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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Respawn and Bit Reactor have taken on a major challenge with Star Wars: Zero Company, aiming to deliver a tactical strategy game worthy of the franchise’s legacy. The game has officially launched today and critics appear to agree that this is one of the strongest Star Wars titles in years.

Star Wars: Zero Company is debuting to a wave of positive reviews. Over on Metacritic, the game holds an overall score of 86 based on 42 critic reviews. Meanwhile on OpenCritic, the game has an 88 overall score, based on 36 reviews. As the game has only just launched, user scores are not yet available.

The general consensus is that Zero Company delivers excellent XCOM‑style tactical combat paired with a gritty, character‑driven story. Many reviewers note that it’s one of the best Star Wars stories we've had in many years, which is particularly welcome after the disappointment surrounding Disney’s most recent film trilogy.

If the game proves to be a commercial success, it seems likely that Bit Reactor will get to make a sequel. The studio has already spoken out saying that it would like to make one, so we'll have to wait and see how the game performs over the coming months.

KitGuru Says: Zero Company looks to be a major win for Star Wars fans. Tactical combat suits the setting well, and Bit Reactor’s approach seems to have struck the right balance between strategy and storytelling.

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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The previews have been out for a while and by most accounts, Star Wars: Zero Company is going to be a must-play title for anyone who is a fan of XCOM style strategy. Ahead of the game's launch next week, one final trailer for the game has dropped.

Star Wars: Zero Company is a new strategy game developed by BitReactor. It tells an original story featuring an elite squad of Republic fighters, undertaking secret operations during the Clone Wars in an effort to swing the war in the Republic's favour and end the rising Separatist threat.

Aside from XCOM style battles, players will have RPG elements to explore, forging deep bonds between squad members to unlock more utility in combat scenarios. You can also play with permadeath on, which is the way these games are supposed to be played, so when you lose a squad member on a mission, they are gone for good.

Players will also be able to customise their squad members, swapping between specialisations and you can even change how they look, so you can build a squad that truly feels unique to you.

Star Wars: Zero Company is launching on August 27th for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. At this moment in time, there is no Switch 2 version of the game, but it seems like the sort of game that would fit in well on Nintendo's console, so maybe that will happen somewhere down the line.

KitGuru Says: This is going to be a day-one pickup for me. Are any of you looking forward to Star Wars: Zero Company?

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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Back in February 2024, EA had a mass layoff that saw 5% of the company cut and the cancellation of an FPS Star Wars game that was in development at Respawn. That meant the only Star Wars games (that we knew of) in development under EA and Respawn were the third Star Wars Jedi game, and a tactics-focused, XCOM-like game from BitReactor, which we eventually learned was called Star Wars: Zero Company. At first glance, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Zero Company is just 'XCOM but make it Star Wars,' especially because BitReactor was founded by a bunch of […]

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Last year, Respawn surprised us with the announcement of Star Wars Zero Company, a new strategy game set in the Star Wars universe, created by former XCOM developers. Now with the game's release date getting closer, we've received a much deeper look at the game. 

In an exclusive feature on PCGamer, we learn that Zero Company is set during the Clone Wars, with our group of fighters going up against the Separatist movement, with a grittier tone inspired by the likes of Star Wars Rogue One and Andor.

Like in XCOM, the enemies on the map will slowly gain buffs over time if you don't take them out quickly enough, making levels more challenging the longer you go. Bit Reactor developers are also taking inspiration from XCOM with a Permadeath mode, so you could potentially see story threads end early if one of your ally falls in battle too soon. This in turn will also boost replayability as players look to perfect their runs and make it through to the end with their entire crew in one piece.

Social systems are in place too, so your characters can bond to unlock additional buffs in combat and unlock additional story moments.

Star Wars Zero Company does not yet have a release date but it will be coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles later this year. We should get more information at this year's Star Wars Celebration event, taking place from May 21st to May 24th.

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KitGuru Says: I'm a huge XCOM and Fire Emblem fan, so getting to play a Clone Wars era Star Wars game in a similar style is highly appealing to me. Are you looking forward to Zero Company?