At the moment, throughout day two of the continued Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025, Lucasfilm and EA gave us our first actual look Star Wars Zero Firm. The upcoming turn-based single-player technique sport is being developed by Bit Reactor and Respawn and launches subsequent yr.
Earlier this month, earlier than at this time’s massive reveal, the sport had leaked on-line and gave us our first tease on the XCOM-inspired tactical Star Wars sport. On April 14, EA confirmed the sport’s title, Star Wars Zero Firm, and promised to point out extra throughout a panel at Star Wars Celebration in Japan. And that’s precisely what occurred. I like it when a plan comes collectively.
Star Wars Zero Firm is launching in 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC. Right here’s the primary official announcement and gameplay trailer from Star Wars Celebration 2025.
In response to the devs at Respawn and Bit Reactor, Zero Firm options an authentic story set in the course of the Clone Wars. Lucasfilm says this period is an ideal time for Zero Firm as a result of it is a uncommon interval when either side of the battle had been equally huge and highly effective.
Within the trailer we see what seems to be a ragtag group of troopers and heroes, full with a Jedi, smuggler, clone trooper, droid, and Mandalorian warrior. The crew appears to be known as in to tackle tough and sneaky missions in opposition to the droid armies of the Confederacy of Unbiased Programs, aka the unhealthy guys within the Prequel trilogy.
Gamers will tackle the function of Hawks, the customizable chief of Zero Firm. They’re a disgraced former Republic officer. Gamers can change Hawks’ title, gender, and species.
The group Hawks leads is an elite however messy merc group that’s prepared to get their palms soiled. Bit Reactor needs gamers to expertise a cinematic and easy-to-hop-into technique sport that may attraction to all kinds of followers. If you need the sport to be tougher, you’ll be able to play with permadeath and restricted saves.
Zero Firm will characteristic a mixture of customized characters and authentic characters created by Bit Reactor for the sport. Respawn and Bit Reactor say you’ll be able to run a full customized squad if you need.
One of many authentic characters is Journey, a veteran Clone who served with Hawks. One other character is an Umbaran sniper who doesn’t just like the Republic, however is prepared to work alongside the group to beat again a “shadowy” enemy. The Jedi of the group is a Padawan searching for to complete her fallen grasp’s mission. However heck, if you need, you’ll additionally be capable of run a full squad of Astromech droids. Not all of those characters will get alongside, however Bit Reactor says that as they work collectively extra they’ll change into higher at combating alongside one another regardless of their variations.
Between missions gamers will return to “The Den,” a dirty HQ that’s set in a location beforehand seen in Rogue One. On this HQ gamers may also customise characters and recruit new troopers for Zero Firm. Additionally within the HQ is an enormous holomap that gamers use to trace battles and begin new missions. Lucasfilm claims that the map in Zero Firm is the largest map seen in a Star Wars online game. Vandor from Solo and Anaxes from Dangerous Batch are set to seem within the sport.
Listed here are some screenshots from the occasion:
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