Report: 94% of devs say AI is going to play “critical role” in QA’s future
pcgamesinsider.bizAn overwhelming majority of game developers believe that artificial intelligence will play a “critical role” in the future of quality assurance.
That’s according to the new The State of Games QA report from AI startup Modl.ai, which spoke to over 300 game developers, including former staff from Netflix, Microsoft, Jagex and Reliance.
"Game development budgets are climbing to thrilling new heights, which is great news for the industry, but that means more opportunities for bugs. AI offers a solution to that," Modl.ai CEO Christoffer Holmgård said.
"Survey results show that while the industry recognizes the transformative potential of AI in QA, many developers are still searching for practical ways to adopt it. At Modl.ai, we’re committed to bridging that gap by offering AI-powered tools that make testing smarter, faster, and more accessible, empowering studios to release games with confidence."
As it stands, 94 per cent of developers say that they are using non-AI automation in their workflow. In fact, 39 per cent describe their department as either “highly automated” or “entirely automated”.
One common concern around modern triple-A blockbusters is the number of releases that come out with major bugs, the most notable example being 2020’s Cyberpunk 2077. Modl.ai’s research bears out how widespread the problem is; only 29.7 per cent of respondents say that they have worked on a project that was released without bugs.
There are a number of reasons for this; the first and most obvious is that major games are becoming more and more complicated by the year. Bigger releases mean more complicated code, more assets and more that can go wrong. Meanwhile, 50 per cent of developers say that they don’t think – or are unsure – that QA budgets are rising fast enough to keep up with this rising complexity.
“You’re never going to catch every bug, but AI can get you closer,” said Indium Play CEO Dajana Dimovska, one of the experts Modl.ai consulted for this research.
“It can
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