Epic shifts to ‘AI-accelerated development’ for upcoming Disney game

Summary

Epic Games is using AI to generate code and art for an unannounced Disney game, which has been delayed from its original March release window, according to Bloomberg. Developers received an "AI-first" mandate to rely more on tools such as Anthropic's Claude, and a director told staff there would be "No more hand-written code."

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