Star Wars Zero Company
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Oct 22, 2026
BenHOST
So I'll give it another week, play some more, and then we'll talk about it properly next week.
BenHOST
But I do want to mention, and this is maybe more of an ideal conversation, but I've been playing Star Wars Zero Company.
BenHOST
which is the...
LucyHOST
Is this an XCOM-like? It
Sandbone SoloHOST
Me, Ben, whoever.
Sandbone SoloHOST
Furloughed staff begin returning to Star Wars Zero Company studio after celebrating one million copies sold.
Sandbone SoloHOST
They're back after being furloughed.
Sandbone SoloHOST
It's almost like they said, go and have a break.
David HoweHOST
too.
David HoweHOST
And audiences liked it as well as critics, but we'll move on to another game that also has an 85 and this is star Wars zero company.
David HoweHOST
I know you're a huge fan of this game and I, you know, I'm just not a big fan.
David HoweHOST
turn-based strategy guy in general, but man, there's a lot of great strategy games this year.
Mike HowardHOST
Ooh, okay
Andy CortezHOST
... similar to in Zero Company-
Mike HowardHOST
Yeah, yeah
Andy CortezHOST
... where you can have a scoundrel.
LonoHOST
You know what I mean? Anyone else looking forward to Final Fantasy Resonance next week? Man, I'm telling you, there's a lot of games that if we were in a drought, I would be giving attention to.
LonoHOST
That would be a game I might give attention to, like Star Wars Zero Company, FF Resonance, Blood of Dawn Walker, Witcher 3 Remastered.
LonoHOST
These are all games that if we were in a drought, I would give time to, but there's just too many games right now.
LonoHOST
There's just too many.
JamesHOST
Our last story before we get into the epilogue is a bit of a roller coaster.
JamesHOST
But I was so excited to talk about this because at the beginning of September, the month that we've been covering this entire episode, one of the games that had a huge buzz around it was Star Wars Zero Company, which is an XCOM-like strategy game that was set during the Clone Wars era.
JamesHOST
On the lead up to the game's release, though, it was announced that over 80% of the staff at Bit Reactor, who is the game's developer, had been furloughed.
JamesHOST
And that was because they had the hopes that they could be brought back should the game be successful.
JamesHOST
So over the course of September, Zero Company came out and sold over a million copies in its first month.
JamesHOST
Hell yeah.
JamesHOST
And generated an estimated $50 million in revenue.
HectorHOST
He would have been four years old and learned to get a boner.
TimHOST
Well, at least hopefully it's good news.
TimHOST
It's hard to know for sure, but the developer, Bit Reactor, of Star Wars Zero Company has said it's starting to return some of its staff who are furloughed.
TimHOST
It sounds like around 80% were sidelined because the studio had just essentially run out of money leading up to release.
TimHOST
And it sounds like they are...
Lord CognitoHOST
You know what I'm saying? We don't get more of it.
Lord CognitoHOST
Like, you know, and of course the production values and the cinematics was like, You know, Gears Tactics set off what Greg Forsh has been saying now at Star Wars Zero Company, which is like turn-based shouldn't be beholden to also, oh, well, we have a low-budget presentation.
Lord CognitoHOST
No, you can tell stories.
Lord CognitoHOST
You can really go over the top.
2 HRS LATER
Lord CognitoHOST
Indeed, indeed.
Matthew SchroederHOST
All right, this last one is for you, sir.
Matthew SchroederHOST
We got some great news for Star Wars Zero Company.
Matthew SchroederHOST
Upon the announcement of a million copies sold, Greg Forch had the following to share.
Pat BoivinHOST
Well, 'cause, like, s- one of Star Wars' biggest, like, strengths is stupid fucking aliens that are just weird little freaks and, and this, this, this setting just allows you to get the maximum per capita amount of weird little guys into your bullshit.
Woolie MaddenHOST
Which I will say is the one thing that is distinctly missing from Zero Company as I'm g- nearing close to the end of it.
Pat BoivinHOST
Yeah, you're all adult cool aliens, basically.
Woolie MaddenHOST
Everyone is, everyone is a different...
Woolie MaddenHOST
That was supposed to be Wookiees fighting back against the Empire, but then they just, th- th- but then they, they said, "Nah, we're gonna go with, uh, something more marketable and friendly and cute," and they w-
Pat BoivinHOST
With the toys for the kids.
Woolie MaddenHOST
[smacks lips] Um, but all that to say i- that there's a, there's a distinct filter and, like, yeah, all of Zero Company [laughs] has just been put to the grown adult side of...
Woolie MaddenHOST
Which is...
Jim PlackyHOST
So Ninja Theory's layoffs have begun.
Jim PlackyHOST
On the opposite side of this, Bit Reactor, who made this Star Wars Zero Company game, you may remember they furloughed employees, which is not a layoff.
Jim PlackyHOST
It just means you still work for Bit Reactor.
Jim PlackyHOST
You're just not getting paid or doing any work.
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