Star Wars Zero Company launched last week to highly positive reviews from critics, and it also appeared among the best-selling games on Steam. However, as reported by Game File's Stephen Totilo, the game's developer, Bit Reactor, is in big trouble, having furloughed a large portion of its workforce just weeks before the game's launch. A Bit Reactor representative called it a difficult decision made before it was clear how the launch would ultimately perform. The rep stressed that the decision was made entirely by Bit Reactor itself, not by publisher Electronic Arts or Disney, which notoriously holds the Star Wars […]

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GeForce Now adds a fresh batch of new titles this week, led by Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 and Star Wars: Zero Company, both of which are available to stream from day‑one. 

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 headlines this week’s GFN Thursday update, arriving on Steam and available immediately through the cloud. Several other new releases join the library, alongside a selection of GOG titles and an open beta weekend for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.

Here are all the new games joining GeForce Now this week:

• Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 (New release on Steam, Aug. 25)
• Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (New release on Steam and Xbox, Aug. 27), available on Game Pass
• STAR WARS Zero Company (New release on EA app and Steam, Aug. 27)
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (GOG)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – Open Beta Weekend (Battle.net, available Aug. 28 at 10am PDT to Sep. 1 at 10am PDT)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (GOG)
• Cold Fear (GOG)
• IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator (Steam)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (GOG)
• Mount & Blade: Bannerlord II (GOG)
• No Man’s Sky (GOG)
• Paradise Killer (Steam)
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (GOG)

KitGuru says: Are you picking up any of this week's new games? 

The latest graphics driver will support the newly launched GPU as well as several new upcoming titles. AMD Releases Adrenalin Edition 26.8.1 GPU Driver, Bringing Support for RX 9050 4 GB and Adding Support for Several Games AMD has released a new version of Software: Adrenalin Edition, bringing support for newer hardware and upcoming games. The Adrenalin Edition 26.8.1 has officially added support for the AMD Radeon RX 9050 4 GB GPU, which launched recently, and has added three titles to its database before their official launch. The new driver should now recognize the RX 9050 4 GB GPU properly. […]

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At a recent preview event for Star Wars Zero Company joined by Wccftech, four key developers (Game Director Greg Foertsch, Lead Designer James Brawley, Narrative Director Aaron Contreras, and Lucasfilm Games' Executive Producer Orion Kellogg) answered a lot of questions about the game from the assembled press, revealing many juicy details about the upcoming single player turn-based tactics title due on August 27 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S and X. Keep scrolling to read the whole conversation, edited only for grammar and clarity. To read our first impressions with the preview build, head to the hands-on article. […]

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Wccftech recently had the chance to attend a Star Wars Zero Company presentation (plus a meaty Q&A with BitReactor, which you can find here), followed by access to a preview build of the upcoming single-player turn-based tactics game. The developers reckon it's shaping up to be more than XCOM with lightsabers, though honestly, after playing it, the similarities are very strong. Still, the game combines squad-based combat with a more character-driven campaign, a strategic galaxy map, and a deep management layer that could make every decision feel consequential. Set during the twilight of the Clone Wars, Zero Company follows Hawks, a […]

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Star Wars: Zero Company is arguably one of the most intriguing games on the 2026 calendar: a turn-based tactical RPG set in the ever-popular Star Wars universe, developed by Bit Reactor in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, as announced in early 2022. The game was first unveiled at Star Wars Celebration Japan in April 2025 and has since steadily built anticipation among both Star Wars fans and fans of tactical strategy games. Bit Reactor's pedigree matters here, too: the studio was founded by former Firaxis veterans who helped shape the XCOM series, and that influence is […]

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