The video game industry has suffered a decline in the financial markets after Google revealed Project Genie, an AI tool capable of generating interactive worlds from simple texts.

Google's announcement about Project Genie, an AI tool for creating interactive worlds, has led to a massive sell-off of stocks in the gaming industry. Although the technology is still experimental, the reaction from investors was swift, causing a massive sell-off of stocks from major companies in the field, such as Take-Two Interactive, CD Projekt, and Nintendo. Unity's stocks saw the largest drop, of about 20%, due to fears that AI-generated environments could pose challenges for traditional game engines. Project Genie does not replace existing development processes but offers unstable and aimless prototypes. Google presents it as a preview and experimentation tool that could help teams explore ideas more quickly and reduce costs. However, the market's reaction suggests that investors are betting on the potential future of AI-assisted development rather than the current functionality of the tool.