How AI Is Rewriting Video Games w/ Nick Walton

Episode 6: Why Video Games Will Never Be the Same Nick Walton (CEO, Latitude Games) AI isn’t just improving games — it’s fundamentally changing how they’re built. In this episode of The NFX Podcast, James Currier sits down with Nick Walton, CEO of Latitude (creators of AI Dungeon and Voyage), to explore the rise of infinite, AI-powered RPGs and the shift toward self-writing codebases. Nick was experimenting with GPT-2 in 2019 before most people had heard of it. Since then, Latitude has operated at the frontier of AI gaming — building systems where worlds evolve dynamically, stories adapt in real time, and small, high-agency teams ship at unprecedented speed. This conversation goes deep on both the player experience and the engineering revolution happening underneath it. What We Cover: What “AI-native” really means in game development Why AI games improve overnight (and traditional games don’t) The shift from scripted content to dynamic, infinite worlds The architecture behind persistent AI-powered game engines Building multiplayer RPGs with AI at the core The “world engine” layer vs. raw AI models Why mental models in engineering must change every 1–3 months AI-native coding workflows and self-writing codebases How small, talent-dense teams move faster than AAA studios Resistance to AI inside traditional gaming companies Why players will embrace AI when it delivers real value About Nick Walton Nick Walton is the CEO and co-founder of Latitude, the company behind AI Dungeon and Voyage. Latitude has been building AI-driven interactive experiences since the GPT-2 era and is one of the earliest companies operating at scale in AI-powered gaming.

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This episode is 00:46:28 long.

This episode was published on Mar 4, 2026.

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