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No more hand-written code on Epic's Disney game, Bloomberg reports
Epic Games has ordered that AI write all the code and generate the art for its game with Disney, according to Bloomberg. The launch, planned for March 2027, has been delayed with no new date.
The essentials
3 according to the source · 3 open questions
- According to the sourceAccording to Bloomberg, Epic Games has told the people making its game with Disney not to write code by hand and to generate all the art with AI.12
- According to the sourceTeam members will shift to directing and reviewing what models such as Anthropic's Claude produce, according to internal messages seen by Bloomberg.12
- According to the sourceThe Marvel and Star Wars shooter, the result of a $1.5 billion deal, was due out in March 2027 and has been delayed with no new date.1
Why it matters
If confirmed, a major studio is moving from using AI only as a helper to having it do the entire job, with people as supervisors. This points to a change in what video game programmers and artists do.
If you were waiting for Epic's Marvel and Star Wars game, it no longer has a release date.
The details
Bloomberg cites people close to the project and internal company messages1. According to those messages, one of the game's directors wrote to staff: "No more hand-written code"2. Epic, through its spokesperson Jake Jones, told Bloomberg it is betting on AI-accelerated development2. The delay also comes because the team was short-staffed and work was moving more slowly than expected1.
What we don't know
- When the game will come out now that it has been delayed.
- Whether Epic will apply this way of working to other projects or only to this one.
- What Disney thinks of the change.
Sources
- 1Epic Games reportedly pivoting to "AI first" game development model
- 2Epic shifts to ‘AI-accelerated development’ for upcoming Disney game
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