BlizzCon 2016 News & Updates: Google's DeepMind Working With Blizzard For 'StarCraft II' Artificial Intelligence

Google's DeepMind will enhance the AI on Blizzard Entertainment's "StarCraft 2". It is said that DeepMind has one of the best AlphaGo programs which defeated the hardest game just this spring. Google's DeepMind is proclaimed to be one of the "bosses" concerning real-time video games strategies.

According to Business Insider, " StarCraft" from Blizzard Entertainment is one of the pioneers for esports games which is technically a national sport in South Korea starting the 20th century. "StarCraft" surfaced as one of the most complicated games in the gaming platform where players are asked to have an outstanding level of strategic thinking which is needed as they navigate tons of units together while making countless fast decisions.

The recent announcement by Blizzard confirms their plan of releasing "StarCraft II" as an Artificial Intelligence Research Environment where Google's DeepMind is on lead. On the other hand, Oriol Vinyals, research scientist of DeepMind stated that it would take an enormous amount of time before the AI would be able to defeat humans. Vinyals said, "From a research standpoint, we might make great advances, but I think it's way too early to know whether we could beat the best."

Meanwhile, TechCrunch reported that the logic behind the team-up between Blizzard and DeepMind is to build an AI-friendly gaming experience, making the artificial intelligence be of aid to the players of " StarCraft II," since " StarCraft" is a very complex and challenging game.

The AI can come up with strategy and knowledge while the player watch recorded the games, finding ways to land on victory on "macro" and "micro" games. Similar to real players the AI would have to control a dimensional space as its utilizes its planning and memorizing skills.

Stay tuned for more of your "StarCraft" and Blizzard Entertainment updates!