The head of Embark Studios and also the chairman of Nexon on creative issues, Patrick Soderlund, spoke out in defense of AI in game development. He believes that now there is a real race on this issue, and the winner will not be the one “who will be the first to start AI-fiction,” but the one “who will understand the very essence of the race.”But what, according to Soderlund, is this essence?Patrick directly stated that creating a game like Arc Raiders for such pennies and with such a small team would be much more difficult without AI.That's why he's perfectly willing to let his staff do everything in their power to get the project off the ground.AI has the potential to cut costs and is definitely part of Nexon's plans, as they are not shy about stating. #game