Epic Games Delays Unannounced Disney Shooter And Tells Staff To Go AI-First
Epic is asking staff to ship a major licensed title with AI at the center after misjudging the people and time the project needed, which is why the instruction landed as confusion rather than a plan.
Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, Game Spark.
Epic Games has delayed an unannounced shooter featuring Marvel and Star Wars characters and told developers to adopt an AI-first setup, according to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier. A director told staff there would be "no more hand-written code" and that in-game art would be generated with a fully AI workflow. The title had been set for March. No new date has been given.
In an internal message reviewed by Bloomberg, one of the game's directors told staff that a fully AI workflow would generate the in-game art, and a video conference last week carried the same instruction: AI does the work, humans direct it. The tools named include Anthropic's Claude. Some developers were reported to be stunned, others joked about who fixes AI errors, and some hoped the policy would be reversed.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.