NPCs or non-playable characters include secondary characters you meet in the game, like the innkeeper who serves you a beer, or the guy you buy... Streamers are role-playing as NPCs There is a trend ...

Mark has been thinking and writing about games since a Gameboy Pocket and a copy of Link's Awakening was first placed into his tender, seven-year-old hands. Since then, he snagged a creative writing ...

NPCs really help the world of Skyrim come to life. These amazing mods improve the quality of every interaction in the game.

Game designers looking to add extra personality to their in game characters might be interested in learning more about Inworld Ai. A system that offers a fully integrated character engine for NPCs ...

The concept of a nonplayable character dates back to the early days of video games. By definition, it is a character — a merchant, mushroom, pedestrian, etc. — designed to exist in the background. You ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys. But as artificial intelligence ...

NVIDIA has unveiled technology called Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE) that would allow gamers to speak naturally to non-playable characters (NPCs) and receive appropriate responses. The company revealed the ...

Alongside Main Characters, you'll also have the opportunity to play as NPC Drivers and Creatures such as Goomba, Wiggler, and Penguin. In total, there are 26 NPC Drivers and Creatures to play as in ...

There is a trend on social media of people role-playing so-called non-playable characters from video games. Endless Thread's Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson take a look at the phenomenon. Ben ...