Microsoft has unveiled a new AI model called Muse that can generate game visuals and controller actions and understands 3D space. The new model can create complex gameplay sequences with accurate physics and character behaviors. Classified by Microsoft as the first World and Human Action Model (WHAM), Muse was trained from over seven years’ worth of human gameplay data from the Xbox game “Bleeding Edge,” published by UK-based Microsoft Games subsidiary Ninja Theory. Muse can, in addition to game goals, provide research insights to support all sorts of creative use of generative AI, Microsoft says. Continue reading Muse Could Be a Gamechanger for Xbox Players, Developers

During Microsoft’s E3 press conference yesterday in Los Angeles, Xbox head Phil Spencer announced that the company has acquired game studios Compulsion Games (Canada), Playground Games (United Kingdom), Ninja Theory (United Kingdom) and Undead Labs (Seattle). Microsoft is planning to expand its Xbox Game Pass service; building up its in-house game development should assist in that effort. Spencer also revealed that the company is developing a cloud-based game-streaming network that will work across Xbox, PCs and phones. Continue reading Microsoft Buys Four Game Studios to Ramp Up Development