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Arc Raiders boss boasts of being able to AI generate guns from Youtube videos, but says it'll never replace "the human aspect"
Embark Studios CEO and former EA guy Patrick Söderlund has been chatting about the usage of generative AI and machine learning in Arc Raiders, the forthcoming looter shooter with the neat motorbike helmets. He's of the opinion that while generative AI tools at large are "pioneering" inventions that "should completely change how this industry functions", "the human aspect is still essential". Nonetheless, it's patently obvious from Embark's self-commentary in general that the real pioneering element of genAI technologies is cutting specific humans out of the picture, so that More Videogame May Be Made.
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Marathon's playtest wasn't great for Bungie, but Arc Raiders' design director says it was a "great A/B test" for them
There should have been two major extraction shooters launching in the last quarter of this year. One of them is Arc Raiders, which is in fact coming out later this month. The other is Marathon, which, well, you know. Interestingly, though, with both games hosting tests earlier in the year, there was an opportunity for Arc Raiders' developers to learn something from Marathon.
Arc Raiders server slam Steam numbers prove the extraction shooter is gonna be October's other major game
Just a couple of hours ago, Arc Raiders servers went offline after a weekend of testing. The game hosted a three-day server slam event that included very limited content, and was mainly designed to push servers to their limits and test the game’s infrastructure.