Whats going on with gaming today: Top 5 Trends of video games today

AI Everywhere.
We all know that since the beginning when video games first came out AI was also made. After many years of different games, AI started to evolve into greater lengths and not just ChatGPT. Its no longer lurking in the shadows- its walking in a straight path into the boss fight. there are even some games now that you can use AI to fight for you. Developers are use AI for procedural content creation. smarter NPCs, and even dialogue scripting.

Free to Play
If you are looking for new video games for you, Free-to-Play is just the thing for you. It lets you try video games without paying for anything. its like a free ticket to a concert. Famous free games incluse: Apex Legends, Fortnite, Roblox, and Genshin Impact and they only make money with in game currency which they can use to buy gear, battepasses, and personal items. All of these do not even affect your gameplay so players can still compete. Free games grow fast because anyone can get it.

Crossplay
It has been proven that more than 80% of top multiplayer games support cross platform. Players today can now team up or go against people. Regardless of their platform whether they are on Apple, Android, Playstation, Xbox, PC, or Nintendo. Progress can be saved too. Lets say you started a game on PC and you want to continue it later. You can continue it on your phone as you travel. Although, The controls for other consoles can be a little challenging to make it fair for each platform.

Player-made worlds
You ever look at a game and think to yourself "Man, I bet I can make something better than this."? Well, Developers today said, "prove it". Now, players are actually building the worlds we used to dream about. It’s not just the developers anymore, gamers like us are turning into architects, story writers, and full-on directors with tools like Fortnite Creative 2.0, Roblox, and Minecraft Realms.I swear, some of these player-made maps are so good it makes you question if the devs are even trying. People are out here making horror maps scarier than Dead by Daylight and obstacle courses that break your spirit faster than college finals week. And the craziest part? They’re getting paid for it.

Cozy-games: Levels to intesity
I used to think gaming was all about high-stakes battles explosions, boss fights, adrenaline. But lately? Everyone’s been chilling. Like, aggressively chilling. The cozy gaming trend is basically therapy with better graphics. Games like Stardew Valley, Unpacking, and Dordogne showed that you don’t need to save the world but sometimes you just need to decorate a house, fish by a lake, and emotionally recover from real life. It’s peaceful, simple, and lowkey addictive.

AI Everywhere.