A new report says that the first game to arrive after Epic and Disney’s massive $1.5 billion deal from a few years ago will be an extraction shooter, similar to Arc Raiders, featuring Disney characters.
On April 10, Bloomberg revealed, as part of a larger report on Epic’s struggles and future, that it had learned that Epic is working on an online shooter that will star unspecified Disney characters working together to defeat enemies and reach an extraction point. According to internal playtesters, the game’s mechanics aren’t very original, but Bloomberg reports that employees at Epic are hopeful that the company will get everything right and ready before the game’s expected launch in November.
This is to be the first of three games reportedly in development at Epic that are connected to Disney’s large $1.5 billion investment into the company that happened back in 2024. According to Bloomberg, the other two games aren’t doing so hot. The second game received mixed reviews from internal testers, according to sources who spoke to the outlet. Meanwhile, resources were moved from the third game to the extraction shooter and the second project after Disney allegedly shared disappointment with Epic about the progress on the games.
Epic’s global comms director, Liz Markman, said Bloomberg’s reporting was “not reflective of the ambitions of the Disney collaboration.” And added: “We are building a new games and entertainment universe of Disney experiences.” A spokesperson for Disney said the company was still “focused” on its “long-term collaboration with Epic” and its plans to build a “transformational games and entertainment universe” remain “unchanged.”
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