Emilio Coppola is executive director of the Godot Foundation. He has argued that platforms such as Steam should share the burden of policing unauthorized AI ports rather than leaving it to developers.
Emilio Coppola leads the Godot Foundation as executive director. At CEDEC 2026 in Yokohama, he described the nonprofit's role behind the Godot engine and plans for a first GodotCon in Japan in December. He said companies in Japan mostly ask what internal changes a migration to Godot would require, a question framed around the engine's third-place position behind Unity and Unreal. CRI Middleware announced support for the engine at the same event, and Coppola's answer to the migration question is an ecosystem of support companies rather than direct support from the foundation.
The following month, Coppola commented on unauthorized AI ports of games. Luke Dicken, former AI head at Take-Two Interactive, told Kotaku that AI-driven decompiling and porting without the rights holder's permission is an issue developers and publishers must take seriously. Dicken said he expects more invasive DRM and platform-level countermeasures, which he says will disadvantage consumers.
Coppola argued that platforms such as Steam should share the burden of policing AI clones rather than leaving it to developers. The two stories over roughly six weeks put him on record about who carries cost and responsibility in game development: support companies around an engine in Japan, and storefronts in the argument over AI ports.
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Oct 19
Luke Dicken, former AI head at Take-Two Interactive, told Kotaku that AI-driven decompiling and porting of games without the rights holder's permission is an issue developers and publishers must take seriously. He expects more invasive DRM and platform-level countermeasures, which he says will disadvantage consumers. Godot Engine's Emilio Coppola argued platforms such as Steam should share the burden of policing AI clones rather than leaving it to developers.
Sep 10
At CEDEC 2026 in Yokohama, Godot Foundation executive director Emilio Coppola discussed the nonprofit's role behind the Godot engine and its plans for a first GodotCon in Japan this December. He said companies in Japan mostly ask what internal changes a migration to Godot would require, and CRI Middleware announced its support for the engine.