/game-industry-workers-ai-hurts-creativity)—that found that generative AI remains a divisive topic within the industry. A more recent Gamescom Dev Speaker Survey has echoed previous findings, although there is a lot of agreement that AI is changing the game development landscape at some level, regardless of how popular or unpopular it has become.\n\nThe survey contained a number of questions about AI usage in games. When asked about which industry development would have the biggest impact in the following three years, AI-assisted development came back as the top response, with 47% of developers voting for that option. The current RAM crisis was a distant second, with only 28% of the votes. \"Code and Production\" came up as the area where developers saw the most value in generative AI, but 30% stated that they \"would like to see as little AI involvement in game development as possible.\"", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/survey-reveals-ai-is-still-controversial-in-game-development", "canonical_source": "https://www.techpowerup.com/351526/survey-reveals-ai-is-still-controversial-in-game-development", "published_at": "2026-08-11 20:11:51+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-11 20:44:08.532238+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Gamescom Dev Speaker Survey", "GDC", "Skillsearch"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/survey-reveals-ai-is-still-controversial-in-game-development", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/survey-reveals-ai-is-still-controversial-in-game-development.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/survey-reveals-ai-is-still-controversial-in-game-development.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/survey-reveals-ai-is-still-controversial-in-game-development.jsonld"}}