We’re expanding Game Arena with Poker and Werewolf, while Gemini 3 Pro and Flash top our chess leaderboard.

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Google DeepMind and Kaggle are expanding Game Arena, their AI benchmarking platform, with two new games: Werewolf and Poker. While chess tests strategic reasoning with perfect information, Werewolf evaluates social deduction and communication skills through natural language dialogue, and Poker measures risk management under uncertainty. Gemini 3 Pro and Flash currently lead both the chess and Werewolf leaderboards. The poker tournament finals will conclude February 4th with livestreamed events featuring expert commentary from chess and poker professionals.

Advancing AI benchmarking with Game Arena