You know that feeling. You’re deep into a gripping conversation with an NPC, hanging on every word of crucial plot exposition, when suddenly you’re forced to lumber forward at the speed of molasses ...

It’s no secret that Assassin’s Creed developer Ubisoft is interested in using generative AI in its games. The studio previously discussed a program dedicated to generating NPC barks, and has now ...

My favorite Bethesda game quirk is how the world keeps trying to kill and maim everyone while they have conversations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys. But as artificial intelligence ...

Researchers at Sony have created an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of turning snippets of dialogue into fantasy “personas” that could be adapted for use as non-player characters in video ...

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has one of the best NPC interactions ever, and several devs, actors, and players agree. As pointed out by Twitter user @TheeDreadGod, there are two NPCs wandering around New York ...

Square Enix shared eight new Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D screenshots that show the returning locations Jipang and Portoga. Both are returning cities from the original game, and the images show major ...

Pokemon games are renowned for brilliant lines of dialogue from NPCs, whether they're funny, a bit leftfield or surprisingly deep. Pokemon Legends: Z-A is no different and all kinds of different ...

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