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Anthropic updates Claude to stop it recreating existing video games

Anthropic has updated Claude Code's system prompt to prevent the AI tool from being used to recreate existing video games.⁠[3, 4] Tom's Hardware reported that an Anthropic employee confirmed Claude Code now has orders not to reproduce game IP, with the company saying it is "iterating to ensure [...] the right balance".⁠[3, 4] Users report that Opus 5.5 is also actively blocking reverse engineering tasks, according to Tom's Hardware.⁠[4]

The Verge reported that retro gaming is currently being overrun with AI-made decompilations, recompilations, and ports.⁠[3] Users can still lean on Claude for help designing original or genre games.⁠[2]

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Read first Anthropic confirms new Claude Code limits to prevent game cloning — users report Opus 5.5 is also actively blocking reverse engineering tasks · Tom's Hardware

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