Epic is using AI to help build Unreal Engine.
Epic’s VP of development, Marcus Wassmer, told This Week in Videogames that “we are definitely using AI to develop code and features for Unreal Engine.” Wassmer says that the UE team has seen benefits like “faster” development of features, and the ability for engineers to “explore ideas” that they haven’t had “the time to tackle.”
TL;DR
- Epic Games is using AI for code and feature development in Unreal Engine.
- The use of AI has resulted in faster feature development.
- AI enables engineers to explore more ideas due to time efficiencies.
- CEO Tim Sweeney is focusing the company on "maximum AI acceleration."
- Epic Games has "vibe coded" its updated games launcher using AI.