# Three Epic veterans are building an AI-powered game engine to break the industry's doom cycle

> Source: <https://www.gamesindustry.biz/three-epic-veterans-are-building-an-ai-powered-game-engine-to-break-the-industrys-doom-cycle>
> Published: 2026-08-18 13:32:01+00:00

Unity and Unreal have dominated the development scene for a long time now, and were used to make [roughly 70% of the games released on Steam in 2025](https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/hows-pc-game-engine-usage-changing). Godot has seen some [significant growth in the past few years](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/two-years-after-the-unity-controversy-how-are-things-going-with-godot), and many big companies still favour proprietary engines – like Capcom with its RE Engine – but otherwise, Unity and Unreal have got the game engine market sewn up.