Capcom plans to rebuild RE Engine through a project called REX so AI can cut development time, programmer Satoshi Ishida told a company conference. For studios writing their own AI rules, the useful part is Capcom's split between AI in the tools and AI in the shipped game.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 33%
- Operator
- Operator 40%
- Investor
- Investor 27%
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption15
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives60
- Confidence60
Ebonix ships a Blender plug-in that cuts textured hair from weeks to under an hour
Danielle Udogaranya spent more than a decade hand-crafting Black hairstyles for life-sim games because the authoring tools assume straight strands, so she took a 2024 geometry paper and coded the generator herself.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives62
- Confidence50
Morphisec says a repo posing as a free Anthropic model delivers a Windows infostealer that keeps a spare command server address in a Polygon smart contract, so taking the primary host down does not end operator control.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption32
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives70
- Confidence55
Sony stops making discs in January 2028, and the licence clause stops being theoretical
The PS5 terms have long said "licensed to you, not sold". What changes in 2028 is that refusing those terms will no longer have anywhere to go.
Reality
- Evidence28
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+28
- Incentives55
- Confidence32
Universal, Sony and Warner all took equity in Stability AI's $76 million Series B. Two years after suing AI song generators, the majors are buying the toolmakers.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 15%
- Operator
- Operator 27%
- Investor
- Investor 58%
Reality
- Evidence64
- Adoption52
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives74
- Confidence68
Universal, Warner and Sony Music now own a piece of the company selling licensed music models. The money funds a narrower Stability: professional tooling, sold through a plugin.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 35%
- Operator
- Operator 17%
- Investor
- Investor 48%
Reality
- Evidence64
- Adoption55
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives80
- Confidence68
buildConfirmed2 publishers A $76M Series B puts four rights holders on a generative-media vendor's cap table. What it does not put anywhere is a disclosed spending commitment, valuation, or revenue figure.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption42
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives78
- Confidence62
buildOne report1 publisher Consoles: units down 39%, price up 16%, and only Sony got paid for it
Circana has US console units down 39% in July and the average price paid up 16%. The platform splits say the price rises are still being absorbed, not refused.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption74
- Hype gap+14
- Incentives56
- Confidence62
buildOne report1 publisher Twitch turns its Affiliate dashboard into a brand marketplace, and Wehype rides in
Sponsorship campaigns opened to Affiliates worldwide on August 20th, with EA first in and a decade-old publisher tooling company supplying demand creators never had to go looking for.
Reality
- Evidence42
- Adoption45
- Hype gap+14
- Incentives72
- Confidence52
The greenlight moved: where games leadership capacity is actually accumulating
Consolidation has left EA, Microsoft and Ubisoft circling legacy brands. The operative question is who still holds authority to approve an unproven project.
Reality
- Evidence30
- Adoption42
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives45
- Confidence34