The Star Wars first-person shooter that Respawn was working on may be gone, but fans of the franchise eagerly awaiting new games will be happy to hear about the latest developments for the tactical strategy game that Bit Reactor is working on.
NEW Star Wars game CONFIRMED as TACTICAL strategy game!
According to an interview with PC Gamer , the Star Wars title will be heavily inspired by XCOM. 15 members of the Bit Reactor development team are veterans of Firaxis' turn-based strategy franchise, representing "about a third of the studio," according to co-founder Grey Foertsch.
Speaking to PC Gamer , Foertsch described many of the tactical strategy games the developers have worked on in the past as "like the tips of icebergs," indicating that the veterans at Bit Reactor likely have ambitious plans for what they want to do with Star Wars. In addition to pushing the genre forward, lead animator Hector Antunez also spoke at length about making the game more accessible and "getting it into more people's hands."
The tactics-based style of strategy gaming is a whole new universe to explore when it comes to Star Wars. The franchise has seen about a half dozen strategy games over the past few decades, most recently Empire At War from 2006, but none of them have explored this specific genre.
