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- Dragon Quest Creator Yuji Horii Thinks AI Is Amazing As He No Longer Needs To Code Or Draw To Make A Game
- Dragon Quest co-creator Yuji Horii releases new AI-generated game, and he says it took 30 minutes to make
- Kojima says he was 'just like Bryan' from the Resident Evil movie when he played RE1 in 1996: 'I kept getting game over after game over, shouting F***!'
- Xbox announces what sounds like a generative AI-focused game-making department, Xbox Labs, while avoiding mentioning AI
- Destiny 1 project, which aims to port the game to PC, seemingly gets a nod from Bungie boss
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