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- Satoshi Ishida presented at the Capcom Open Conference RE: 2026 on 'The Outlook and Future of the REX Project, Further Evolving the RE Engine for the Next Generation,' framing the integration of AI as a solution to the time-consuming nature of Resident Evil-scale game development.
- Ishida stated the goal is 'successfully integrating AI technology into development workflows,' with a long-term vision of 'a future where we create games together with AI' according to IGN's translation.
- Capcom plans to evolve RE Engine slowly and incrementally into an 'AI-generation game engine,' starting with development efficiency rather than AI-generated in-game assets.
- Capcom has previously said it will not use AI-generated assets in its games, instead focusing on using the technology to streamline production — a position Ishida's comments appear to extend while leaving room for broader future use.
- The announcement comes as Capcom prepares to release Pragmata, a game thematically centered on 'the horrors of AI.'
Why it matters: Capcom's incremental AI roadmap matters because the studio has previously ruled out AI-generated game assets — framing this as purely a developer-tooling play. But Ishida's own framing of building toward an 'AI-generation game engine' and 'creating games together with AI' leaves the door explicitly open to more extensive use than the prior policy suggested.
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