Increasingly AI in Video Games: With PUBG Ally, NVIDIA Foresees a Future Where AI Becomes a Player

The week that is coming to a close has been rich in news for NVIDIA, which, despite its focus on artificial intelligence affecting the robotics sector, does not forget gaming. During Unreal Fest, the company announced several important developments that confirm the connection between AI and video games.

The Latest Announcements from NVIDIA

Unreal Fest was an opportunity for NVIDIA to showcase new ways to integrate AI into video games:

AI Becomes a Player

Let’s start the summary of NVIDIA’s news with a new feature that affirms the close link between artificial intelligence and video games. Until June 30, the Ally Duo Beta mode of PUBG: Battlegrounds is available, introducing PUBG Ally. This is an AI-based teammate designed to dynamically adapt to the player's play style and the situations unfolding on the battlefield.

The AI ally can make autonomous decisions, acting like a real player and providing support without the need for constant commands. PUBG Ally understands game mechanics and can adjust its behavior to current conditions. This project was born from a collaboration between KRAFTON and NVIDIA as part of research related to AI in video games.

AI in Video Games with Unreal Engine 5 and NVIDIA

RTX technologies are integrated into Unreal Engine 5 and are becoming increasingly advanced thanks to the latest announcements from NVIDIA, focusing on the possibility for developers to utilize artificial intelligence.

New features are now available to developers such as the ACE Game Agent SDK, a lightweight agent-based framework, developed in C/C++, designed to be integrated directly within games natively. This is an open-source and customizable solution optimized for small-scale AI models, with the ability to leverage NVIDIA RTX hardware acceleration.

Also noteworthy is a new suite of NVIDIA ACE plugins for Unreal Engine 5, which will allow developers to integrate real-time voice transcription, dynamic dialogues, voice commands, and contextual responses within their games. For all technical details, you can refer to the NVIDIA developer blog.