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Epic Games delays Disney Marvel/Star Wars shooter, mandates AI-first developmentGamers and developers react with mockery and boycott threats
3 Oct 12 2:30 PM · 4d ago · 48 articles · 36 posts · 279 comments · 7 sources · development 3 of 6
Social media users on Bluesky and X criticize the plan, citing past failed Epic gambits, doubts about code quality without human oversight, and plans to boycott the resulting game.
“Good job Epic on going all on in AI development. Seriously, I appreciate it. Makes it so much easier to not buy your games anymore.”
goobypls89.bsky.socialTim Sweeney CEO, Epic GamesEpic Games Developer/publisher of the delayed shooterDisney IP partner and investor
Jason Schreier Bloomberg reporter
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first by Game World Observer, 4d ago · also Windows Report, Inven Global, Nintendo Life, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Push Square, Bloomberg
6 more headlines
- Epic Goes AI-First on Disney Shooter, Says “No More Hand-Written Code” in Major Development Shift Windows Report · 4d ago
- Epic Delays Disney Shooter Amid Shift to AI-First Model: ‘No More Hand-Written Code’ Inven Global · 4d ago
- “No More Hand-Written Code” - Epic Reportedly Adopts “AI First” Production Model On New Disney Shooter Nintendo Life · 4d ago
- “No more hand-written code”: Epic reportedly impose “AI-first” model on creators of new Disney shooter with Marvel and Star Wars characters Rock, Paper, Shotgun · 4d ago
- ‘No More Hand Written Code’: Fortnite Dev's Disney Game to Be an ‘AI First’ Project Push Square · 4d ago
- Sources: Epic has delayed the release of an upcoming game, instructing developers to implement an “AI first” production model with “no more hand-written code” Bloomberg · 4d ago
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Epic Games has internally delayed the release of a shooter game they’ve been developing 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
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Generative AI is not new to Epic Games, which has been pushing the technology hard in recent years, but this initiative is the first time a major gaming company will attempt to build an "AI-first" game.
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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" https://www. reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1…
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I'm not sure I follow the point you're making, or maybe I just disagree with your premise - I'd read your first comment as an argument against treating coding as a fundamentally creative endeavor because you can strictly measure the outcome, so it seemed you were saying the creativity almost doesn't matter, in a manner of speaking. I think we are…
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> “No more hand-written code” and that the game will be “generated with full AI workflows,” employees were reportedly “stunned,” which many hoped the news was some kind of sick joke.The biggest surprise to me is that they're reporting that the employees themselves are surprised. I don't personally know a single dev who would or even should be…
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BREAKING: Epic Games has delayed its unannounced Disney, $DIS, shooter, featuring Star Wars and Marvel characters, and ordered developers to switch to an AI-first production model, per Bloomberg. “No more hand-written code,” one of the game’s directors told staff. All art for
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'We'll get the edge over Steam with exclusivity deals!' 'We'll get the edge over Steam with NFTs and crypto!' 'We'll get the edge over Steam with AI coding!' Like... Jesus fucking christ.
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# Slopic Ars Technica: Epic Games reportedly pivoting to "AI first" game development model https:// arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10 /report-epic-games-goes-all-in-on-ai-for-disney-collaboration/
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If you are a software engineer, you do not have a choice, this is the job now leave the career or put up with it or be so fucking good that you can specialise beyond the point where AI is of much value, this is now an extremely small percentage of people. If a dev tells you they don't use AI they are either really very very good, lying, or going…
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Code is not the hard part of game development.Contemporary AI is absolutely trash at things like scene graph management and lighting concerns. It also doesn't do physics, materials, SFX or "fun" very well.Do not let the apparent visual progress of diffusion models conflate things. Unless we intend to run the entire game via diffusion models (which…
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We have a huge pivot underway here at Epic, moving developers around to retool for maximum AI acceleration. The aim isn't to do the same stuff with fewer people, but to enable everyone here to build MORE and BETTER stuff, and to bring the benefits to all teams using Unreal.
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It really isn't. I can think of several of these efforts. Nobody talks about them cos initially they know it's polarizing even internally, then it doesn't actually work out and they quietly sweep it under the rug. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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https://www. europesays.com/us/1116753/ Epic Games delays Disney game and tells developers to go “AI first” # Technology # UnitedStates # UnitedStates # US
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I don't think people really know why they hate AI. They just do. If those Russian data centers can remain permanently offline, People hate it because it's being used to replace workers in a way that doesn't really leave room for new human led fields to arrive, in a world where most resources are controlled by an elite that is aggressively…
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There’s this tendency for a lot of tech folks to think their expertise in tech gives them special insights into other disciplines. Often when this happens, they’ll be doomed by missing many of the details that the old domain experts took for granted. I feel like AI is going to supercharge that. Lots of tech folks will see an AI make a CRUD app and…
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This is the shot heard round the world for games and AI. After a story leaked that Epic had directed staff to switch to AI (no more hand coding), Tim pretty much confirms it a couple hours later. The engine that powers 90% of AAA will now be vibe coded.
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Good job Epic on going all on in AI development. Seriously, I appreciate it. Makes it so much easier to not buy your games anymore. Which is saying something, because it was already pretty easy thanks to Tim Sweeney.
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(but have access to a system) Which in the current situation is more and more a questionable premise for the future as systems will start dying and replacing them is massively prohibitive. It's almost funny how hard the AI boom is putting gasoline on an already raging fire of exploding prices that will take years to come down while killing of tons…
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"No more hand-written code"Isn't this the new norm for every modern tech company?Claude Code can help me write and review code faster and better than a human possibly could. I spend my time drafting requirements, steering agents and reviewing diffs instead of writing code manually.AI is changing knowledge work. Dressing that up with ragebait (game…
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Epic, by far one of the best technical leaders in games, is saying no hand written code. If you're not doing the same you will be left behind. It is over for non-AI workflows.
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Epic Games has delayed the release of a new shooter game that features Star Wars & Marvel characters 🎮 • Company is 'embracing AI-accelerated development' • Devs are being told to only use AI to write the code • All art for the game will be 'generated with full AI workflows' (via Business)
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I also work at a software company and got the same line about using AI for everything or we don't work there anymore. When it comes to coding with AI, the truth is, when you use enterprise level AI with agents, you can set it up to make pretty accurate code, so people won't even realize it has been vibe coded. Its not going to appear as AI slop…
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I think you'd be also stunned about the custom scripting/tooling studios have built for themselves over the years. Like the Blueprint system of Unreal, and plenty of low-code scene editors and map editors.Since games are fuzzy, it's also important that developers are in touch with the underlying systems of what makes the games games, and that…
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Bloomberg: Epic Games is going all in on AI as an unannounced shooter featuring Marvel & Star Wars characters is implementing an "AI first" production model "generated with full AI workflows". "No more hand-written code", said one of the directors to staff. ➡️
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