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Bringing together the leading experts in AI for the video games industry. http://www.aiandgamesconference.com AI and Games Conference is organised by Game AI Events CIC: a UK-based non-profit that hosts events for game AI developers in Europe.

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · Jun 6

If you’ve got a talk, insight, or project to share, submit your proposal and join us on stage this November at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Submit here: submit.aiandgamesconference.com
We can’t wait to see what you’ve been working on.

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 1h

Predicting Combat Outcomes in Total War
Miguel Lopez-Bachiller & James Kwan (Creative Assembly) reveal how they used supervised learning to improve AI battle decisions and autoresolve in Total War. Get insights from data, dev challenges & R&D collab.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
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AI and Games @aiandgames.com · 7d

Here’s a sneak peek at why you need to be at the AI and Games Conference 2025 this November in London by @tommy.aiandgames.com.
For all the detailed updates check out @conference.aiandgames.com.

#AIandGames #Conference2025 #GameAI #GameDev #IndieGames

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Tommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com · 13h

📽️ NEW VIDEO on @aiandgames.com!

What if you used generative AI in games to do something players might actually find interesting?

In this video we check out MLMove: a Counter-Strike bot that uses genAI to learn choke points, sightlines, and cover just like real human players.

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The LLM Trained to Play Counter-Strike | AI and Games #81

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 22h

🎮 When Research Meets Release Dates: Production-Grade RL for Games
Wesley Kerr (Riot Games) shares real-world lessons on making reinforcement learning work at production scale—beyond the hype.
🗓️ Nov 3–4 | 📍 Goldsmiths, London
🎟️ Get tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#GameAI #AIDevelopment

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 2d

From Metrics to Meaning: Effort-Aware and Explainable AI for Game Pathfinding by Yetunde Longe-Folajimi (Wentworth Institute of Technology), shows how AI can help decode level difficulty & design smarter procedural content.

🎟️ Nov 3–4: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...

#GameAI #GameDev

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 3d

Elevating Mobile Game Experiences With On-Device ML Inference by Yusuf Duman (Arm) dives into local LLMs, smart NPCs & neural graphics in mobile games. Practical, powerful & device-ready. 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 4d

Use Cases and Practical Methodologies for Reinforcement Learning for Learning at Agents at Scale by Kyra Wulffert, Duncan Davis & Huntting Buckley (Databricks).
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...

#AIandGames #GameDev #Databricks #ReinforcementLearning

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 5d

On-Device Generative Agents for Lifelike NPCs by Piero Molino (Studio Atelico) explores how GARP powers emergent NPCs with small LLMs, memory systems & zero inference cost.

🎟️ Nov 3–4, London: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...

#AIandGames #GameDev #AI #NPCs #GenerativeAI

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 6d

Design for everything in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 by Vadim Petrov (Warhorse Studios). Exploring balancing realism, iteration & performance in open-world RPGs.

🎟️ Nov 3–4, London: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...

#AIandGames #GameDev #AI #KingdomComeDeliverance2

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 7d

Build Your Own Navigation Stack! @bramridder.bsky.social (Kythera) shows how to extend Recast with plugins for hierarchical pathfinding, multimodal nav & more to outperform Unreal.

🗓 Nov 3–4, London

🎟 www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...

#AIandGames #GameDev #NavigationAI

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 8d

AI Planning Analytics — From F.E.A.R (2005) to Assassin’s Creed: Shadows (2025) by Eric Jacopin. Explore 20 years of Goal-Oriented Action Planning in NPC decision-making.
📅 Nov 3–4, London
🎟 Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #GameDev #NPC #GOAP

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 9d

Simulation-Based AI with LLMs for Game Agents by Simon Lucas explores how SBAI + LLMs create smarter, more adaptive game AI.

📍 Nov 3–4, London

🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...

#AIandGames #GameDev

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 10d

Gemini in Unreal Engine: Enhancing game development with multimodal AI by Gabriel Ware (Google).

Discover how multimodal AI streamlines workflows & powers new gameplay.
📍 Nov 3–4, London
🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #UnrealEngine

AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 11d

Good Enough AI: Pragmatic Approaches for Crafting Compelling Player Experiences in Games by Gaetan Soppe Drenjanin (Sports Interactive).
Learn how smart, pragmatic AI design delivers memorable player experiences.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #GameDev #AI

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 12d

Debugging Across Time and Platforms: The Power of Determinism by Richard Kogelnig (Havok).
Learn how cross-platform determinism makes debugging faster, easier & less painful across consoles & PC.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #GameDev #Determinism

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 13d

But why is it saying that?? Making LLM powered AI bots a bit more reliable by Batu Aytemiz (Fundamental Labs).
Learn how to turn unpredictable LLM agents into reliable, player-ready bots.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #GameDev

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 14d

No API. No Problem: Deploying tiny, fast, fine-tuned models offline by Keith Lia & Kristian Dam Pedersen (Raw Power Labs).
Learn how to embed LLMs directly into games.And do it fast, private, and API-free.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #GameDev #LLM

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 15d

Supporting thousands of simulated NPCs in the open world of KCD2 by Petr Smrček (Warhorse Studios).
Learn how AI LOD made nearly 2,400 NPCs possible. Balancing scale & performance to create truly living worlds.
🗓️ Nov 3–4 | London
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #KCD2 #GameDev

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 16d

How to bully AI into delivering meaningful gameplay by Thomas Keane & Ben Ackland (Meaning Machine).
GenAI isn’t magic—but with the right “bully layer” it can create meaningful gameplay.
🗓️ Nov 3–4 | London
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #GameDev #GenerativeAI

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 17d

Navigating Legal Frontiers: How the Law Applies to AI in 2025 by Rupam Davé (Lewis Silkin LLP) explores IP, data, liability & regulation shaping AI in games. Practical insights for devs & publishers.
🗓️ Nov 3–4, London
🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #GameDev #AI #Law

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 18d

Latent Landscapes: Using ML to Generate Terrain in Prologue: Go Wayback! by Joey Faulkner (Playerunknown Productions). Learn how ML + PCG create resilient, varied worlds — and the pitfalls to avoid.
🗓️ Nov 3–4, London
🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #GameDev #AI #PCG

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 19d

How to Power-Up Unreal Engine Behavior Trees by Antonio Muñoz Gallego (Unknown Worlds) shows how Utility AI & the Gameplay Ability System make NPCs more adaptive, modular & multiplayer-ready.
🗓️ Nov 3–4, London
🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #UnrealEngine #AI #GameDev

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 20d

Let the NPCs Fight: Learning Attack Reach from Real Gameplay Data by Vincent Martineau (Ubisoft) shows how Assassin’s Creed used gameplay data & data science to scale fair, reliable combat AI.
🗓️ Nov 3–4, London
🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #GameDev #AI #Ubisoft

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 21d

The Living World AI Recipe Book: Practical Insights for Ambient Character Simulation by Pablo Rodríguez (Avalanche Studios) explores practical, scalable techniques for believable ambient NPCs that make open worlds feel alive.

🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...

#AIandGames #GameDev #AI

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AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 22d

From Cloud to Edge: Optimising Small Language Models for Game Applications on AWS by Patrick Palmer & Andrei Muratov shows how to fine-tune, distil & run LLMs on devices for responsive, private AI.
🗓️ Nov 3–4, London
🎟️ Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gamea...
#AIandGames #GameDev #AI #AWS

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