Post by @lechekaflan@lemmy.world

2026-10-15 04:22 UTC

Epic Games reportedly delays Disney shooter title so it can pivot to AI coding — staff allegedly told 'no more handwritten code' with art 'generated with full AI workflows' cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/53117760 Epic Games has reportedly delayed a shooter based on Disney’s Marvel and Star Wars franchises, with its developers told to use more AI. According to Bloomberg, the yet-to-be-named game was supposed to be released in March of 2027, but its launch date has been pushed back to an unspecified date. Aside from that, the company also told the people working on the project to switch to an “AI first” production model. One of the game directors was quoted telling staff that there will be “no more handwritten code” and that the game’s art would now be “generated with full AI workflows.”

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@kboos1@lemmy.world 2026-10-15 04:39

I get the use of AI is unavoidable but that’s got to be so demoralizing to have a finely honed skill forcibly turned into vibe coding.

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@20cello@lemmy.world 2026-10-15 04:53

🤮

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@ch00f@lemmy.world 2026-10-15 05:01

The fact that all these AI companies are so unprofitable despite this kind of nonsense happening just goes to show how big this bubble has gotten.

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@alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 2026-10-15 05:27

How does Epic give away free games, give devs a bigger cut of earnings, and make game dev way more accessible, while still constantly making everyone hate them? Wtf are you buying all that good will for if you’re just gonna make everyone hate you anyway?

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@halfapage@lemmy.world 2026-10-15 05:39

why do they need a whole team to prompt? can’t Timmy prompt it to existence by just copying client spec?

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@hperrin@lemmy.ca 2026-10-15 06:24

Oh no! The shitty company is doing the shitty thing!? Who could’ve guessed that would happen?

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@Waterpumpee@lemmus.org 2026-10-15 07:14

We soon have more games than people on earth. Real task in future will be to find good ones among the slop. Oh and we burn the planet on the way there.

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@Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 2026-10-15 07:43

It’s a little surprising it wasn’t pure ai drivel from the get go given that a Star Wars/Marvel shooter game sounds like the kind of lazy IP mashup garbage that gets AI sloppers excited.

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