Star Wars Zero Company Reveals First Trailer and Gameplay

EA has unveiled the new strategy game Star Wars Zero Company. Star Wars Zero Company was revealed on April 19, 2025 at Star Wars Celebration event in Japan.

Any entertainment franchise as popular as Star Wars inevitably gets an array of video game adaptations, but George Lucas’ most famous brainchild has a particularly diverse and wide-ranging set of games under its banner. Ranging from almost universally beloved Star Wars games like Knights of the Old Republic and Battlefront to off-the-wall party fare like Star Wars Kinect and Super Bombad Racing, the franchise has something for any taste in video games.

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Now EA is stepping into the field of tactical games with Star Wars Zero Company, a new game developed by Bit Reactor for release in 2026 on PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S. Starring an elite squad of operatives, Zero Company takes place in the waning years of the Clone Wars, one of the biggest conflicts in Star Wars history. Players will control the unconventional outfit as it accomplishes missions in the shadows of the Clone Wars’ biggest battles, influencing the war between the lines of history.

EA Unveils Tactical Game Star Wars Zero Company

In Star Wars Zero Company, players will take on the role of Hawks, a former Republic officer. Like other Star Wars games with character customization, players can determine Hawks’ appearance and combat class. Meanwhile, they’ll also be able to recruit operatives from a range of classes and species, customizing their members’ appearances, equipment, and abilities. Classes include astromech droids, clone troopers from the Grand Army of the Republic, and a Jedi. The trailer hints at a number of other possibilities, including a character wearing a gas-filled helmet, a blaster-slinging smuggler, and even a jetpack-wearing Mandalorian warrior.

Bit Reactor CEO Greg Foertsch said that the team’s vision for Star Wars Zero Company is grounded in “engaging turn-based tactics gameplay.” With Zero Company, they intend to deliver an original story from the Clone Wars era with “meaningful outcomes from player choices,” on top of deep tactical combat. Between missions, players will also develop a base of operations and gather intelligence via informants to get the drop on their adversaries. Though Bit Reactor did not explicitly make the comparison in its unveiling, the detailed description suggests that Zero Company is inspired by XCOM, which also blended turn-based tactical battles with an engaging strategic layer, customizable squads, and base-development subsystems. Even the gameplay footage shown in the trailer shows characters taking cover and using abilities in ways similar to XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2.

The recent Star Wars Celebration event revealed quite a lot for Star Wars fans to be excited about in the near future. Alongside new series, films, and merchandise, now even strategy game fans can look forward to making some tactical moves when Star Wars Zero Company launches in 2026.

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7/10

Released

August 30, 2024

ESRB

T For Teen // Violence, Simulated Gambling, Mild Language

Publisher(s)

Ubisoft, Lucasfilm Games

Engine

Snowdrop