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"The Day Will Come When We'll Be Able to Churn Out a Game in Five Seconds" Clair Obscur Lead Reveals AI Fears
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (194+ words) Open Critic Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director Guillaume Broche has revealed some of his fears about the role that AI will play in the future of games development, describing the possibilities as being "a little scary." The usage of AI…...
Epic Games CEO Claims AI Could Have Saved Destiny 2
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (197+ words) Open Critic Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, suggested that if Bungie had resorted to creating content using AI, the now-abandoned Destiny 2 would have survived Sweeney is known for his controversial views on the use of AI in…...
Play Station CEO Comments on Growing AI Role
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (205+ words) Open Critic Sony Interactive Entertainment leadership has labeled artificial intelligence as an increasingly important tool for Play Station developers The comments, shared alongside new details about how the company is using the technology, offer a clearer look at how AI…...
Godot is Done with AI Submissions: 'AI Cannot Take Responsibility"
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (197+ words) From Dual Shockers (Written by Linda G'ster) on July 1, 2026 | Open Critic The Godot Foundation has announced that its contribution guidelines will be amended to prohibit AI-authored code, pull requests submitted by AI agents, and AI-generated text in human-to-human communication. The…...
ESA Tries To Walk Back Calling Private and Community Servers Illegal | Tech Raptor
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (208+ words) Open Critic Stop Killing Games was in the news yesterday as it appeared on the California Senate committee hearing, where it continued to draw much debate and failed to proceed forward, but the real fire works came from video game…...
Quantic Dream Is Striking Over "Clearly Illegal" Layoffs As Star Wars Eclipse Finds Itself "On The Brink Of Collapse"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (170+ words) Open Critic Every news story out of Star Wars Eclipse since it was announced at The Game Awards 2021 has gone something like this: 'The game is years away, we promise that it still exists, but nobody wants to work on…...
Epic Games Admits To Using Gen AI To Create Fortnite Art That's Riddled With Mistakes
2+ week, 4+ day ago (204+ words) From The Gamer (Written by Jack Coleman) on June 17, 2026 | Open Critic Games discussed: LEGO Fortnite Epic Games recently courted controversy by using AI-generated images to promote a brand crossover with Porsche, with the former claiming that the clearly generated concept…...
Niantic Issues Official Statement on Pokemon GO Military Drone Controversy
3+ week, 1+ day ago (202+ words) Open Critic Niantic Spatial has refuted claims that Pokemon GO data was used for the purpose of training military drones for the defense company Vantor, following a report from the outlet Trouw In-game scanning was previously a feature in Pokemon…...
Palworld Issues Official Statement on 1. 0 Save Wipe Concerns
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (196+ words) Open Critic Palworld developer Pocketpair has issued a statement on the upcoming 1. 0 release for the game and "save wipe" concerns Palworld first released in early access in early 2024 and was an instant smash hit The "Pokemon with guns" game was…...
Fable Features 1000 Romanceable and "Handcrafted" NPCs
3+ week, 1+ day ago (191+ words) Open Critic Adding to its already impressive-looking scale, it appears that Playground Games' upcoming Fable has over 1, 000 "handcrafted" NPCs, and apparently, all of them are romanceable according to a new interview Fable has been on a spree of new reveals…...