Epic Games tells Disney shooter developers to build with AI first

Epic Games wants artificial intelligence doing the heavy lifting on its upcoming Disney shooter. According to Bloomberg, the company has told developers that future content for the game should be created primarily with AI, with humans supervising the results. What Epic is asking developers to do The directive moves the Disney collaboration shooter to what has been described as an “AI-first” production model. AI tools generate the material. People review, refine and approve it. The game itself is an extraction-style shooter featuring Disney characters. In that genre, players typically drop into a match, grab loot or complete objectives, and try to get out alive before losing everything. The release schedule has been a moving target. The project had at one point been slated for a March release and, at another, targeted for a November 2026 launch. It is now delayed indefinitely. Epic has not announced a new launch date. The delay followed internal reviews that reportedly raised concerns about the originality of the game’s gameplay and mechanics. The $1.5 billion backdrop This game is not a side project. It is a key product of Disney’s $1.5 billion equity investment in Epic Games, anno...