- Square Enix will automate 70% of games QA and debugging using gen AI by 2027.
- It is partnering with the University of Tokyo to use the technology to increase efficiency.
- The industry is now transitioning towards an AI future as more studios adopt it.
Generative AI is the biggest boom in the gaming industry, with many major studios announcing plans to integrate the technology in the future. Joining hands is Square Enix, which also wants to put the technology to its full use.
Square Enix, in a recent report, has stated that it wants the majority of quality assurance and debugging work in games to be done by generative AI within the next 2 years. This will largely increase efficiency and reduce work.
Why it matters: Generative AI has now become an integral part of the gaming industry, and while its implementation does come out as lazy at first, its right use can help the studios a lot with game development.

The Final Fantasy studio has announced a partnership with the Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory at the University of Tokyo, whose aim is to increase efficiency and reduce work in game development by using AI technologies.
The project is titled “Joint Development of Game QA Automation Technology Using Generative AI”, and with a team from the University and Square Enix engineers, it aims to use AI to its fullest in development.

They plan to automate 70% of QA and debugging tasks in game development by the end of 2027. This point has been rather recurrent in the recent few months as other studios like EA have also announced to do the same.
However, the argument remains whether using generative AI is a good call. Some praise the tech, while others say it’ll make the studios lazy and cost jobs. But whether most like it or not, the industry is transitioning towards an AI future.
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