‘No More Hand-Written Code’: Epic’s Disney AI Shift

Epic Games has reportedly delayed its Disney-backed Marvel and Star Wars shooter while telling developers to adopt an “AI first” approach. The shift comes as the company faces pressure over development costs and cuts to its workforce. According to Bloomberg, the game had been scheduled for March. Epic has shared a revised date internally but hasn’t announced it publicly. Sources familiar with the project said the company underestimated the staffing and time needed to finish it. Now, developers are reportedly being told to use tools such as Anthropic’s Claude to produce code and artwork, with employees guiding and reviewing the results. “No more hand-written code,” one director told staff in an internal message reviewed by Bloomberg. The director said the game’s artwork would be “generated with full AI workflows.” The directive reportedly stunned several developers during a video call. Some joked about having Claude repair errors introduced by AI. Others hoped management would reverse course. Epic defended the change through communications director Jake Jones. “We’re embracing AI-accelerated development, led by Epic developers who are the visionaries and creative drivers for everyth...