LOS ANGELES – For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys. But as artificial intelligence technology ...

AI-powered NPCs that don’t need a script could make games—and other worlds—deeply immersive. First, a confession. I only got into playing video games a little over a year ago (I know, I know). A ...

Normally, gamers don't pay much attention to NPCs since they are mostly just there to make an open world more immersive. However, occasionally, developers surprise gamers by making non-playable ...

Path of Exile 2 has followed in its predecessors' footsteps, retaining the complex systems that keep you hooked for thousands of hours, including a system that involves NPCs. With the success of its ...

Players on Reddit noticed that the AI-powered chatbot NPCs often put their emotional responses and actions in parentheses. That led to the discovery that telling an NPC that you did something to ...

Katelyn has been a writer since they learned to hold a pencil, but was a latecomer to the world of gaming, gradually falling in love with video games over the course of high school and college. They ...