Google and Unity unveil generative-AI game-making platforms, with Playground open for testing in the US

Google and Unity announced generative-AI game-making platforms yesterday, with Google's Playground available for testing in the US and Unity's Unity Spark listed as coming soon. Google said Playground lets users create, play and share custom games from a few prompts without coding experience, and will integrate with Unity Spark when creators want more professional mechanics and high-fidelity 3D. Unity said Spark is not about one-shotting game development, and a demo showed two people co-creating the sci-fi shooter Space Corridor while pulling assets from the Unity Store; Google did not say where Playground's assets come from.