Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier is reporting this evening that EA is closing down the acclaimed BioWare who were responsible for the hit Mass Effect and Dragon Age series. That's not…
Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier is reporting this evening that EA is closing down the acclaimed BioWare who were responsible for the hit Mass Effect and Dragon Age series. That’s not all as EA will be slashing 400 jobs, which will be a massive blow to the individuals that are affected. The company has also decided to cancel the upcoming Mass Effect 4 project. BioWare was founded back in 1995 and was acquired by EA in 2007. Hopefully those affected by this will land on their feet elsewhere.
Smash Bros and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai has participated in an interview with Japanese news publication Denfaminico Gamer during which the talented video game producer touches on a number of subjects…
Smash Bros and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai has participated in an interview with Japanese news publication Denfaminico Gamer during which the talented video game producer touches on a number of subjects including the growing use of AI in video game development. Mr. Sakurai believes that the increasing use of AI in games design is going to inevitably lead to a slew of unoriginal and unprofitable games flood the market. Here’s what he said via machine translation:
“19,000 is amazing, but I think that number will increase even more from now on. I’m sure of it. That’s because AI will increase the number. However, I think most of them will become “unprofitable titles.” There are too many to keep track of, and it’s impossible to understand them all.
When it comes to things created with AI… or things mass-produced with poor quality, I think most of them will simply be reproductions of systems seen in various other games . I think there are already a lot of those now.”
