EA and Respawn Entertainment revealed at Summer Game Fest 2026 that Star Wars Zero Company will launch on August 27 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The tactical turn-based game, co-developed with Bit Reactor — a studio founded by former Firaxis Games employees including XCOM: Enemy Unknown senior art director Greg Foertsch — was first announced in April 2025 and formally revealed at Star Wars Celebration Japan. A new gameplay trailer debuted during the SGF 2026 Opening Night Live presentation, featuring a glimpse of Anakin Skywalker. Unlike most Star Wars action games, Zero Company follows the XCOM mold of squad-based tactical combat, a departure from 2024's open-world Star Wars Outlaws.
EA showed up to Summer Game Fest 2026 with a date: Star Wars Zero Company launches August 27 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. It's a turn-based tactical game in the XCOM style, which tracks — Bit Reactor, the studio co-developing it with Respawn, was founded by Greg Foertsch, the senior art director on XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2. The studio also has former Firaxis employees on staff. The new gameplay trailer showed Anakin Skywalker and debuted during SGF Opening Night Live. First announced April 2025, revealed at Star Wars Celebration Japan, now locked for this August.
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Star Wars Zero Company arrives at a moment when EA is looking to rebuild goodwill after Star Wars Outlaws underperformed with players despite decent critical reception. The XCOM-style tactical approach is a deliberate pivot from the franchise's action-adventure dominance, backed by a studio with direct pedigree in the genre. If it lands, it opens a new lane for Star Wars games beyond lightsaber combat and open-world exploration — and validates EA's bet on genre specialists like Bit Reactor.
EA needs a win in the Star Wars space after Outlaws didn't connect with players the way it needed to. bringing in ex-XCOM devs to build a tactical game is the smartest play they've made in years — actual genre expertise, not just slapping the IP on whatever. if zero company hits, it proves star wars games don't have to be action-adventure to sell, and that bit reactor was worth building a studio around.
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