Big Walk could lose an award over ten lines of AI code
The studio behind independent game Big Walk admitted using generative AI for about ten lines of code, which threatens a game-of-the-year distinction.
Studio House House says well under 0.1% of the code is concerned and that generative AI was used for no other aspect of the game's development. The Independent Games Festival jury refuses to reward games that use the technology; the 2027 ceremony is scheduled for March. The studio apologised for lacking an internal AI policy. The game scores 94 on Metacritic.
Source: Next, published on November 12, 2026.