Epic Games Tells Developers No More Hand-Written Code In Major AI Push
Epic Games hasn’t shied away from its integration of AI into its development workflows as it continues to deliver a steady cadence of content drops for its various titles including its cash cow, Fortnite. However, according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, the company is set to push even further with how it deploys AI into the game development process as one of its projects has fallen behind schedule.
The main driver behind the push for more AI use is that the development of an unannounced shooter, which taps into the lore and characters of Star Wars and Marvel, is now behind schedule. It was originally planned for it to be released in March of 2027, but that date has been pushed back because “Epic underestimated how many staffers and how much time it would take to produce, said the people.” That the company laid off1,000 employees earlier this year...
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