No more hand-written code? Epic's Disney project reportedly shifts to 'AI-First' development
Epic Games has reportedly mandated a significant shift towards an "AI-first" development model for an upcoming Disney game, leading to a delay. Developers are instructed to heavily utilize AI for code and art generation, with the director stating "no more hand-written code." Epic CEO Tim Sweeney confirmed a company-wide pivot to "maximum AI acceleration" to enable teams to build more and better content.
- Entities
- Company: Disney
- Company: Epic Games
- Company: Unity
- Topic: Game Development
- Game: Star Wars and Marvel shooter project
- Person: Tim Sweeney
- Topic: Generative AI
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