it’s been a rough week EAthe company laid off nearly 700 employees and canceled an unannounced Mandolrian contest, but thankfully it’s not all bad news.
Earlier this week, EA announced that it would be cutting 5% of its workforce, including shutting down Battlefield developer Ridgeline Games, canceling Respawn’s technical first-person Star Wars shooter (believed to be about The Mandalorian), and No more games based on Battlefield are being developed. Licensed Intellectual Property. That’s not entirely true at the moment, as it will still be making a third Star Wars Jedi game, as well as Iron Man and Black Panther games. Now, Bit Reactor has confirmed that its in-development Star Wars strategy game, to be published by EA, is also still in development, as confirmed by the game developer itself.
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“This past week has been a tough one for the industry, especially because of the strong relationships we have with the rest of the team at Respawn,” Bit Reactor wrote on Twitter. “But for those asking, we’re still hard at work. “, our game has not been affected by last week’s news.” That’s all there is to say on the matter, probably because nothing about the game has been shown yet. But based on this confirmation, the game is likely further developed than a first-person shooter – otherwise there wouldn’t be much point in EA not canceling it.
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This “Star Wars” strategy game was announced as early as 2022 as a collaboration between Bit Reactor and Respawn, and Respawn also confirmed that it was developing the then-unnamed “Star Wars Jedi: Survivors” as well as a mysterious first-person shooter. Reports emerged just last month that the game might be tied to The Mandalorian , along with supposed gameplay details. While it’s a shame that the game was canceled, at least continued development of the strategy game means that as many cuts didn’t have to be made.
