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A second StarCraft revival is reportedly in development at Arc Raiders publisher Nexon, but it's got nothing to do with Blizzard's long-rumored shooter

Hell, it's about two times

GamesRadar

The First Descendant finally repurposes old maps, alongside Thunder Cage rework, Enzo buffs, and more

New dungeon features White-night Gulch, Vespers, and Fortress fields.

Dot Esports

'Every Game Company' is Doing it? 'Arc Raiders' AI Scandal Explodes, Big Name CEO Suggests Hidden Truth

One should assume "every game company" is using AI, Nexon Co. Ltd. CEO Junghun Lee says. He is asking how companies can survive when “everyone is working with the same or similar technologies," maintaining that “human creativity” distinguishes exceptional games from mediocre ones.

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Former Nexon boss who took a risk on Arc Raiders says "the AAA industry is structurally at its end" and "it’s going to end in more disaster than it has already" without a "serious rewrite"

"How come it was so unobvious that Embark was a great deal for Nexon until about three weeks ago? What does it say about the industry?"

GamesRadar

Former Battlefield devs had "something to prove" with Arc Raiders and The Finals, ex-Nexon boss says, and that's why they succeeded where other veteran-led studios failed

"All this stuff that really matters, where the value is created, is just completely forgotten"

GamesRadar

AI has an "unbelievable ability to create a lot of slop," says ex-Nexon boss who signed Arc Raiders, predicting the industry will "triple" in size in 7 years due to players "rejecting slop and bad product"

Owen Mahoney sees a creative edge to AI in games

GamesRadar

Gaming CEOs Are Wrong Again. Every Video Game Is Not Using AI

After 'Arc Raiders' use of AI-generated voices put it in the spotlight, developers have been lining up to deny exaggerated claims of AI's prevalence.

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"We would rather cut off our own arms": Indie devs react to Arc Raiders CEO saying people should assume everyone's using generative AI these days

"We don't use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a lot of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA."

GamesRadar

'We would rather cut off our own arms': Demonschool developers dispute Nexon CEO's claim that 'every game company is now using AI' in response to Arc Raiders backlash

"Demonschool is 100% human-made."

PC Gamer

After Arc Raiders AI voice actor controversy, owner Nexon says people should just assume "every game company is now using AI"

That's probably true

GamesRadar

ARC Raiders is exploding right now, with more than 4 million sales and over 700,000 players hitting the servers at once

ARC Raiders is climbing so quickly it might end up challenging Battlefield and Call of Duty sooner than anyone expected.

Windows Central

Arc Raiders sells 4 million copies, making it 'the most successful global launch in Nexon's history'

Nexon says Arc Raiders has serious long-term potential.

PC Gamer

'Every game company is now using AI': Nexon's CEO defends the use of generative AI in game development in the wake of Arc Raiders' controversy

If every game company jumped off a cliff, would you?

PC Gamer

'No one truly knows what kind of game will succeed': Former PlayStation boss says that bigger companies should 'invest in smaller, experimental projects' to promote creativity

"Not even marketing teams can predict it."

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The First Descendant changes trading system fee currency, saying ‘there were no intentions to generate revenue’

Always listening to feedback.

Dot Esports

The First Descendant introduces long-awaited trading system, more Modules, and a new Descendant

The full seasonal package.

PC Gamer

Hacker jacks into Nexon game, causes a 'Koyuki apocalypse' by copy-pasting their favourite anime girl everywhere, forces 6 hours of emergency maintenance

Nihahaha.

Destructoid

‘Stop with the advertising c***:’ The First Descendant dev apologizes for blatant AI ripoff ad, and players express their honest thoughts

"Our sincere apologies"

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Game publisher caught using AI-generated influencers in ads says they were submitted by TikTok users, will investigate 'irregularities' with the social media app

A series of promos for The First Descendant features influencers taking up the game's new season—but they're not real.

PC Gamer

The First Descendant is using AI ads with weird digital clones of actual streamers

The marketing copy sounds like it was written by an LLM too.

Destructoid

This awful First Descendant TikTok ad is one of the ugliest, most egregious uses of AI we’ve ever seen

This is genuinely pretty disgusting.

PC Gamer

Nexon teases its next big thing: A singleplayer action-adventure about a 'Mage of the Way' who battles injustice and corruption in ancient Korea

Details are scant, but Woochi the Wayfarer's announcement teaser is pretty slick.

GamesRadar

The Black Myth: Wukong vibes are off the charts in the gorgeous and unnerving reveal trailer for this action game from The First Berserker: Khazan's Nexon and the Squid Game composer

Woochi the Wayfarer is one to watch

GamesRadar

Action RPG devs at The First Berserker: Khazan studio take on the ultimate final boss, capitalism, striking to protest alleged bonus bias for executives over the people who make the games

Dungeon Fighter demands spill over

Dot Esports

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