Vampire Survivors developer Poncle is “reviewing” its Fortnite collaboration after Epic Games admitted to using generative AI for the creation of game assets.
The official Reddit account of Poncle, the studio behind Vampire Survivors, commented on the announcement of the game’s Fortnite crossover, saying that following Epic Games’ admittance to using generative AI for the creation of game assets, including Fortnite characters, the developer is currently “reviewing” the aforementioned collaboration.
“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,” the comment read. The developer added that fans will be informed if an agreement with Epic Games is reached. “We’ll let you know if anything moves forward.”
Recently, Epic Games officially released Unreal Engine 5.8, introducing a range of new features aimed at improving open-world creation, animation workflows, rendering technology, and mobile development. Among the major additions is the new Lumen Lite mode, a rendering optimization that dramatically reduces the performance cost of the engine’s dynamic global illumination system while retaining much of its visual quality. According to the engine maker, Lumen Lite is designed to deliver a similar artistic impact to the standard Lumen solution but at a fraction of the GPU workload. The company stated that the new mode uses irradiance fields with probe occlusion to achieve its performance gains, making it approximately twice as fast as Lumen High Quality.
Epic Games highlighted that the Lumen Lite mode allows games using global illumination to target 60 fps on Nintendo Switch 2. It is also supported on PC platforms, including handheld devices, allowing developers to achieve higher performance on low-end systems without sacrificing modern lighting features. Lumen Lite is part of a wider effort by Epic Games to improve Unreal Engine 5’s scalability. The newest version of the engine also introduced performance enhancements for MegaLights and Epic’s dynamic lighting technology.
