By Will Knight
Publication Date: 2025-12-03 19:00:00
The video game Valorant, a fast-paced team shooter, has recently become the testing ground for a promising new direction in artificial intelligence research. The game’s developers at Riot Games (a subsidiary of Tencent) are using native 3D AI models to prototype new characters, scenes and storylines, according to a researcher familiar with the company’s efforts who spoke on condition of anonymity.
While many AI models can generate text, images and videos, Tencent’s Hunyuan (混元 or “first mix”) family of models can invent 3D objects and interactive scenes. According to the source, Tencent’s models are also used by the developers of another Tencent game, GKART, and also by some independent developers. Tencent declined to comment.
“The gaming industry requires large investments,” says the source. “It used to take a month to design a character. Now you can just type some text and Hunyuan can give you four choices in 60 seconds.”
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