The shooter featuring Marvel and Star Wars characters had been slated for March
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Epic Games has delayed its upcoming Disney collaboration – a shooter featuring characters from the Marvel and Star Wars franchises – and told developers to move to an “AI first” production model.
According to Bloomberg, the game had been slated for March, but no new release date has been confirmed.
People familiar with the project told the site that developers were asked to build the game with AI tools, including Anthropic’s Claude, with staff overseeing the output.
In an internal message seen by Bloomberg, one of the game’s directors told staff: “No more hand-written code.” The director also said all of the game’s art would be “generated with full AI workflows.”
In a statement to Bloomberg, Epic communications director Jake Jones said the company is “embracing AI-accelerated development, led by Epic developers who are the visionaries and creative drivers for everything we do.” Disney did not immediately respond to the outlet’s request for comment.
Developers were told about the change on a video call last week, and some were “stunned” according to Bloomberg’s sources.
