CDPR chief says games made entirely with AI are ‘incoming’ but doubts if ‘this is really the path to follow’

As games, especially large ones, become harder and significantly more expensive to develop, AI seems to be presenting a very lucrative alternative for major publishers. And as companies like Epic Games offer them more and more AI integration within engines, it’s only a matter of time before many of them jump ship and go full AI.

But according to one of CDPR’s co-chief executives, Michał Nowakowski, this doesn’t seem like “the path to follow” but is definitely an unavoidable one. Speaking during an Unreal Engine panel (via Knowledge), Nowakowski said he participated in a conversation with a person who had started an AI-based gaming studio and was told that the company could make 40 prototypes “within a week.”

When games like The Witcher 3 exist and were made with literally no AI involved, then future titles don’t need it either. Image via CD PROJEKT RED