Epic Games says its AI-written Store launcher preview halves startup time and reaches the store page 46% faster than Steam from a cold start. The figures are Epic's own, and the rebuild changed the architecture and tech stack along with the tooling, so they cannot isolate what AI contributed.
Perspective Coverage
12 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 25%
- Operator
- Operator 48%
- Investor
- Investor 27%
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives70
- Confidence66
Epic put a Linux Epic Games Launcher preview out on Oct. 14 and is rebuilding Easy Anti-Cheat for Fortnite, with no date. The new version requires Secure Boot, TPM 2.0 and signed kernels, VideoCardz reported, so only some Linux machines will qualify.
Perspective Coverage
6 publishers
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- Builder 36%
- Operator
- Operator 48%
- Investor
- Investor 16%
Reality
- Evidence68
- Adoption8
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence72
Epic Games told developers on its delayed Disney shooter to build with AI first, Bloomberg reported, a game tied to Disney's $1.5 billion stake in Epic. Epic has not set a new release date.
Perspective Coverage
15 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 34%
- Operator
- Operator 35%
- Investor
- Investor 31%
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption30
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives55
- Confidence62
Roblox game owners sue French agency to test whether an AI-made meme character has an owner
Steal a Brainrot's owners are suing Mementum, saying it has no rights to Tung Tung Tung Sahur, an OpenAI-made meme with hundreds of millions of views. The case asks a federal court whether prompting an AI image tool can make someone the author of a character about to appear in Fortnite.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption60
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives70
- Confidence55
Asus ROG built the easy half of a headset-free gaming setup
Asus ROG's first gaming soundbar handles the half of the job that is easy to demo. Capturing a voice in a room your own subwoofer is filling is the other half, and it is where every rival will be graded too.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+32
- Incentives48
- Confidence54
Wonder Works went from broke to 600 million visits, and the lesson is a staffing one
Roblox now grades a game over 28 days and asks for updates every one or two weeks. That prices the team you keep after launch above the team that shipped it.
Reality
- Evidence38
- Adoption66
- Hype gap+24
- Incentives68
- Confidence44
Nintendo's next Switch 2 exclusive is an eight-player FromSoftware brawl, not a Mario game
Nintendo has partnered with Elden Ring studio FromSoftware on The Duskbloods, a hardcore multiplayer vampire game. That is a different bet than the one that sold every Switch before it.
Reality
- Evidence44
- Adoption10
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives62
- Confidence45