Epic Games is already showing what its 'huge pivot' toward AI looks like

Epic Games is releasing a revamped type of its launcher that the "Fortnite" creator says it vibe coded.

"Programming is hard," the business wrote in an notice on Wednesday. "So, alternatively of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that's way faster and additional receptive than the current one, and has a new look."

Epic Games says its new launcher is "light on features" for now and that users should "think of it as a speedboat and not a yacht!"

The announcement, which additionally outlined plans to bring Fortnite to Linux, came days following Epic CEO Tim Sweeney stated there was a important change underway at the company.

"We have a huge pivot underway current at Epic, moving developers about to retool for maximum AI acceleration," Sweeney wrote on X on Monday.

Sweeney stated the business isn't looking to shed developers, but fairly allow them to do more.

"The aim isn't to do the identical material alongside small people, but to allow everyone current to build MORE and BETTER stuff, and to bring the benefits to all teams using Unreal," he said.

Epic's chief made akin comments in March whenever the Fortnite maker announced that it was laying off additional than 1,000 employees. Sweeney stated the cuts were not connected to AI.

"Since it's a item now, I should note that the layoffs aren't connected to AI," he wrote in a memo to workforce that the business shared publicly. "To the degree it improves productivity, we desire to have as many notable developers evolving awesome satisfied and tech as we can."