Capcom Plans To Use AI To Speed Up The Game Development Process
Capcom is integrating AI into its proprietary RE Engine to streamline game development workflows and improve efficiency. The company maintains that it will not use AI to generate actual game assets, focusing instead on optimizing the production process.
Why it matters
This reflects a growing industry trend where major studios adopt AI for productivity while navigating ethical concerns regarding creative content.
The company previously said it won’t use AI-generated content in its games.
Tada Images/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Video game companies are increasingly leaning on AI to help develop new titles and Capcom will be the latest to embrace this approach. During a company conference, Capcom detailed the next steps for the RE Engine, its proprietary video game engine, that includes using AI to improve efficiency during the game development process. As first reported by GameBiz and IGN , Capcom's game engine would undergo a major improvement project called REX, to eventually become a "game engine of the AI generation."
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