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Leave It To Double Fine To Make The First Single-Player Friendslop Game
Friendslop is everywhere these days. Take one glance at the most recent Steam Next Fest and you’ll be inundated with not only mountains of obnoxious AI slop, but countless games where you and a group of friends can get up to wacky hijinks with cartoonish avatars, over the top physics, and hilarious...
Overwatch’s new ‘AI slop’ Stellar Blade collab has the community split in multiple ways
This'll be interesting to watch unfold. The post Overwatch’s new ‘AI slop’ Stellar Blade collab has the community split in multiple ways appeared first on Destructoid.
Epic wants to pay you $50,000 to vibe code an AI slop game
"Vibe your way to 50K," Epic promises
Machinarium Dev Has a Message for AI Slop Creators: “Love Letters Are Supposed to Be Handwritten”
Amanita Design, the Czech studio behind Machinarium, recently called out an AI-generated project made using assets from the game.
AI Slop Presents A Much Bigger Problem Than Just Flooding Steam Next Fest
Steam Next Fest is upon us, and fans agree it's the AI-sloppiest one yet. Next Fest, Steam's occasional multi-day promotion in which developers release demos of their games so players can get a preview of what's to come, has increasingly become unwieldy due to the sheer number of demos to play, but...
In a Steam Next Fest plagued by AI slop, the biggest single-player demo is a game about fighting AI
You simply will not guess the nature of Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim
Thin End of the Wedge: Steam Next Fest Under Fire as Demo Festival Drowns in a Flood of AI Slop
'The most depressing Steam Next Fest I've ever seen'. Steam Next Fest began in earnest this week, with a global community of indie developers offering up demos of their current work-in-progress titles, hoping to share a little of their effort, earn more than a few wishlists or pre-orders, and...
Steam Next Fest Has Become A Massive Disaster And A Grim Look At The Future
The vibes are rotten this time around as Next Fest features thousands of AI slop demos
‘AI slop fest’: PC gamers are annoyed with Steam Next Fest’s abundance of AI titles
The latest Steam Next Fest event went live yesterday, showcasing playable demos for upcoming titles coming to the PC platform, offering a glimpse into what’s next in gaming. Usually, Next Fest is full of fun demos that players discover for the first time, wishlisting them and giving them something...
‘AI slop fest’: PC gamers are annoyed with Steam Next Fest’s abundance of AI titles
This event's suite of games have a certain flavor to them. The post ‘AI slop fest’: PC gamers are annoyed with Steam Next Fest’s abundance of AI titles appeared first on Destructoid.
Palworld lead calls Steam Next Fest a gamble that's "still worth taking" despite the "AI slop era"
The discourse is swirling around Steam Next Fest. This fall's event has just started, and it's chock-full of AI-assisted releases and such, raising questions about its usefulness for promotion. One of the lead developers on Palworld has weighed in, speaking on the reality of what such a platform...
Palworld lead calls Steam Next Fest a gamble that's "still worth taking" despite the "AI slop era"
The industry is simply changing
Steam Next Fest 2026 has more than double the number of demos than last year, but how much of it is generative 'AI slop'?
Steam Next Fest 2026 starts today, offering PC players a chance to get their hands on a staggering number of playable demos. With the full count coming to more than double last year's event, concerns about generative AI 'slop', plagiarism, and discoverability are circulating Read more
Low-effort AI slop sends a major community decompilation tool shutting down
With the burgeoning decomp and recomp scene now inundated with low-effort AI slop, a notable community tool is shutting down. Developer Luke "encounter" Street is closing decomp.dev, a site that once tracked decompilations of classic games, citing the negative effects AI has had on the community....
Low-effort AI slop sends a major community decompilation tool shutting down
"Bad actors have been abusing this in increasingly troublesome ways"
'My idea of a Netflix for games doesn’t work': Garry's Mod successor is getting 'sweeping changes'
More radical changes beyond just giving the characters necks are coming to Garry's Mod successor s&box. Facepunch Studios' game creation platform's launch in April was met with a swarm of negative reviews, complaints of AI slop filling its user-generated game collection, and swiftly plummeting user...
Epic Games’ new store is fully vibe-coded, and they’re so proud of it they’re taking shots at Steam
AI slop is the name of the game for Epic, apparently. The post Epic Games’ new store is fully vibe-coded, and they’re so proud of it they’re taking shots at Steam appeared first on Destructoid.
VR Chat Community Protests An Influx Of AI Slop Onto Platform, Hurting Discoverability
As one of its prominent community members starts protest, developers begin consultation by asking: how much is too much slop?
Super Smash Bros. For N64 Is Getting A Non-"AI Slop" Recomp, With 'Smash Remix' Support
Well, that's just smashing! A trailer has just dropped for a new, non-"AI slop" static recompilation/PC port of the N64 title Super Smash Bros., which will feature high-frame support, low-input lag, "properly scaled UI for ultrawide displays", and "day-one mod and texture support through...
AI-Generated Games Platform Already Has 10 Million Monthly Users
Astrocade is filled with AI slop, but millions of people don't seem to care
PSA: That cool mashup mod you saw recently? It’s probably AI slop
Yes, AI has ruined yet another cool thing. The post PSA: That cool mashup mod you saw recently? It’s probably AI slop appeared first on Destructoid.
"This Is What Happens When You Rely On AI Slop" - Fans Aren't Impressed With Vibe-Coded Knuckles' Chaotix Recomp
"I'm getting pretty fed up with all these "ports" made with AI". We've seen a flood of AI-assisted retro gaming projects lately, from translations to decompilation and recompilation efforts. Opinion is sharply divided on the merit of such projects; AI tools help speed things up for sure, but they...
"Of All The GenAI Slops You've Ever Seen, This Is The Sloppiest Of Them All" - The Oliver Twins Tarnish Their Legacy Further With 'Wizard Of Oz' Board Game
"Something I absolutely did not need today". Once upon a time, the Oliver Twins were respected as creative forces in the UK 'bedroom' coding scene. The siblings created Dizzy, one of the most instantly recognisable characters of the home computer era, and would later found studios such as...
Steam’s Punk Games Showcase Hates AI Slop, Loves Blowing Up Nazis
Punks are taking over Steam starting on October 9 with the Punk Games Showcase, a week-long, curated digital festival celebrating games made with and expressing a punk spirit. Over 400 games were submitted for consideration, and the final list includes over 100, with the intention of filtering out...
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