Star Wars Strategy Game From EA Still In The Works Following FPS’ Reported Cancellation, Mass Layoffs
A Star Wars strategy game set to be published by EA is still in the works, with the development team confirming the game was “unaffected” by recent EA layoffs.
Last week EA laid off around 670 people, about 5% of its staff. As part of the mass layoff, multiple in-the-works projects were also canceled. That reportedly included an unnamed Star Wars FPS in development at Apex Legends and Star Wars Jed developer Respawn.
Last week was difficult for the industry, and more so because of our strong relationships within the other teams at Respawn.
But for those asking, we are still hard at work, and our game was unaffected by last week’s news.
— BIT REACTOR (@bitreactor) March 2, 2024
The layoffs threw into question other projects in development under the EA umbrella, including a Star Wars strategy title in development at Bit Reactor that was being made in collaboration with Respawn. In a post on X, Bit Reactor confirmed that its Star Wars game is still in development.