Late 2025 was a hotbed of debate over the complexities of AI in video games. Baldur's Gate 3 studio Larian admitted to using AI, only to walk it back a month later, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was stripped of its wins at The Indie Game Awards for its use of generative AI, and multiple triple-A developers came out in support of the technology, despite potential audience backlash.
There were some developers who shunned AI completely, but it felt like a precursor to the much-maligned tech being widely adopted going forward.
Now, in a new national briefing, the CEO of Korean developer Shift Up, creator of Stellar Blade, has backed claims that say "Supporting AI in the gaming industry is a very important task" to combat the massive workforces at competing Chinese studios.
Speaking at a national briefing titled "2026 Economic Growth Strategy — The First Year of Korea's Great Leap Forward", Shift Up CEO Kim Hyung-tae stressed the importance of leveraging AI in development to help combat China's vast workforces.
Stellar Blade could inspire up-and-coming Korean studios.
"80% of our company's sales come from overseas, and when we go overseas, the first thing we encounter is...
