Epic pivots to AI-first development

Epic Games is shifting to an AI-first strategy for its collaboration with the Walt Disney Company, letting AI models write all code and guide all artwork for an upcoming shooter.

No more hand-written code

Human developers will manage and guide code and art assets generated by models such as Anthropic's Claude, with no hand-written code and art generated with full AI workflows.

Marvel and Star Wars game delayed

The one point five billion dollar collaboration announced in early two thousand twenty-four was slated to release a Marvel and Star Wars-themed shooter in March two thousand twenty-seven but has now been delayed indefinitely.

Sweeney defends the pivot

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said the aim is not to do the same stuff with fewer people but to enable everyone to build more and better stuff and bring benefits to all teams using Unreal.

“The aim isn't to do the same stuff with fewer people, but to enable everyone here to build MORE and BETTER stuff”

Industry adoption remains cautious

A survey of over two thousand three hundred game industry professionals found thirty-six percent used generative AI tools, with research and brainstorming at eighty-one percent but code assistance at only forty-seven percent.