Epic Games has postponed the release of its upcoming video game collaboration with Walt Disney. The developers have been tasked with radically changing their production approach and integrating artificial intelligence tools as much as possible to complete the game.
Epic Games has postponed the release of its upcoming video game collaboration with Walt Disney. The developers have been tasked with radically changing their production approach and integrating artificial intelligence tools as much as possible to complete the game.
This was reported by journalist Jason Schreier in a material for Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the details of the project.
The upcoming game is a shooter featuring characters from the Marvel and Star Wars universes. The project was originally scheduled for a March release, but has now been delayed, with no new release date yet. According to sources, the development process has been slower than expected because the company underestimated the amount of staff and time needed.
The team has now been tasked with implementing an “AI first” manufacturing model, using tools like Anthropic’s Claude. The idea is that AI will do the work, while humans will manage the process.
“No more hand-written code,” one of the game’s executives said in an internal memo to staff seen by Bloomberg, adding that all visual content for the project would be “created using fully AI workflows.”
Epic Games’ communications director Jake Jones officially commented on the move: “We support AI-accelerated development, led by Epic developers, who are the visionaries and creative drivers of everything we do.” Disney representatives have not yet responded to a request for comment.
The announcement of the new rules caused some consternation among the company’s employees during a recent video call. Some developers joked about how they would handle AI errors, perhaps asking Claude to fix its own generated code. Some of the team expressed hope that this was a frivolous requirement or that management would change course, as developers doubted the success of such an initiative.
