At this time, throughout day two of the continuing 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 recreation is being developed by Bit Reactor and Respawn and launches subsequent 12 months.
Earlier this month, earlier than as we speak’s huge reveal, the recreation had leaked on-line and gave us our first tease on the XCOM-inspired tactical Star Wars recreation. 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 adore it when a plan comes collectively.
Star Wars Zero Firm is launching in 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC. Right here’s the primary official announcement and gameplay trailer from Star Wars Celebration 2025.
In keeping with the devs at Respawn and Bit Reactor, Zero Firm options an authentic story set throughout 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 group appears to be known as in to tackle tough and sneaky missions towards the droid armies of the Confederacy of Unbiased Methods, aka the unhealthy guys within the Prequel trilogy.
Gamers will tackle the position of Hawks, the customizable chief of Zero Firm. They’re a disgraced former Republic officer. Gamers can change Hawks’ identify, gender, and species.
The group Hawks leads is an elite however messy merc group that’s keen to get their fingers soiled. Bit Reactor needs gamers to expertise a cinematic and easy-to-hop-into technique recreation that may attraction to all types of followers. If you’d like the sport to be more durable, 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 would like.
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 keen to work alongside the group to beat again a “shadowy” enemy. The Jedi of the group is a Padawan looking for to complete her fallen grasp’s mission. However heck, if you would like, you’ll additionally have the ability to 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 turn 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 a giant holomap that gamers use to trace battles and begin new missions. Lucasfilm claims that the map in Zero Firm is the most important map seen in a Star Wars online game. Vandor from Solo and Anaxes from Unhealthy Batch are set to seem within the recreation.
Listed here are some screenshots from the occasion:
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