I just built my first game in Twine – no code or AI required

Twine is a free, open-source dev tool for designing interactive fiction and text-based games. Turns out it's perfect for ...

Was Object-Oriented Programming an Illusion? A Comparison with Functional Programming and the Era of AI-Generated Code

Prologue: Two ProvocationsIn July 2025, a lecture by game developer Casey Muratori was released. The two-hour lecture was ...
Wired

How the Xbox’s Disc-to-Digital Program Works

After Sony announced plans to abandon physical discs by 2028, all eyes turned to Microsoft to see whether its next-gen console, codenamed Project Helix and described as “an open-platform hybrid ...
ExtremeTech

'No More Handwritten Code': Epic Games Goes All-in on AI for Game Development

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hothardware.com

Epic Games Tells Developers No More Hand-Written Code In Major AI Push

Epic Games hasn’t shied away from its integration of AI into its development workflows as it continues to deliver a steady cadence of content drops for its various titles including its cash cow, ...
Ars Technica

Epic Games reportedly pivoting to “AI first” game development model

Epic Games is shifting to an “AI first” development strategy for its collaboration with the Walt Disney Company, letting AI models write all the code and guide all the artwork for an upcoming shooter.
gizmodo

Google’s New Playground Aims to Make It Easy to Vibe Code a Game Right in Your Browser

AI coding agents have made it easier than ever to vibe code software. Now Google wants to make it just as easy for anyone to create games with AI prompts, no previous ...
IGN

"An essential condition for streamlining future development."

Resident Evil and Street Fighter developer Capcom revealed some big changes coming to its RE Engine, which they plan to incrementally improve and transform into an "AI generation game engine." On ...
siliconera

GOG Preservation Program Gets Octopath Traveler Games

Two more Square Enix games are on their way to the GOG Preservation Program as Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 will join the roster. Product pages for both games are now live. However, each only only notes ...
Fast Company

Checkers and Rally’s are closing stores: See where the most locations have shuttered as national footprint shrinks

It’s no secret that many fast-food and fast-casual restaurant chains have been having a rough several years. Since the pandemic, restaurants of all stripes have faced a lot of the same issues: lower ...
QSR magazine

Checkers & Rally’s Celebrating 40 Years with Free Fries in NYC

Checkers & Rally’s is celebrating 40 years of bold flavor by bringing the Fry Love straight to the heart of New York City. On Wednesday, Sept. 23 – Checkers Day – from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the brand’s ...
Reason

Checkers (or Is It Draughts?) Infighting Leads to Court

Some excerpts from the long opinion yesterday by Judge Beth Bloom (S.D. Fla.) in Rudnitsky v. Int'l Checkers Ass'n of N. Am. Inc.: Between 2002 and 2024, [Alexander] Rudnitsky became United States ...