AI “vibe coding” is starting to create a serious problem for the video game industry. The release of Claude Opus 5.5 has made it much easier to decompile and recompile games, leading to a wave of unofficial ports, mods and game clones. Publishers are already filing DMCA takedowns over some of this activity. Kotaku Former Take-Two AI chief Luke Dicken says developers and publishers need to take the trend seriously: “This new wave of decompile-and-port is definitely something that developers and publishers need to take seriously.” “More invasive DRM, platform-level solutions, and probably more of a push towards streaming solutions.” Godot executive director Emilio Coppola puts more responsibility on platforms such as Steam, arguing that developers have very few ways to protect themselves while bad actors can profit from selling AI-made clones: “The burden should fall onto the platforms who are enabling this sort of behavior.” There’s also a growing concern among indie developers about showing unfinished games publicly. Coppola says he has heard from developers who are now: “Worried and anxious to even share early access versions of their games”