Conference Round-up
Investment and AI: more highlights from GameExpo Summit
Our inaugural conference in the UAE revealed essential insights and perspective about the regional and global games industry (part II)
Q&a
YOOM’s Nir David: “The potential for AI in gaming is vast, touching nearly every aspect of the industry”
Nir David explains how YOOM is utilising AI to create high quality digital characters
Ai Powered Ugc
Yahaha launches AI driven, cross platform co-creation tool
The studio has attracted significant interest and investment
Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT app reaches 351,000 downloads in the UK
The generative AI platform has proved a winner in mobile app form
New Partnership
Azerion’s GameDistribution announces a new partnership with Moonlander.ai
The companies aim to revolutionise game development with AI powered gaming
Feature
Using AI in games development: Part One
In a new series iLogos Game Studios founder Alexander Goldybin explains how developers can best utilise all that AI has to offer
Ai Integration
41% of beta users are utilising Roblox’s AI Code Assist
Roblox’s AI tool is changing the game for developers
Here For A Hoot
Niantic reveals new tools and launches mixed reality Wol with 8th Wall
Wol the owl is AI-enabled, guiding users through a redwood forest
Job News
Former GameAnalytics CEO Ioana Hreninciuc joins AI image creation startup PicFinder
PicFinder is one of the fastest growing generative AI startups with more than 100 million images created
Feature
How to accelerate ASO with ChatGPT
Azur Games ASO manager Zlata Kazantseva shares how the team used ChatGPT to create keywords and texts in Survive Squad
Ai Arrives
ChatGPT’s official iOS app releases in the UK
The AI generation tool is now available on iOS devices
Company Spotlight
Company Spotlight: Optimove
Ai In Gaming
Magmic uses ChatGPT to power Hasbro’s Scattergories
Now the popular AI tech will allow the game to create more creative categories
Expert Insights
Learn about artificial intelligence from the experts of Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle!
Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle is coming up May 16-17, learn more about the conference focus from the leading experts in AI!
All About Web3
Dive into Web3 ahead of Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle: AI Edition!
Get caught up on all you need to know ahead of the Artificial Intelligence edition of our conference, coming up this May 16-17.
Opinion
Mobile Mavens: Is AI a helping hand or to be kept at arm's length?
Our round-up of opinion from around the industry returns with AI's role in game development the hot topic
Adverts With Ai
Adludio raises $2.5M for mobile ad platform with AI technology
Investment from Mercia’s venture capital trust
Sporting Ai Soccer
FIFA’s new mobile game is built around AI footballers
It marks their first game independent of long-time partner EA
Ai Development
Yahaha’s code-free design engine steals the show at GDC
Their demonstration allowed the creation of nearly 800 games
Artificial Intelligence
Ubisoft clarify the use of AI-script writing Ghostwriter
The tech has not yet been implemented but Ubisoft are already reassuring human creatives of their safety
User Acquisition Augmented
Start with UA Automation: Scale your mobile apps, while saving time & costs
With the costs and complexities of user acquisition campaigns increasing - how can games companies utilise automation to keep costs down - and stay in control?
Ai Integration
Moonlander.ai delivers multiple AI tools under one game dev SDK
The kit aims to lower the barrier to entry for aspiring developers to make use of AI power
Views Week
Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days
The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news and discuss artificial intelligence, gambling and… fishing?
Dev Tools
Unity take the next step, teasing AI development tools in new video
While developing with Unity has always been fast, it looks like it might be about to get a whole lot faster…
Roblox Reveals
Stefano Corazza: AI will enable new Roblox users to create much faster
Roblox Studios head Stefano Corazza discusses the future of AI on Roblox
Ai Game Creation
Anything World partners with Unreal Engine to expand animation and 3D modelling
The new deal follows partnerships with Ubisoft and Coheed and Cambria
Diving Deep
What’s going on with artificial intelligence in 2023? Here's everything you need to know
Get caught up on everything AI ahead of our next US event - Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle (AI edition) - in May!
Artificial Intelligence Intrigue
Are AI chatbots coming to Tencent and NetEase games?
Many technology firms are considering services like that of ChatGPT
Views Week
Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days
The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news to talk all-powerful AI, enduring classics and why there's not enough horror in games
Artificial Intelligence
Kwalee bring AI into game production
Employees will be able to use AI tools to pitch ideas via the company’s KAI programme
Eyes On Ai
What could generative AI do for Roblox?
Roblox CTO Daniel Sturman envisions a "force multiplier for generative AI"
Level Up
Using artificial intelligence to create video games
ElectricNoir's Nihal Tharoor explains how they've been using artificial intelligence to help create interactive drama games for mobile
Immersion And Ai
Inworld AI’s report finds 99% of gamers are excited for AI NPCs
78% of players would talk to NPCs more if they were smarter
Ai Ads
AdLiven announces AI image Generation Tool to for playable ads
The first-of-its-kind tool uses a neural network to identify specific variables linked to playable ads
Artificial Intelligence
AI promises to make your game for you. But there’s a catch.
Procedural generation is nothing new in games, but can 'Generational AI' actually make a difference?
Artificial Intelligence
Making mobile game ads using AI. It’s possible, but is it useful?
Alongside discussion about the feasibility of using AI to create game assets, could (and should) you use AI to create advertising for mobile games too?
The Business Of Creation
Kinetix launches first AI-powered emotes
The emotes can be integrated into a variety of games and metaverse worlds
The Seven Player Types You Will Meet On Your Journey Through Gaming
Metanomic Launches Thunderstruck, an AI-powered analytics call
New player analysis platform aims to revolutionise the way developers work.
Star Stable
How blending AI and human moderation built a safer online community in MMO Star Stable
Utopia Analytics and Star Stable outline the importance of content moderation and the challenges around moderating younger communities, following the 2022 launch of the mobile version of horse-themed MMORPG
Invest In Ai
Candy Crush creator King acquires AI software company Peltarion
Activision Blizzard subsidiary aims to become a ‘game AI hub’ in the gaming industry
Get Generating
Ludo launches Image Generator to provide game devs with artwork inspiration
Free beta available to allow studios to experiment with new features
Annie Goes Ai
App Annie rebrands to data.ai with focus on unified data AI
Partnered with Similarweb to provide unified mobile and web market dataset
Pvp
Toxicity in mobile gaming: quantifying the scale of the problem
Utopia Analytics' Janne Huuskonen details the scale of player toxicity in gaming, and the need for effective, AI-based moderation techniques
Gamer's Guerdon
StageZero raises $1.8 million to reward mobile gamers for training AI
Will include labelling tasks which can help train virtual assistants
Ai Innovation
Playtika opens new studio in Switzerland
Will focus on AI and R&D
Smarter
DeepMind's AI now being tested on Android version of The Battle of Polytopia
Part of the AndroidEnv release
Get Brainstorming
Jet Play launches its AI ideation platform Ludo
From $20 a month
New Thinking
AI and the future of gaming
How games are becoming clever
Smarter Thinking
How AI is disrupting the game creation process
Learn more from this video roundtable
A.i. Let's Go
How A.I. is changing mobile games and the industry at large
Ubisoft, Zynga, Wargaming and Modl.ai industry experts discuss