Epic Games reportedly delays unannounced Disney shooter

A Bluesky post reports Epic Games has delayed an unannounced Star Wars and Marvel game, which reportedly is moving to AI-generated code and art, per staff. Only one item was collected, so this is unconfirmed.

Timeline

1. 12 Oct, 18:34 UTCReport: Disney shooter delayed for AI shift
2. 12 Oct, 21:33 UTCReached #1 on TrendHeat
3. 13 Oct, 15:12 UTCFirst appeared on The Verge
4. 15 Oct, 07:27 UTCPicked up on Reddit

Top sources

• Epic Games delays Disney shooterBluesky
• Epic Games tells employees to use AI to get Disney game doneHacker News
• [Bloomberg] Epic Games has delayed an unannounced shooter game featuring Star Wars & Marvel characters. Developers on the game have now been told to only use AI to write the code — “No more hand-written code”; All art for the game would be “generated with full AI workflows"r/gaming
• Hand written notes with online orderr/AusFemaleFashion
• Are There Any Disney Characters from Australia?r/AskAnAustralian
• Epic shifts to ‘AI-accelerated development’ for upcoming Disney gameThe Verge