While I’m not exactly a gacha game person, I know far too much about Cygames. I blame ‘Pseychie,’ perhaps the most thorough gacha-focused YouTuber out there, whose videos soundtrack my noisy lunchtime ramen eating. Pseychie has mentioned many a developer on his channel, but Cygames is one of the ones that’s stuck in my mind. The creator of anime titans like Granblue Fantasy, Shadowverse, and, most recently, Unamusume: Pretty Derby (aka the horse game), the company has been pulled into the AI debate following a somewhat cryptic blog post promoting a new, seemingly AI-first studio.

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 Cygames, the creator of gacha hits Umamusume Pretty Derby and Granblue Fantasy, has confirmed it isn’t using generative AI in its games.  PCGamesN