Amazon Games boss Christoph Hartmann has discussed the state of the video game industry, saying he hopes AI can help solve some of the issues. In a new interview, Hartmann said the video game industry needs to “reinvent” itself in part to capture attention away from things like TikTok, and AI can help.”You can keep yourself busy forever and without having to touch a game,” he told IGN.To help get there, Hartmann said the video game industry needs to “overcome our fear of trying out new things” or else it runs the risk of getting “boring,” he said.”We can just not keep on doing the same game over and over. While I know the problem also is you have to, because the financial investment is so big nowadays, and the investment into games and games development became so much, much more expensive in relation to the growth of the overall market,” he said. “The portion of money going to development, it’s so high. Obviously, you take a huge risk, so everyone plays it safe.” Hartmann went on to say that he believes “AI will help” in this regard, though he stressed that AI won’t “solve it all.” But he believes AI can help accelerate and improve game development overall, though the cost…