From Multimodal Perception to Strategic Reasoning: A Survey on AI-Generated Game Commentary

Zheng, Qirui; Wang, Xingbo; Cheng, Keyuan; Lu, Yunlong; Ali, Muhammad Asif; Li, Lingfeng; Wang, Yongyi; Li, Wenxin

doi:10.24963/ijcai.2026/901

From Multimodal Perception to Strategic Reasoning: A Survey on AI-Generated Game Commentary

Qirui Zheng, Xingbo Wang, Keyuan Cheng, Yunlong Lu, Muhammad Asif Ali, Lingfeng Li, Yongyi Wang, Wenxin Li

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Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Survey Track. Pages 8125-8133.

https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2026/901

Keywords

Natural Language Processing: Resources and evaluation
Natural Language Processing: Language generation
Machine Learning: Multi-modal learning
Multidisciplinary Topics and Applications: Entertainment

Abstract

The advent of artificial intelligence has propelled AI-Generated Game Commentary (AI-GGC) into a rapidly expanding research area, offering advantages such as scalable availability and personalized narration. However, existing studies remain fragmented, and a systematic survey that unifies prior efforts is still lacking. To bridge this gap, our survey introduces a unified framework that systematically organizes the AI-GGC landscape. We present a novel taxonomy focused on three core commentator capabilities: Live Observation, Strategic Analysis, and Historical Recall, and further categorize commentary into three corresponding types: Descriptive Commentary, Analytical Commentary, and Background Commentary. Building on this structure, we provide an in-depth review of methods, datasets, and evaluation metrics, analyzing their strengths and limitations. Finally, we highlight key challenges and point out promising directions for future research in AI-GGC.

Qirui Zheng, Xingbo Wang, Keyuan Cheng, Yunlong Lu, Muhammad Asif Ali, Lingfeng Li, Yongyi Wang, and Wenxin Li. 2026. From Multimodal Perception to Strategic Reasoning: A Survey on AI-Generated Game Commentary. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI-26. IJCAI, 8125–8133. https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2026/901

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  author    = {Zheng, Qirui and Wang, Xingbo and Cheng, Keyuan and Lu, Yunlong and Ali, Muhammad Asif and Li, Lingfeng and Wang, Yongyi and Li, Wenxin},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth International Joint Conference on
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