Unity boss who once called out the 'idiocy' of the metaverse now says his company's new AI tech 'will enable developers to prompt full casual games into existence with natural language only'

Unity boss who once called out the ‘idiocy’ of the metaverse now says his company’s new AI tech ‘will enable developers to prompt full casual games into existence with natural language only’

Just a couple weeks after Google seemingly spooked game company investors with its AI-powered “world model” Project Genie, engine maker Unity says it’s chasing the same digital dragon, and that “AI-driven authoring” will be one of its major focuses in 2026. “At the Game Developer Conference in March, we’ll be unveiling the beta of the…

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The anime horse girl who’s terrorizing gacha players in Umamusume is based on a real, chaotic racing horse who once instantly obliterated 12 billion yen in betting losses

If you’ve been on social media at all this week, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered the horse-crazed masses who’ve succumbed to the absurd siren call of Umamusume: Pretty Derby. It’s a gacha game about horse racing, except the horses are anime girls, and it’s got a pretty compelling spreadsheet simulator underneath all the gratuitous…

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