Recent years have seen an explosive increase in research on large language models (LLMs), and accompanying public engagement on the topic. While starting as a niche area within natural language processing, LLMs have shown remarkable potential across a broad range of applications and domains, including games. This paper surveys the current state of the art across the various applications of LLMs in and for games, and identifies the different roles LLMs can take within a game. Importantly, we discuss underexplored areas and promising directions for future uses of LLMs in games and we reconcile the potential and limitations of LLMs within the games domain. As the first comprehensive survey and roadmap at the intersection of LLMs and games, we are hopeful that this paper will serve as the basis for groundbreaking research and innovation in this exciting new field.

翻译：近年来，关于大型语言模型（LLMs）的研究呈现爆发式增长，公众对该主题的关注也日益增加。虽然最初只是自然语言处理领域的一个细分方向，但LLMs已在包括游戏在内的广泛应用和领域中展现出巨大潜力。本文综述了LLMs在游戏领域内及为游戏服务的各类应用现状，并明确了LLMs在游戏中所能承担的不同角色。重要的是，我们探讨了LLMs在游戏中尚未充分开发的领域及未来应用的潜在方向，同时客观评估了LLMs在游戏领域的潜力与局限。作为LLMs与游戏交叉领域的首篇综合性综述与路线图，我们期望本文能为这一新兴前沿领域的突破性研究与创新奠定基础。