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Bandai Namco Studios uses an in-house AI-powered super-resolution system, developed by its Innotech research and development team, to upscale in-game graphics quality. The system has been tested or actively used in more than 20 game projects across the studio.
Details
The super-resolution system was developed by a machine learning engineer on the Innotech team using computer vision techniques. It takes lower-resolution game imagery as input and produces higher-quality upscaled output, allowing games to look better without proportionally increasing the computational cost of rendering high-resolution assets from scratch. The Innotech team also applies machine learning to speed up particle systems for real-time fluid simulation. These tools are embedded directly into game production pipelines alongside game teams.
Products affected
Internal game development pipeline (20+ projects across Bandai Namco Studios)
Sources & Evidence
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Trace Foundation. (2026). Bandai Namco Studios Inc.: Bandai Namco Studios uses an in-house AI-powered super-resolution system, developed by its Innotech research and development team, to upscale in-game graphics quality. The system has been tested or actively used in more than 20 game projects across the studio (data as of 2026-04-22) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/d36595ae-9017-4a82-bc05-ea52fd2e526e. Accessed September 7, 2026.
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- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/d36595ae-9017-4a82-bc05-ea52fd2e526e
- Data as of
- April 22, 2026
- Last verified
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