Video game developer Bit Reactor, the studio behind the critically acclaimed Star Wars Zero Company, has been hit with layoffs, despite the highly-praised Star Wars title selling over one million copies and audiences praising the game as one of the best franchise releases in recent memory. Bit Reactor collaborated with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games to bring Star Wars Zero Company to life, and even though the launch quickly climbed to the top of many reviewers' lists, now-former Bit Reactor employees have started sharing news of being officially let go.
Roughly 80% of Bit Reactor developers were furloughed just weeks before the release of Star Wars Zero Company on August 27, with the studio claiming that the unpaid employment status of the affected workers was a result of pushing for financial stability in the lead up to Zero Company's launch. However, some employees are now stating that they were more recently let go, leaving fans once again concerned about the state of the video game industry.
EA and Bit Reactor release Update 1.2 for Star Wars Zero Company, adding a major new feature that will really let players make the campaign their own.
As first reported by Bespin...
