Epic Games has delayed its Marvel and Star Wars shooter with Disney, which had been slated for March 2027, and told developers to switch to an “AI first” production model using tools such as Anthropic's Claude, Bloomberg reports. No new release date has been set.
There will be “no more hand-written code” and that art assets will be “generated with full AI workflows.”
Bloomberg noted that no other major games company has previously attempted to make a game mostly with AI.
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Nintendo has confirmed it will continue producing physical games for the Switch 2. The stance differs from Sony’s move away from physical media and aligns with Nintendo’s reportedly lower 61.5 percent digital sales ratio.
The Triple-I Initiative October 2026 showcase delivered announcements and demos for more than a dozen indie titles. Several games now have firm release windows or new content arriving through early 2027.
Anthropic says early estimates show its new anti-distillation defenses cut the data distillers harvest from Claude by about 90-99%. It has banned tens of thousands of accounts, but says it doesn't know how long the gains will last.
Amazon is in talks to buy AI startup Decart in a deal that could value it at around $7 billion, the WSJ reports, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Decart was valued at about $4 billion in May.
Meta has released its Muse Wonder AI model to developers through the Meta Model API and Muse Code. In the Muse app, users will need a $20 or $100 monthly subscription to use it, CNBC reports, as Meta tests whether people will pay for advanced agents outside its ad business.
