On Sunday (Aug. 13), Twitter user @Snshores posted a video of Nicki Minaj interacting with her fans on TikTok. In the clip, the Pink Friday creator plays the trending NPC livestream game and acts out ...

Are you an “NPC”? Check with your teen! The acronym stands for “non-player character,” which in video game culture, is a figure not controlled by a player. Like a background character or one that is ...

The concept of a nonplayable character dates back to the early days of video games. By definition, it is a character — a merchant, mushroom, pedestrian, etc. — designed to exist in the background. You ...

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 ...

Gen Z might just be talking smack about you behind your back — or right to your face. But you’d be none the wiser, as the slang-savvy generation has adapted lingo only found in video games into their ...

STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl will be the latest video game to incorporate NFTs, through a platform that will “let the community own a piece of STALKER 2,” developer GSC Game World said on Wednesday.

We've all been there: yelling at the TV as your AI companion runs directly into an enemy's line of fire, gets stuck on a pebble, or refuses to move out of the way of your sniper shot. The "helpful" ...

Game designers looking to add extra personality to their in game characters might be interested in learning more about Inworld Ai. A system that offers a fully integrated character engine for NPCs ...

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Roguelike Games Roguelike superstar drops out of The Game Awards because Megabonk "is not my debut game," but fans beg solo dev to reconsider: "Wait until you hear about 'indie' games in the indie ...

Megan (She/They) is a freelance journalist from the United Kingdom for the digital publication, Game Rant. She has been professionally writing gaming content for roughly four years now, since starting ...