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Star Wars strategy game will be revealed at Celebration in April…

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he Star Wars strategy game from studio Bit Reactor and Jedi: Survivor’s Respawn will be revealed next month, it’s been confirmed.

On Saturday, April 19, the pair will appear on stage at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo, Japan, where they will offer the first look at their “Star Wars turn-based tactics game”.

Little is known about the game, which was announced alongside Respawn’s shooter and the third entry in the Star Wars Jedi franchise.

The strategy game is being developed through a production collaboration with Bit Reactor, which is a new studio formed by veterans of XCOM and Civilization studio Firaxis Games. Respawn is producing the latest Star Wars strategy game while Bit Reactor leads on the development of the title.

In a statement published last year alongside the announcement of nearly 700 company-wide layoffs, EA Entertainment president Laura Miele said that after a review, it had decided Respawn should focus on the Jedi and Apex Legends series.

 

[amigastar]

Turn-based you say? I love turn-based games.

 

[Salz01]

I mean I guess it’s been a few months since Debra Wilson has been in a game. Timing seems about right.

 

[Black_Stride]

Midnight Suns was received very well but didnt sell well.
I dont know if a Star Wars game from Firaxis and BitReactor would be able gather sales needed to call it a success.
I can almost guarantee itll be a good game, i just hope it finds an audience.

 

[Branded]

Turn-based Star Wars from Respawn? What?

I'll buy it at a high price!

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

I'm buying this day 1.

 

[Topher]

Turn based Star Wars tactical game? That sounds amazing.

 

[ManaByte]

I mean I guess it’s been a few months since Debra Wilson has been in a game. Timing seems about right.

Missed Death Stranding 2?

 

[Lunarorbit]

I mean I guess it’s been a few months since Debra Wilson has been in a game. Timing seems about right.

A least Troy baker doesn't look exactly the same in every game he's in. They should think about changing her model a little in the next game she's in cause it's completely immersion breaking to see her in games now. Her eyes, baldness, and brow prominence are very distinctive.

I like vgc as a news source but Holy shit is that site a mess of ads and pop ups.

 

[Rush2112]

So not only woke but now turn-based. Now I know what to avoid.

 

[fatmarco]

Clone Wars themed X-Com would be very cool.

 

[Gonzito]

Will the game perform well this time or is it going to be another shit show like the previous one?

 

[Puscifer]

I mean I guess it’s been a few months since Debra Wilson has been in a game. Timing seems about right.

I mean c'mon, I know she's prolific in stuff but it was never this bad. Nolan North was insanity at one point in time

 

[amigastar]

Midnight Suns was received very well but didnt sell well.
I dont know if a Star Wars game from Firaxis and BitReactor would be able gather sales needed to call it a success.
I can almost guarantee itll be a good game, i just hope it finds an audience.

I know people who hated on other people enjoying Midnight Suns (like the Terror from the Void Discord channel)
I enjoyed Midnight Suns very much.

 

[Salz01]

Missed Death Stranding 2?

Oh crap…. Maybe I should edit it to say ‘week’. Lol

 

[a'la mode]

Star Wars themed X-Com? Hey, that could actually turn out to be something neat.

 

[Saber]

Interesting concept for Star Wars, as long its original and not intentionally preachy.

 

[Shubh_C63]

XCOM like strategy is the only strategy genre with potential to attract non-genre players.

 

[Alpha Male]

Star Wars? Strategy? XCOM?

 

[RCX]

More Star Wars instead of Titanfall 3.

"Hooray"

 

[ReBurn]

I have too much ADHD for a turn-based game. But I hope everyone else enjoys it.

 

[Fbh]

A game in the style of X-Com set in the Star Wars universe could be cool.
I just hope they focus on the gameplay and not some awful story.

The main reason I skipped Midnight Suns is when I found out a significant chunk of the game is spent talking with the other characters and building relationships with them. I literally couldn't care less if Blade wants to join a book club or other stuff like that.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

A turn-based JRPG Star Wars game from Respawn? What the fuck? Could be amazing.....

 

[adamsapple]

A turn-based JRPG Star Wars game from Respawn? What the fuck? Could be amazing.....

You've never played X-Com, I take it?

 

[Hudo]

If they make a Final Fantasy Tactics but Star Wars, I might bite.

 

[StereoVsn]

Midnight Suns was received very well but didnt sell well.
I dont know if a Star Wars game from Firaxis and BitReactor would be able gather sales needed to call it a success.
I can almost guarantee itll be a good game, i just hope it finds an audience.

Going with card based system wasn’t a smart move from sales perspective. Hopefully this one won’t have that.

 

[amigastar]

Never played X-Com, I take it.

You serious? I can only recommend the X-Com series, both the 1994 game with openxcom and XCom 1 and 2.

 

[Hari Seldon]

A Star Wars strategy game is something I’m actually interested in. Looking forward to the reveal now.

 

[TGO]

This is their 3rd Star Wars title in 5 years and Jedi 3 is already on the cards.
How do they do it when it takes so long to develop games

 

[touchfuzzy]

I mean I guess it’s been a few months since Debra Wilson has been in a game. Timing seems about right.

You must’ve missed the Death Stranding 2 trailer…

 

[Mister Wolf]

A game in the style of X-Com set in the Star Wars universe could be cool.
I just hope they focus on the gameplay and not some awful story.

The main reason I skipped Midnight Suns is when I found out a significant chunk of the game is spent talking with the other characters and building relationships with them. I literally couldn't care less if Blade wants to join a book club or other stuff like that.

Blade just wanted to fuck Carol.

 

[RafterXL]

Going with card based system wasn’t a smart move from sales perspective. Hopefully this one won’t have that.

Yep, but it turns out the card system was one of the best parts of the game. The Persona social nonsense could have been left out, though, it just dragged the game on.

 

[N0S]

What about my boy Cal

 

[adamsapple]

What about my boy Cal

Hero Unit

 

[digital_ghost]

Watch them come out and say there will be no woke content.

Then they say April fools.

 

[StereoVsn]

Yep, but it turns out the card system was one of the best parts of the game. The Persona social nonsense could have been left out, though, it just dragged the game on.

I don’t disagree. In the end the battle system was pretty good. I would still take normal Xcom type setup over that, but overall the approach was well done. The issue though is that Card system in Xcom type game isn’t going to get a large audience.

And of course the Social part could have been good.. but their writing team sucked.

 

[ClanOfNone]

Please be X-Com: Star Wars

Please don’t be Midnight Suns: Star Wars

Midnight Suns was mostly awful.

 

[Mr.ODST]

Turn based sounds cool but I was another game similar to Jedi Knight or Jedi Academy but with outlaws / jedi survivor graphics

 

[II_JumPeR_I]

Yeah that wont sell well...
Man where is a Kotor like SW game?
Where you can be a good or bad Jedi with badass Action Combat and Customization?
Or a proper Battlefront? Not a Herofront that we got with the DICE attempts...

 

[Sentenza]

Never played X-Com, I take it.

The fucc is wrong with you?

P.S. I've been waiting for the reveal of this "Star Wars XCOM" from BitReactor for at least two years at this point.
Let's hope they are not going half-assed about this.

 

[adamsapple]

You serious? I can only recommend the X-Com series, both the 1994 game with openxcom and XCom 1 and 2.

Not me, lol, that was for James likening it to JRPG.

 

[Ozzie666]

Is this a mobile gotcha game or a real game? Star Wars has some hit and misses with these types of games

I've always thought a Star Wars or World of Warcraft game done in the spirit of traditional turn baded JRPG style has so much potential.

 

[AJUMP23]

Star Wars is for action. But I like respawn so I will be interested in what they are doing.

 

[Sentenza]

Is this a mobile gotcha game or a real game? Star Wars has some hit and misses with these types of games

I've always thought a Star Wars or World of Warcraft game done in the spirit of traditional turn baded JRPG style has so much potential.

It's *supposed* to be a proper, fully-budgeted XCOM-like and BitReactor is a studio that includes a lot of Firaxis' expats.

 

[kevboard]

after Jedi Survivor my expectations are below the floor basically