Overview

• The Persona Device in Unreal Editor for Fortnite lets creators design AI-driven NPCs by customizing voice, personality and in-game behaviors using natural-language prompts.
• The Epic Developer Assistant is now in beta, offering an AI-powered chatbot to generate and troubleshoot Verse code for UEFN projects.
• Squid Game assets will join UEFN on June 27, with Avatar: The Last Airbender arriving in 2026 and Star Wars content planned thereafter.
• Epic implemented multi-layered safety checks and issued a hotfix after players coaxed profanity from the AI-powered Darth Vader NPC.
• SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice complaint arguing that AI voices undermine professional voice actors’ rights and bargaining power.