This week, Google is adding to its Gemini AI model with the introduction of Gemini 2.0. One of many new Gemini features highlighted in the 2.0 Update blog post points toward a potential future where Google’s AI assistant even helps you while you’re playing games. Project Gemini 2.0 agents have been tested with games like Clash of Clans and trained with the help of developers to recognize scenarios and be able to give advice and input based on what’s currently happening onscreen. Gemini also shows itself to be able to scrape the web for information like character picking and even tier lists, and does at least mention the platform where it’s getting that information.
Developers of Clash of Clans Supercell are reportedly collaborating directly with Google on these tests, which means that the developers could provide information on game systems, mechanics, and statistics that Gemini can refer to when giving its insights. The demo shown sees Gemini giving valid team composition advice based on the player’s available resources — information that almost certainly requires developer insight in addition to web search data.
But how practical can something like this really be? For truly insightful advice, especially for games in genres with lots of advanced, undocumented mechanics and strategy, a robust community of existing players is often the only way to advance past a certain entry level of skill. And for one-off advice, a quick web search for an existing walkthrough is sure to be much quicker and more accurate than something generated by AI, though these walkthroughs/guides may not exist for brand-new games or niche titles.
