Epic has spent the last few days (and really months) pushing generative AI as the future of Fortnite development and game creation as a whole via its upcoming Unreal Engine 6. That has led to one studio, Poncle, publicly suggesting it might back out of an upcoming Vampire Survivors x Fortnite crossover.
On June 17, the official Poncle account on Reddit replied to a post sharing the news about an upcoming, just-announced Vampire Survivors collaboration heading to Fortnite. The comment wasn’t a happy, PR friendly celebration, though. Instead, Poncle seems to be unsure if the collab will even happen following Epic’s further push into AI and use of genAI in Fortnite.
Here’s Poncle’s full statement via Reddit:
“Following today’s news about gen AI usage by Epic to create all sort of game assets, including Fortnite characters, we’re currently “reviewing” our collaboration with Fortnite. We’ll let you know if anything moves forward.”
Kotaku has reached out to Epic and Poncle.
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