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Star Wars Zero Company studio founder praises Lucasfilm and Respawn for taking a chance on a tactics game

"Looking at some of the things going on in the industry, it's very derivative. Art is always that way."

Star Wars Zero Company writer wants its cast to have real friction: 'It's not a personal fantasy game'

Star Wars Zero Company writer wants its cast to have real friction: 'It's not a personal fantasy game'

"Player-centric romance" and chosen ones have been cast aside for more tenuous team dynamics.

Star Wars Zero Company director has 'an axe to grind' with turn-based tactics, says fans don't have to settle for no story, crummy graphics, and clunky controls: 'Depth doesn't cost you elegance'

Star Wars Zero Company director has 'an axe to grind' with turn-based tactics, says fans don't have to settle for no story, crummy graphics, and clunky controls: 'Depth doesn't cost you elegance'

"How do we do something that makes you feel something as a player, and not just think through a problem?"

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'Early on in the 2000s, we got enamored with consoles and I think certain games didn't make the leap right:⁠' Star Wars Zero Company's director has a theory about why old school PC gaming genres are back with a vengeance

"Hopefully people are just [going to say] 'a great game is a great game,' and look at it from that perspective."

Star Wars Zero Company exists because late Call of Duty co-creator Vince Zampella wanted to know about an XCOM veteran's dream game: "Do you think you can make a Star Wars game with this?"

"I'm thinking, 'This is insane, right? Like, this is crazy. It's Star Wars.'"

'Realtime-with-pause is not dead,' says lead designer of promising turn-based game Star Wars Zero Company

Which is why I'm looming over the genre's coffin with a stake and hammer.

26 Years Later, A New Star Wars RPG Is Blending The Best Of Both Eras

Star Wars: Zero Company, the upcoming tactical RPG from Bit Reactor, will allow for third-person exploration along with its demanding turn-based combat.

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Everything you need to know about Star Wars Zero Company

Everything you need to know about Star Wars Zero Company

Bit Reactor's debut is a complicated and exciting beast of a tactics game.

Star Wars Zero Company's lead mission designer is eagerly waiting to watch all your all-astromech challenge runs: 'Granted, it might not be a very easy thing to do'

Star Wars Zero Company's lead mission designer is eagerly waiting to watch all your all-astromech challenge runs: 'Granted, it might not be a very easy thing to do'

D-Squad rides again.

Star Wars Zero Company devs said 'there were some fights' about its story-centric squadmates suffering permadeath, but accepting that 'Star Wars is about loss' made the game stronger

Star Wars Zero Company devs said 'there were some fights' about its story-centric squadmates suffering permadeath, but accepting that 'Star Wars is about loss' made the game stronger

Hopefully nobody's processing that loss while the Tuskens are around. We know how that goes.

Even the Star Wars Zero Company devs have spent a lot of time "going on Wookieepedia" to get the deep cut lore right

Even the Star Wars Zero Company devs have spent a lot of time "going on Wookieepedia" to get the deep cut lore right

"I'm just browsing through and going, 'Well, what happened on Bespin at this time, or Lothal at this time?'"

Star Wars Zero Company lets you explore like it's a third-person action game outside of combat, and it sounds like the same kind of X-factor that helped Baldur's Gate 3 break out beyond the CRPG nerds

Star Wars Zero Company lets you explore like it's a third-person action game outside of combat, and it sounds like the same kind of X-factor that helped Baldur's Gate 3 break out beyond the CRPG nerds

"The gameplay is what it is about, but depth doesn’t cost you elegance"

Star Wars Zero Company will kill story characters, Fire Emblem-style: Narrative lead says "I lost an argument about permadeath, and it was good that I did"

Star Wars Zero Company will kill story characters, Fire Emblem-style: Narrative lead says "I lost an argument about permadeath, and it was good that I did"

"Star Wars is about loss," after all

Star Wars Zero Company is more than just 'Star Wars XCOM'—it feels like Mass Effect but with turn-based tactics and permadeath

Star Wars Zero Company is more than just 'Star Wars XCOM'—it feels like Mass Effect but with turn-based tactics and permadeath

This Clone Wars tactics game from former XCOM devs may end up 2026's biggest surprise.

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'Star Wars: Zero Company' – Release window, trailers & everything we know

XCOM meets the Clone Wars in Star Wars: Zero Company, the upcoming squad-based strategy game coming in 2026.

Star Wars' Newest Game Could Revive The Clone Wars In The Best Way

There's an opportunity to tell untold fresh stories of The Clone Wars in 'Star Wars: Zero Company', and that's arguably more exciting that the awesome looking strategy gameplay presented in its debut trailer.

'Star Wars: Zero Company' is a new X-COM-style strategy video game set during the Clone Wars, and it's coming in 2026 (video)

If you're a fan of XCOM and the Star Wars' Clone Wars era, you're in luck. Zero Company is coming in 2026.

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Star Wars Zero Company is inspired by the best parts of every era: Andor's "political intrigue," Rogue One's grit, and the OG trilogy's "mythic pulp adventure"

Respawn's tactics game is coming out next year

Respawn and XCOM veterans' new strategy game Star Wars Zero Company looks like Fire Emblem: Clone Wars Edition, and it's coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox in 2026

Lucasfilm Games, Bit Reactor, and the Star Wars Jedi studio lift the lid on their joint tactics games

Yes, Zero Company really is Star Wars XCOM, and it's got the permadeath to prove it

It's ticking all the right boxes.

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