Epic Disney extraction shooter

Epic Games is reportedly building a Disney-character extraction shooter, the first game to emerge from Disney’s 2024 investment in the Fortnite maker. (ign.com) Bloomberg reported on April 10 that the game is targeting November 2026 and is designed around players fighting through a map and escaping to an extraction point, in the style of Embark Studios’ ARC Raiders. IGN, Kotaku, and other outlets matched that reporting on April 10 and April 11. (ign.com) (kotaku.com) Disney and Epic announced their deal on February 7, 2024, saying Disney would invest $1.5 billion for an equity stake and work with Epic on an “open, persistent and social universe” connected to Fortnite. Neither company said then what the first game would be. (epicgames.com) (thewaltdisneycompany.com) An extraction shooter is a multiplayer format built around entering a match, collecting gear or objectives, and leaving alive; if players fail to escape, they usually lose what they brought in. ARC Raiders, the game cited in the reporting, has been marketed by Embark as a player-versus-environment and player-versus-player extraction shooter. (ign.com) (arcraiders.com) That format would give Disney and Epic a way to turn familiar characters into repeatable online runs, not just one-off crossover skins inside Fortnite. Epic’s 2024 announcement said the broader Disney project would let players “play, watch, shop and engage” with Disney stories and experiences. (epicgames.com) The report also said Epic has at least two other Disney-linked games in development, and that internal feedback on one of them was mixed. Epic senior communications director Liz Markman said the report was “not reflective of the ambitions of the Disney collaboration” and said Epic is building “a new games and entertainment universe of Disney experiences.” (thegamer.com) The same burst of April 2026 chatter included a separate announcement from One More Level, the Kraków studio behind Ghostrunner and Ghostrunner 2. Its next game, Valor Mortis, got a new trailer at the Triple-i Initiative showcase and a fall 2026 release window for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, and personal computer. (pressreleases.triplepointpr.com) (store.steampowered.com) One More Level describes Valor Mortis as a first-person action soulslike set in a supernatural version of Napoleonic Europe, with parkour movement, rapier combat, firearms, and plague powers. The studio’s official site and Steam page both identify it as the team’s post-Ghostrunner project. (omlgames.com) (store.steampowered.com) The Disney shooter remains unannounced by Epic or Disney, so the next hard milestone is whether either company confirms it before the reported November 2026 window starts to narrow. Valor Mortis, by contrast, now has a public trailer, store pages, and a release season on the record. (ign.com) (pressreleases.triplepointpr.com)