Star Wars Zero Company looks like XCOM in a galaxy far, far away in its first trailer

Only a vague merchandise model close present though

We've each known it's coming for a agelong portion now, 3 years successful fact, but Star Wars Zero Company got a due uncover today. In lawsuit you aren't definite which 1 this was meant to be, it's the strategy 1 from Respawn and Bit Reactor, led by erstwhile XCOM devs. For the astir portion the announcement trailer is conscionable a CGI cutscene, you've been circular this rodeo before, you cognize however these things go. Though, it does extremity with a smidge of gameplay and yeah, it truly does conscionable look similar Star Wars by mode of XCOM, which is apt to beryllium an instant winner.

I'm not precisely definite if "gritty" and "authentic" are words that'd usually use to immoderate Star Wars media - let's not hide Yoda was virtually performed and played by The Muppets' ain Fozzie Bear - but that's however Star Wars Zero Command has been described, astatine the precise least. The single-player crippled is acceptable "during the twilight of the Clone Wars" wherever you'll play arsenic Hawks, a "former Republic officer" who leads the titular Zero Company.

They're a set of misfits, by the sounds of things, and they've been recruited by Hawks that sees them facing disconnected against immoderate vague menace that could devour the galaxy, oregon whatever. This is Star Wars, there's ever postulation threatening worldly going on, and this is simply a prequel truthful we tin lone presume things volition mostly extremity good - though, successful a property merchandise CEO and originative manager of Bit Reactor Greg Foertsch did accidental successful a connection that they're aiming to supply "meaningful outcomes" based connected the choices you make.

The halfway gameplay looks mighty akin to XCOM, and seemingly betwixt missions you'll beryllium capable to physique up your ain basal and bash spy things similar gathering intelligence. On apical of that you'll beryllium capable to marque and customise your ain squad of "authored Star Wars characters", truthful it sounds similar you shouldn't expect Jar Jar Binks to amusement up.

Perhaps predictably, an nonstop merchandise day hasn't been confirmed conscionable yet, but it is supposedly releasing sometime successful 2026, and it'll beryllium disposable connected PC via Steam.