Amazon Games CEO Christoph Hartmann was interviewed by IGN this week, and he said several interesting things. He revealed that the upcoming Lord of the Rings MMO was "still early" in development, and commented on how "the bar is so high" for doing a new Tomb Raider game. But his most startling statement came on the subject of using generative AI in the games industry, leading him to claim that "for games, we don't really have acting".
As noticed by GamesRadar, Hartmann was asked about his insights into the status of the games industry right now, to which he responded how he hoped that generative AI might "shorten the life cycle" of game development. "I think game development takes way too long, like five years per game," he said . "It just means basically, everything will be lucky shots and hopefully AI will help us to streamline processes so hand-done work will go fast."
