Bit Reactor are working with the Jedi: Survivor studio on the mysterious project
The developers of EAs upcoming Star Warsstrategy gamehave confirmed the project survived last weeks mass layoffs at the publisher and the cancellation of a first-person Star Wars shooter fromApex Legendsstudio Respawn, who are collaborating on the upcoming title.
The currently untitled Star Wars strategy game wasrevealed to be in the works at Bit Reactor a couple of years ago, with the newfounded studiomade up of former XCOM and Sid Meiers Civilization devs from Firaxis, led by ex-XCOM art director Greg Foertsch.
We still dont know much beyond that, except that Bit Reactor had partnered up with Respawn - who of course have experience in the Star Wars universe viaJedi: Fallen OrderandJedi: Survivor- to work on the new strategy title.
Given that Respawn were among those hit byEAs recent layoffs, which saw close to 700 people lose their jobs, the closure of single-player Battlefield studio Ridgeline and the cancellation of Respawns Star WarsFPS- announced alongside the strategy game - in a shift away from licensed IP toward EAs own brands, there was probable cause to fear for the survival of Bit Reactors strategy game.
Happily - or, at least, as happy as things get when youre talking about hundreds of people losing their jobs at the whims of overpaid CEOs and shareholders - it turns out that Bit Reactors Star Wars strategy game was unaffected, as the developers put it on X.
Last week was difficult for the industry, and more so because of our strong relationships within the other teams at Respawn.But for those asking, we are still hard at work, and our game was unaffected by last week’s news.
Last week was difficult for the industry, and more so because of our strong relationships within the other teams at Respawn, Bit Reactor wrote.
But for those asking, we are still hard at work, and our game was unaffected by last week’s news.
As for when well hear more, Bit Reactor replied to one commenter saying that a first look will arrive as soon as its ready.
Katharine spoke to Foertsch about Bit Reactors ambitions todo for strategy what Baldurs Gate 3 did for CRPGs, aiming to really push on the genre and presumably make more than anXCOMclone in Star Wars cosplay.
[Strategy is] the genre with the most room to grow, innovate and change, and have rich stories and immersive art, and it just hasn’t gotten its due, Foertsch said at the time.
We want to make a game and just have people say, ‘Man, that’s an amazing game, and oh, it happens to be strategy.’
