Epic Games Is Just Trolling Fans at This Point With New $50k AI Game Contest

By Ashely Claudino · Polygon · Friday, 23 October 2026 at 09:51 (1h ago) · Original article ↗

Epic Games is going beyond pushing its developers to use artificial intelligence and is now rounding up fans for an AI-based game development competition called the Epic AI MegaJam. Participants are encouraged to use AI tools to make a game in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). This so-called creativity competition is yet another controversial move, and at this point, it feels like Epic Games is just adding fuel to the fire.

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