An upcoming however as-yet unannounced Disney sport in improvement at Epic Video games has been delayed after the studio pushed its builders to implement an “AI-first” method.
‘No Extra Hand-Written Code’
In an inner memo shared with Bloomberg, a director on Epic’s Disney sport reportedly bluntly advised their workers, “No extra hand-written code,” and insisted that each one the sport’s artwork be “generated with full AI workflows.” Builders have been advised to depend on generative AI companies equivalent to Anthropic’s Claude to speed up their workflows.
The Disney sport in query is reportedly a first-person shooter featuring Marvel and Star Wars characters that was initially slated for a March 2027 launch, however that date has since been scrapped and not using a new timeline.
In response to Bloomberg’s sources, the developers were “stunned” by this order, which was handed down after improvement on the sport had fallen not on time. Nevertheless, they are saying this was attributable to Epic misjudging the variety of workers and period of time the Disney sport would wish.
In response, Epic Video games’ communications director Jake Jones said that the sport developer is “embracing AI-accelerated improvement, led by Epic builders who’re the visionaries and artistic drivers for every thing we do.”
Disney has not but commented on the story.
Disney and Epic Video games Partnership
Disney announced it had invested $1.5 billion in Epic in February 2024, with the 2 firms partnering on a number of video games spanning totally different genres. This unannounced shooter was attributable to be the primary.
In March 2026, Disney Games, which includes the lucrative Epic Games partnership, was restructured to fall underneath Leisure underneath new chief artistic officer Dana Walden. In that very same month, Epic Video games introduced a layoff of 1,000 workers as a part of a $500 million cost-saving technique, however reassured its commitment to the Disney partnership.
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