Following last year’s AI-powered Darth Vader in Fortnite that swore in a re-creation of James Earl Jones’ voice, Epic Games is now letting Fortnite creators experiment with a new “conversations” tool to create AI-powered characters that players can talk and interact with. “Instead of authoring dial… …
… After that, the character thanks the viewer for their attention like a comedian ending their show and delivers a personalized greeting message. “In order to make a character feel like it’s present, it has to pay attention,” Drummond says. …
… You can cast spells to influence situations, improve your dice rolls, or open up new opportunities to talk with characters of all kinds in the game. …
… Generative AI has long struggled with keeping characters looking the same from clip to clip. In the new version of Flow, users can add a character they developed for a project to a prompt simply by tagging it, just like you’d add a colleague to a Slack conversation. …
… The player doesn’t have to think too deeply about any of this, but the nudge is compelling, a Mobius strip of gameplay and character that gives the “bullet ballet” that Housemarque has choreographed a layer of psychological depth. “We’re creating a character that you can examine and study,” says Lo… …
… Meanwhile, longtime Persona director Katsura Hashino led development on a different roleplaying game, the fantasy epic Metaphor: ReFantazio in 2024. …
… Each character is broken in a different way, and you’re not exactly welcomed with open arms. …
… What if it was a virtual character all along? Sophie, unfortunately, is not in 3D yet, and “she” is not a character either — at least not with the limited feature set Google has enabled today. …
… Chu’s positive characterization of the deal feels optimistic — few acquisitions come without tradeoffs. …
… As the trial went on, though, Roblox shifted from using the term “games” to “experiences.” The distinction between the two was kind of a big deal at the time; companies like Roblox and Epic were trying to characterize their platforms as metaverses, and Roblox told The Verge that the term “experienc… …