Epic Games makes artificial intelligence the main priority in game development
Video game and technology company Epic Games has announced a strategy shift toward an AI-oriented approach to game development. Its first major project of this kind will be a not-yet-announced shooter made in collaboration with Disney.
Video game and technology company Epic Games has announced a significant change in its game development strategy. From now on, the company will make artificial intelligence (AI) solutions its main priority, according to the news site Kursors.lv.
The new approach
Epic Games plans to move to what it calls an AI-oriented game development model. This means AI becomes a central element of the company's workflow rather than a supplementary tool. The source text is truncated at this point, so the details of the approach and exactly how AI will be used in development are not set out in the published excerpt.
The first project
The first major project to be built under the new model is a shooter game. It has not yet been officially announced, and Epic Games is developing it in collaboration with the entertainment group Disney. The game's title, release date and other details are not mentioned in the source.
The announcement indicates that one of the largest companies in the games industry regards artificial intelligence as the basis for its future product development. No further information on how the plans will be carried out is available yet.
