Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.

Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says “Vibe your way to $50k.”

Epic is putting real money behind vibe coding

The jam has $65,000 in regular cash prizes spread across categories. The best Unreal Engine game, best UEFN game, and best student project each get $7,500 for first place, alongside smaller second- and third-place awards.…