As too much of the industry embrace their own death through genAI, Konami say it's real people that are most important for making good games

Oisin Kuhnke — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:04:18 +0000

I've taken a habit, recently, to proclaim my desire to explode in lieu of anything more realistically violent I could wish upon myself when I feel stressed. And, in what would likely be more concerning if I were a sentient bomb talking to a bomb diffusal squad, I've been saying that a lot lately, primarily because of the copious amounts of AI nonsense I've been seeing… everywhere. Epic Games, the ever-boycottable company called Microsoft, the decompiling community, the poison has found its way into everyone's veins and it's making me want to, say it with me now, explode! So you can imagine my relief to hear a developer say they don't think AI will make a massive impact. The developer? Perhaps surprisingly, Konami.

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As too much of the industry embrace their own death through genAI, Konami say it's real people that are most important for making good games