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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney announced on October 12 that the company behind Fortnite is shifting its focus significantly toward artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance game development processes. This move involves reallocating resources and personnel within the company to maximize AI benefits, aiming not just to cut costs but also to enable developers to create more and better content. Sweeney's comments come in response to ongoing debates about AI’s role in creative industries and amid previous layoffs at Epic due to slower growth unrelated to AI adoption.
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Fortnite-maker Epic Games announced a major shift towards integrating AI to enhance video game development, according to CEO Tim Sweeney's statement on October 12. This move aims to boost productivity and creativity rather than simply cutting costs. The company is restructuring its teams to maximize the use of AI, with plans to share these benefits through its Unreal Engine software used by third-party developers. This pivot comes about six months after Epic laid off more than 1,000 employees, attributing the decision to broader issues like slower growth rather than AI adoption. Sweeney emphasized that increasing reliance on AI will help Epic and other game developers survive and thrive in the coming AI revolution, enabling them to produce better code and content faster.
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Fortnite-maker Epic Games makes ‘huge pivot’ with AI, CEO says
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SAN FRANCISCO – Fortnite-maker Epic Games is making a “huge pivot” towards using AI to boost video game development, chief executive Tim Sweeney said on Oct 12.
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The American gaming giant is “moving developers around to retool for maximum AI acceleration,” Sweeney wrote on X.
“The aim isn’t to do the same stuff with fewer people, but to enable everyone here to build MORE and BETTER stuff, and to bring the benefits to all teams using Unreal,” he continued, referring to the company’s Unreal Engine which provides game development software to third-party users.
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The announcement comes amid a heated debate about AI’s role in art and creative sectors.
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It also lands about six months after Epic said it would lay off more than 1,000 employees, though the company attributed the decision to broader issues like slower growth, rather than AI.
Ramping up its use of AI internally now will increase Epic’s ability “to survive the AI revolution, help other developers do the same, and come out on the other end making better code and content faster,” Sweeney wrote on Oct 12.
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He also pushed back on criticism from one user who replied on X that his “inability to read the room is really really astounding”.
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Personally I’m optimistic about it and see it as empowering for creators,” Sweeney wrote in response.
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AI in game development remains controversial despite its use by the industry.
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More than 85% of game developers in Japan use AI, compared to 36% of developers in North America, according to PC Gamer.
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Epic is also reportedly delaying the release of a game developed in collaboration with Disney, according to a report from Bloomberg on Oct 12.
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The game was expected to launch in March and features characters from Marvel and Star Wars, and Epic has told employees to use an “AI first” approach to development.
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Epic did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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