By Sophie McEvoy
Publication Date: 2026-03-11 13:00:00
Google has detailed the next phase of its ‘Living Games’ concept: using autonomous AI agents as a core component to support cloud-based game development.
Announced at GDC Festival of Gaming, Google described its improved Cloud platform as a specially designed ‘engine’ for games that brings together services like Gemini 3 Pro, Flash, Gemini Enterprise, and Vertex AI.
Its system helps developers by taking care of repetitive jobs like testing games and writing code, using AI tools that “create responsive, sentient environments” for players, while “protecting creative IP with an industry-first, two-pronged indemnification covering both training data and generative outputs.”
Google showcased developers using its Cloud framework to create games, including the upcoming action roguelike You vs Zombies from 10Six Games.
“AI is not a replacement for human creativity – we don’t use it to write our games from the ground up, said 10Six Games CEO Susan Cummings in a statement….
