Liam Squires-Hand
Role at the time: GamingOnLinux owner and editorial writer
Condemned
Statement summary
Squires-Hand rejects Epic's AI push, criticizing the launcher and game jam and warning about costs and possible job losses.
“Oh Epic Games, what have you become? An AI shell of your former self. Please make it all stop.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Squires-Hand criticizes Epic's AI strategyByline, opening and full editorial before reader comments
The GamingOnLinux owner criticizes Epic's AI pivot, launcher and game-jam promotion.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The case concerns Epic's AI development pivot. Squires-Hand explicitly condemns that direction and argues that it is producing poor results.