Videogames—RPGs in particular—just love to make us go for a wander with an NPC. Whether it's the tiresome MMO mainstay of an escort quest, following an NPC to a bandit camp where their mate's being ...

Starfield is a really bloody good video game. But it’s also a bit of what us Brits would call a ‘Marmite’ situation, named after an extremely divisive (and it should be noted, extremely disgusting) ...

I tripped over the term NPC, quite literally, on my way to an event the other night. Rushing to get there, I fell right in front of the venue. Embarrassed by how many people had just watched me eat ...

Ubisoft’s Paris studio is experimenting with generative AI to enhance NPC interactions in video games, aiming to create more authentic conversations beyond pre-determined dialogue trees. This project, ...