The shooter featuring Marvel and Star Wars characters had been slated for March<\/p>\n
Image credit: Epic Games <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
According to Bloomberg, the game had been slated for March, but no new release date has been confirmed.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Developers were told about the change on a video call last week, and some were “stunned” according to Bloomberg’s sources.<\/p>\n