Capcom’s in-house RE Engine wants to be an “AI game engine

While Capcom asserts that it’s not using AI-generation in its games, it certainly wants to use the tech to help speed up game development.

During Capcom Open Conference RE: 2026, programmer Satoshi Ishida said (via VGC) that the studio wants to make improvements to its in-house game engine, RE Engine, which has been used since 2017’s Resident Evil 7, in order to tackle the struggle of long development times of AAA games.

With the new and improved features, it will make the engine into an “AI game engine” by allowing the studio to use an easier to understand coding language for AI to pitch in by creating programs, running tests, checking for bugs, etc.

Now, it’s important to say that this isn’t replacing creatives behind the game, such as artists, as Capcom has expressed its views on the matter back in May, citing that it’s there to unleash “the potential of creators.”

Meanwhile, Ishida asserts the studio wants to ““create games together with AI.”

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