Amazon Lists $20 AI Guidebooks for Unreleased Games, Reposting Them After Takedowns
Updated
Updated · Kotaku · Jun 29
Amazon Lists $20 AI Guidebooks for Unreleased Games, Reposting Them After Takedowns
2 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Jun 29
Summary
$20-plus AI-written guidebooks for unreleased games including Alien: Isolation 2, Control: Resonant and Gears of War: E-Day are being sold on Amazon despite the games not being finished or, in some cases, dated.
Rick’s Game Backlog found the books use AI-generated covers and blurbs, and ordered copies that contained hyperlink-style tables of contents, novel-like filler and fabricated sections such as unrevealed system requirements and nonexistent gameplay mechanics.
Amazon customer support flagged and removed some listings after a complaint, but the books reappeared, underscoring how easily low-cost AI content can cycle back onto the marketplace.
The scam can look credible because legitimate strategy guides sometimes launch before games do, and Amazon’s recommendation system may surface the fake books to people who preordered related titles.
Similar AI-slop guides are also listed for released games, suggesting the problem extends beyond unreleased titles and may be growing across Amazon’s book marketplace.