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Epic Games Delays Disney Shooter, With AI Set to Write the Code
Epic Games has delayed the release of the as-yet-untitled shooter it is developing for Disney. The project, based on the Marvel and Star Wars universes, was scheduled to be released in March 2027. It is now unclear when the game will be released. Along with the delay, the company has asked the team to make greater use of artificial intelligence in the production process.
One of the project leads said the team would switch to an “AI first” production model that puts artificial intelligence at the forefront. Under an internal directive, code will no longer be written by hand. The game’s images will also be created entirely with artificial intelligence. This means artificial intelligence will not be an auxiliary tool, but the project’s main production tool. However, not all employees have welcomed the decision. Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney announced on October 12, 2026, that the company had begun a broad shift toward artificial intelligence. According to him, developers are being redirected to other work to make maximum use of the technology. The goal is not to do the same work with fewer employees, but to create more and better products. The company wants to make these tools available to all teams that use Unreal Engine. Epic Games communications director Jake Jones said creative decisions would remain in the hands of the company’s developers. In 2026, the company added numerous artificial intelligence tools capable of generating text, images and other materials to the Unreal Engine platform. Sweeney previously criticized the practice of giving games that use artificial intelligence a separate label on Steam. He considers the technology useful for repetitive tasks such as finding coding errors and creating 3D models. According to initial reports, the game was scheduled to be released in November 2026. The date was later moved to March 2027, but that date was also canceled following the latest decision on artificial intelligence. The project is expected to be an extraction shooter similar to Arc Raiders. In this genre, the player collects loot while trying to escape a dangerous zone alive. The main reason the work fell behind schedule was that the team did not have enough employees. Disney invested $1.5 billion (approximately 2.55 billion manats) in Epic Games in 2024. The aim of the partnership is to create a gaming and entertainment universe that brings together Disney characters. Various characters have previously appeared in Fortnite as packs that change their appearance. The delayed game was intended to be the first in a series of projects based on Disney intellectual property, meaning the company’s characters and universes. The new directive surprised some developers, who hoped the decision would be reversed. Some jokingly asked whether they should ask Claude to fix their mistakes. In a 2026 GDC survey, 52 percent of developers said the technology was harmful to the industry. In 2025, that figure was 30 percent. Most people who use artificial intelligence prefer it for research and programming rather than for creating graphic materials.
One of the project leads said the team would switch to an “AI first” production model that puts artificial intelligence at the forefront. Under an internal directive, code will no longer be written by hand. The game’s images will also be created entirely with artificial intelligence. This means artificial intelligence will not be an auxiliary tool, but the project’s main production tool. However, not all employees have welcomed the decision. Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney announced on October 12, 2026, that the company had begun a broad shift toward artificial intelligence. According to him, developers are being redirected to other work to make maximum use of the technology. The goal is not to do the same work with fewer employees, but to create more and better products. The company wants to make these tools available to all teams that use Unreal Engine. Epic Games communications director Jake Jones said creative decisions would remain in the hands of the company’s developers. In 2026, the company added numerous artificial intelligence tools capable of generating text, images and other materials to the Unreal Engine platform. Sweeney previously criticized the practice of giving games that use artificial intelligence a separate label on Steam. He considers the technology useful for repetitive tasks such as finding coding errors and creating 3D models. According to initial reports, the game was scheduled to be released in November 2026. The date was later moved to March 2027, but that date was also canceled following the latest decision on artificial intelligence. The project is expected to be an extraction shooter similar to Arc Raiders. In this genre, the player collects loot while trying to escape a dangerous zone alive. The main reason the work fell behind schedule was that the team did not have enough employees. Disney invested $1.5 billion (approximately 2.55 billion manats) in Epic Games in 2024. The aim of the partnership is to create a gaming and entertainment universe that brings together Disney characters. Various characters have previously appeared in Fortnite as packs that change their appearance. The delayed game was intended to be the first in a series of projects based on Disney intellectual property, meaning the company’s characters and universes. The new directive surprised some developers, who hoped the decision would be reversed. Some jokingly asked whether they should ask Claude to fix their mistakes. In a 2026 GDC survey, 52 percent of developers said the technology was harmful to the industry. In 2025, that figure was 30 percent. Most people who use artificial intelligence prefer it for research and programming rather than for creating graphic materials.