Epic Games Delays Disney Project After Mandating ‘AI-First’ Development

Epic Games Delays Disney Project After Mandating ‘AI-First’ Development

An upcoming but as-yet unannounced Disney game in development at Epic Games has been delayed after the studio pushed its developers to implement an “AI-first” approach. ‘No More Hand-Written Code’ In an internal memo shared with Bloomberg, a director on Epic’s Disney game reportedly bluntly told their staff, “No more hand-written code,” and insisted that…

Epic Games Pivots to AI-First Development as Disney Game Faces Delay

Epic Games Pivots to AI-First Development as Disney Game Faces Delay

Epic Games is accelerating its adoption of artificial intelligence across game development, marking a significant change in how the company plans to build games and developer tools. CEO Tim Sweeney confirmed on October 12, 2026, that Epic is reorganizing teams to maximize AI-assisted development, with the goal of helping employees create more content and software…

Epic Games Shifts To ‘AI-First’ Development, Delays Major Project

Epic Games Shifts To ‘AI-First’ Development, Delays Major Project

Epic Games has adopted an ‘AI-first’ methodology to boost production, resulting in the delay of a highly anticipated shooter game featuring Marvel and Star Wars characters. While the gaming giant remains a private company, the move highlights ongoing efforts to improve productivity following significant workforce reductions earlier in 2026. Epic Games, the developer behind the…

6 things we learned at the GCAP 2026 game development conference

6 things we learned at the GCAP 2026 game development conference

Taking place earlier this week, Games Connect Asia Pacific 2026 felt different to its predecessors. After all, the world is now a very different place. Months of economic, political and technological turmoil have created an atmosphere of uncertainty and fear for those who value stability – and who doesn’t? At GCAP 2026, in developer roundtables…

Sierra Unveils Personal Agent Protocol in Development With Meta and Partners – Unite.AI

Sierra Unveils Personal Agent Protocol in Development With Meta and Partners – Unite.AI

Sierra on October 6, 2026, announced Personal Agent Protocol, an open standard designed to define how personal AI agents interact with businesses. The company said it is developing the protocol with Meta and industry partners at Genesys, Instinct, Rocket, Shopify, Stripe, and Walmart, with a v0.1 specification planned for later in October 2026. According to…

Resident Evil Developer Capcom Details RE Engine REX Plan for AI-Assisted Game Development and Testing

Resident Evil Developer Capcom Details RE Engine REX Plan for AI-Assisted Game Development and Testing

Capcom is gradually transforming its RE Engine into an ‘AI-generation game engine’, the company revealed during its Capcom Open Conference RE: 2026 in Japan on 2 October. Programmer Satoshi Ishida said the REX project will help developers build, test and maintain large-scale games alongside artificial intelligence. The announcement does not mean Capcom is replacing artists…

Capcom’s REX Project Targets AI-Assisted Game Development

Capcom’s REX Project Targets AI-Assisted Game Development

Capcom plans to evolve the RE Engine gradually through a multi-stage project called REX, with the long-term goal of making it an AI-generation game engine. The focus described so far is on using AI to speed up and streamline development, not on generating game assets wholesale. At Capcom Open Conference RE: 2026 on October 2,…

How NipsApp Game Studios Built a Global Game Development Outsourcing Business

How NipsApp Game Studios Built a Global Game Development Outsourcing Business

A game development company in Kerala, India is now building a set of mobile games tied to one of Europe’s best-known former royal families. On September 16, 2026, The RoyaLand Company Ltd. announced that NipsApp Game Studios is developing three free-to-play mobile games for iOS and Android. The announcement was released through GlobeNewswire and attached…

Bring Software Development In-House with Microsoft Visual Studio Pro 2026 for Just $30

Bring Software Development In-House with Microsoft Visual Studio Pro 2026 for Just $30

Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. TL;DR: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is $29.97 for a limited time, providing businesses and developers with artificial…

Unity 6.6 Adds Day-One Development Support for Meta VR Glasses – Gaming.net

Unity 6.6 Adds Day-One Development Support for Meta VR Glasses – Gaming.net

Unity announced day-one development support for Meta VR Glasses on September 24, 2026. Unity 6.6 targets the device through OpenXR, and the glasses were announced at Meta Connect 2026 with a retail launch planned for spring 2027. Unity described VR Glasses as Meta’s lightest, most comfortable, and most capable VR device, designed for entertainment, productivity,…