Star Wars Zero Company Launches 27 August, Gameplay and Release Date Confirmed at Summer Game Fest

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EA, Lucasfilm Games, and developer Bit Reactor have confirmed that Star Wars Zero Company will release on 27 August 2026 for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. A three-minute gameplay trailer released during the Summer Game Fest 2026 keynote provided the first substantial look at the game’s turn-based tactical combat and story setup.

Bit Reactor was founded by former XCOM series developers, and the influence is immediately apparent in the gameplay structure. Players take the role of Hawks, a former Republic officer leading Zero Company, a squad of hired professionals that includes a Clone Trooper, a Mandalorian, a Jedi Padawan, and others, on a mission to hunt down Kundri Fathom, leader of the Separatist-aligned Infinite Coil cult. The Clone Wars setting places the game in one of the most tactically rich periods of Star Wars lore and one that has been relatively underserved in the strategy genre.

The structure follows the XCOM template of alternating between a hub called The Den and turn-based tactical missions. The Den serves as the base of operations for recruiting and customising Hawks and player-created Operator characters drawn from eight confirmed Star Wars species: Devaronian, Neimoidian, Human, Twi’lek, Ovissian, Togruta, Weequay, and Zabrak. Facility upgrades, armour and weapon improvements, and pre-mission loadout and ability selection all take place in The Den. Up to 150 planets are available as mission locations across the campaign.

Bit Reactor CEO and creative director Greg Foertsch described the game as pushing the tactics genre forward by combining deep gameplay with cinematic presentation, emphasising that the team worked closely with Lucasfilm Games to build an authentic story rooted in the Clone Wars conflict rather than adapting an existing narrative. Lucasfilm Games VP Douglas Reilly described Zero Company as exploring the Clone Wars from within the shadows of the conflict, through a perspective the franchise has not previously taken.

The standard edition is priced at $49.99 on PC and $59.99 on console. A Digital Deluxe edition adds two cosmetic packs and five Clone Wars-inspired painted weapon themes at $59.99 on PC and $69.99 on console. Pre-orders grant access to a Crystalline Astromech Cosmetic Pack including an R3 droid and translucent astromech head variants.

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Al
Al is one of the co-hosts of Critical Moves and has been playing video games since the days of floppy discs. He remembers the dark times before the internet, when multiplayer meant hot-seating around the same screen and game guides came in the form of thick manuals or tips from friends at school. His first strategy games were classics in the genre — and he's not smug about it at all. They introduced young Al to resource management, tactical warfare, and the kind of complex decision-making he's been chasing ever since. He's sarcastic, a bit grumpy, and almost certainly thinks he's funnier than he is. Al handles most of the back-end work you never see, and while he claims to be perpetually exhausted, he clearly hasn't figured out how to stop.
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  1. Up to 150 planets sounds ambitious, but I care more about whether those locations demand different tactics than how many names appear on the mission map. With a Clone Trooper, a Mandalorian, and a Jedi Padawan in the squad, terrain and objectives could give each character a reason to shine rather than letting one reliable approach dominate the campaign.

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