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Runway Goes Gaming
Runway ML announces their new gaming model
Jason Sigmon
August 26, 2025
This week I've been heads down trying to get my AI fitness app up off the ground. Making good progress and hoping to have it in the app store by mid-September.
If you are interested in testing it, let me know.
This week we have stories on:
Runway’s Gaming Model
AI Creating New Music Genres
Fake Journalists
Netflix’s AI Rules
Hope you have a good week!
-Jason
Flux | Runway’s Gaming Worlds
TL;DR: Runway launches Game Worlds beta, letting players create and explore AI-generated interactive narratives in real-time with personalized stories, characters, and visual experiences.
Key Points:
Three preset games showcase different genres: "The Last Score" (heist), "Athena Springs" (mystery), and "The Gallic Storm" (interactive history)
Ability to create custom games with both Chat and Comic visual modes
Images generate in real-time as stories unfold, with plans to integrate video generation capabilities
The Big Picture: Runway ML has been one of the leaders in video generation, partnering with Lionsgate Studios last year. Runway is now expanding their GenAI empire by going into gaming. This puts Google and Runway as the leading US based Video AI specialists as they are now competing in both film and gaming.
There's an argument to be made that this model will disrupt the $200B gaming industry, but I urge caution before betting on that. Making games that are fun is much harder than making videos that are entertaining. This will allow studios to make more games, I'm less confident in how many quality indie games can now get released due to the Runway or Google’s new models making it easier.
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