AI Takes Over Game Development, BioWare's Closure & The Future of Gaming S7E31

This week on the M2 Podcast, we discuss Epic Games embracing AI to develop and improve Unreal Engine, including claims that AI tools are solving longstanding development issues. We examine the closure of BioWare and its co-founder's criticism of EA's Saudi-led acquisition, explore the growing challenges developers face with Early Access and rising player expectations, and discuss restrictive employment contracts that prevent game developers from working on personal projects. Finally, we look at Xbox bringing achievements to select original Xbox games and the classic titles we'd love to see get the achievement treatment. 0:00 Intro 1:28 Updates 10:07 AI code tools have stomped out decade-old bugs in Unreal Engine https://tinyurl.com/3drwkftf  18:28 EA's sale to Saudi-led "nail in the coffin" for BioWare https://tinyurl.com/4taym765  28:19 "Developers need to treat Early Access like real launch" https://tinyurl.com/5b4baxaj  53:40 10 OG Xbox Games We're Hoping Get Achievements In 2026 https://tinyurl.com/3e7fhx9v  1:04:03  Outro LEAVE A LIKE and a comment, thanks for watching/listening! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PODCAST                ►► https://anchor.fm/m2podcast AMAZON Music         ► https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/091... APPLE                          ► https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id... BREAKER                     ► https://www.breaker.audio/m2-podcast-2 CASTRO                       ► https://castro.fm/podcast/6f69d373-d8... GOOGLE                       ► https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... OVERCAST                   ► https://overcast.fm/itunes1531832410/... POCKETCASTS           ► https://pca.st/5jghvf6e RADIOPUBLIC             ► https://radiopublic.com/m2-podcast-GM... SPOTIFY                      ► https://open.spotify.com/show/2VedhO0... STICHER                      ► https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/m2-p... TUNEIN                        ► http://tun.in/pj3ZI #podcast  JOIN THE DISCORD!  ►►   / discord   KyleHeath Socials: TIKTOK           ►►   / mrjkheath   TWITCH          ►►   / kyleheath   TWITTER        ►►   / mrjkheath   YOUTUBE       ►►    / mrjkheath   MadMikeWillEatU Socials: TIKTOK           ►►   / madmikewilleatu   TWITCH          ►►   / about   TWITTER        ►►   / madmikewilleatu   YOUTUBE       ►► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Mo...