Epic Games Launcher is 46% faster than Steam in new AI-coded preview

Epic Games has dropped a preview of a new epic games launcher created using AI coding tools to help make the current client more responsive for users that feel it's a bit sluggish. Epic is claiming the new launcher is 46% faster than Valve's Steam client, and that's a big deal to users that want more speed into their libraries and storefronts. It's a wider pivot for Epic's adoption of artificial intelligence in content creation and software by design. We're paying attention to this, as faster speeds in loading times makes a huge difference in everyday use to browse and get into your games.

Epic Games preview of AI-coded launcher claims 46% speed boost over Steam

They're replacing the existing storefront client with a new launcher that's been coded using a technique Epic says is "vibe coding". Epic Games said that "programming is hard", so they decided to use AI to make a launcher that's "way faster and more responsive than the existing one. With a new look". It's a different way of how they're doing desktop apps these days using AI and generative solutions instead of manually coding out the core interface. It's a preview build they're letting a select set of users check out for now to test things out.

As far as key metrics go, it's all about performance as Epic claims the AI-coded launcher can do 46% faster than Steam. They're hitting on the new interface being more responsive — as in, less of a lagging issue users complained about in the past. The preview version of the new launcher isn't out to everyone yet, and the final date hasn't been set. They're doing a staggered rollout so they can test things out and fix stability issues before releasing it more.

This is the follow-up from the last Epic Games Launcher update we wrote about in which we talked about the fixes to random party chimes and other stability themes. This time around it's all about speed and responsiveness, not any new features or bug fixes for stuff that's already there. If you want to check out the new interface, you can get the preview build. But the wider release is still up in the air, depending on how this round of testing goes. In the end, the new launcher will most likely keep these performance gains and visual changes from this preview build.

Source: TweakTown