ChinaTechnology and telecom2026 – ongoingGiant Network Group
LLM-driven NPC opponents in the game Supernatural Action Group
Giant Network's horror game passed 25 million matches with AI-driven NPCs in the first week
Problem
Giant Network wanted new play in its multiplayer horror game Supernatural Action Group. Scripted NPCs behave predictably, so the studio looked for opponents that act more like real players.
Approach
The studio added an AI Large Model Challenge mode and opened it to all players. In-game NPC decoys run on large language models in real time. They talk by voice, imitate human players' voices and behavior, and ambush players. Alibaba Cloud, Volcano Engine and Tencent Cloud supplied model adaptation, real-time inference and stability under heavy concurrent load.
Results
Takeaway
A live game can use language models as opponents only if inference holds up under peak player load, which is why the studio used three cloud providers.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Technology and telecom
- Business function
- IT and R&D
- Innovation type
- Product and service innovation
- AI technology
- Generative AIConversational and voice AI
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
The article reports that Giant Network launched an AI large-model mode in Supernatural Action Group for all players. NPCs are driven by LLMs, speech recognition and speech synthesis. It gives one figure, more than 25 million AI-involved matches in the first week, and names three cloud partners.
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