EA’s Star Wars turn-based tactics game will be revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2025.
The untitled Star Wars strategy game was announced in early 2022 as in development at Bit Reactor, a studio composed of Firaxis Games veterans best-known for their work on the XCOM franchise. Bit Reactor has worked closely with Star Wars Jedi developer Respawn Entertainment on the new project, and is finally ready to show the game off.
The first look is set for April 19 via a live panel with the lead development team from Bit Reactor, along with Respawn Entertainment, and Lucasfilm Games, as revealed on the official Star Wars Celebration 2025 schedule.
We know next to nothing about this game, neither in which Star Wars era it’s set, nor the exact nature of its gameplay. But given it’s being made by former developers of XCOM, it seems reasonable to assume something along similar lines drenched in all things Star Wars.
Respawn is of course also working on the third game in its Star Wars Jedi trilogy, although there is no indication it will turn up at Star Wars Celebration this year. Respawn was at one point working on a third Star Wars game, an untitled first-person shooter rumored to feature a Mandalorian protagonist, but it was canceled as part of a major EA shake-up that saw around 670 staff lose their jobs. Earlier in March, Respawn quietly canceled a multiplayer first-person shooter incubation project and cut an unknown number of individuals working on it.
Elsewhere at Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm will offer a sneak peek at The Mandalorian & Grogu movie, due out May 2026, and a first look at Star Wars: Visions Volume 3.
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