Epic's Disney shooter

Epic Games is developing a Disney-branded extraction shooter as the first major game from Disney’s $1.5 billion stake in the company. (ign.com) Multiple outlets, citing Bloomberg’s reporting, said the project is targeting November 2026 and is being described internally as a shooter “along the lines of” ARC Raiders. ARC Raiders is a third-person game built around high-risk runs where players gather loot and try to escape alive. (kotaku.com) (arcraiders.com) Disney and Epic announced their broader partnership on February 7, 2024, when Disney said it would buy an equity stake in Epic and help build an “open, persistent and social universe” connected to Fortnite. Epic said that universe would let users play, watch, shop and engage with characters from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and Avatar. (thewaltdisneycompany.com) (epicgames.com) An extraction shooter is a multiplayer format built around entering a map, collecting gear or objectives, and leaving before other players or computer-controlled enemies eliminate you. That structure has become a bigger target for publishers because it supports repeat play, squad-based sessions and long-term updates instead of a one-time campaign. (arcraiders.com) (ign.com) The Disney angle makes this unusual because the company’s public pitch in 2024 centered on a broad entertainment universe tied to Fortnite, not a combat-focused game mode. A shooter would give Epic a clearer genre hook than a general “metaverse” pitch and a faster way to test whether Disney characters can anchor a live-service game outside Fortnite’s existing seasonal structure. (thewaltdisneycompany.com) (epicgames.com) (gamespot.com) The comparison point matters too. ARC Raiders launched on October 30, 2025, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, and personal computer, giving publishers a fresh example of how to package extraction mechanics in a more accessible third-person format. (ign.com) Bloomberg’s reported details, as relayed by other outlets, also point to a larger Disney slate inside Epic rather than a single game. GameSpot said the extraction shooter is one of three Disney projects in development and reported that resources had been shifted after disappointment with Epic’s pace. (gamespot.com) Neither Disney nor Epic appears to have publicly announced the shooter itself as of April 13, 2026. For now, the clearest confirmed facts remain the 2024 investment, the Fortnite-connected Disney universe plan and Epic’s promise to build around Disney’s film and game franchises. (thewaltdisneycompany.com) (epicgames.com) If the reported November 2026 window holds, Epic’s Disney project will move from a two-year corporate partnership pitch to a specific test: whether Mickey, Marvel and Star Wars audiences will show up for a loot-and-escape shooter. (ign.com) (thewaltdisneycompany.com)