Star Wars Zero Company is no longer just a promising idea hiding behind tactical buzzwords. It has gameplay now. It has a date. And it suddenly feels much more real. The new Star Wars Zero Company gameplay trailer confirms that the Clone Wars-era tactics game will launch on August 27, 2026, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. That also means the earlier release-date leak was right. The squad is assembling this summer. Clone Wars Tactics Finally Takes the Spotlight Developed by Bit Reactor in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games, Zero Company is a single-player turn-based tactics game set during the twilight of the Clone Wars. Players take control of Hawks, a former Republic officer leading Zero Company, an unconventional squad thrown into classified missions against a new dark side threat. The trailer gives the game a much clearer identity: squad positioning, battlefield choices, blaster fire, character…
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Two Years Ago Today, Star Wars: Hunters Entered the Arena
Two years ago today, Star Wars: Hunters finally stepped into the arena. On June 4, 2024, Zynga and Lucasfilm Games launched the free-to-play 4v4 competitive battle game on Nintendo Switch and mobile devices. The official Star Wars: Hunters launch announcement invited players into the Grand Arena on Vespaara, where original characters fought for fame, glory, and probably a worrying amount of in-universe sponsorship money. It was a simple pitch with a very Star Wars twist: team-based arena combat, but with Wookiees, bounty hunters, stormtroopers, droids, dark side weirdos, and enough character gimmicks to make the whole thing feel like a Saturday morning Holonet broadcast with blasters. A Star Wars Game With Its Own Toy Box What made Hunters interesting was that it did not try to retell a movie. It did not ask players to be Luke, Vader, Rey, or Mando. Instead, it built a new cast around Star Wars…
Star Wars Zero Company Release Date May Have Leaked Before Summer Game Fest
Star Wars Zero Company may have just become a lot more real. The upcoming Clone Wars-era tactics game is already set to appear at Summer Game Fest with a new gameplay trailer, but now a possible release date may have leaked ahead of the showcase. According to VGC’s report on the leaked Star Wars Zero Company release date, Dealabs insider billbil-kun claims the game is currently planned for August 27, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Important disclaimer before anyone starts polishing clone armor: EA has not officially confirmed that date. The official Star Wars Zero Company page still lists the game as “Coming 2026.” The Timing Is Very Convenient The timing is what makes this interesting. EA has already confirmed that a new Star Wars Zero Company gameplay trailer will be shown during Summer Game Fest on June 5. We covered that announcement in our earlier…
Star Wars Zero Company Gameplay Trailer Coming at Summer Game Fest
Star Wars gamers finally have a reason to watch Summer Game Fest with something stronger than blind hope. EA Star Wars has confirmed that a new gameplay trailer for Star Wars Zero Company will debut during Summer Game Fest on June 5 at 2pm PT. That means the upcoming tactical Star Wars game is stepping back into the spotlight, and this time the magic word is gameplay. Not a logo. Not a cinematic mood piece. Gameplay. That matters. The Clone Wars Tactics Game Gets Its Big Showcase Moment Star Wars Zero Company is the upcoming single-player turn-based tactics game from Bit Reactor, developed in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games. EA’s official Star Wars Zero Company page describes the game as a gritty story set during the twilight of the Clone Wars. Players take on the role of Hawks, a former Republic officer leading Zero Company, an unconventional squad…
Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains Delayed to June 30
The galaxy’s most dangerous property dispute has been pushed back a little. Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains will now release on June 30, 2026, moving from its previously planned June 11 date. Ubisoft’s official Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains page now lists the new release date, while Gematsu has also reported the delay from June 11 to June 30. So no, this is not Battlefront 3. It is not Star Wars Jedi 3. It is not Eclipse finally crawling out of the unknown regions. It is Monopoly with lightsabers, team powers, and galactic real estate violence. And honestly, that is still news. Heroes, Villains, and Board Game Betrayal Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains is Ubisoft and Behaviour Interactive’s digital Star Wars twist on the classic board game. Instead of simply moving a tiny metal shoe around a board and slowly destroying family relationships, players choose heroes or…
Star Wars Jedi 3 Rumour Says Cal Kestis Will Be Older
Cal Kestis may be about to age into his most interesting chapter yet. A new rumour around the next Star Wars Jedi game suggests that Respawn’s third entry will feature an older Cal Kestis and another time jump after Jedi: Survivor. The claim comes from Tom Henderson on the Insider Gaming Weekly podcast, with GamingBolt reporting on the rumour. For now, this is not official. EA and Respawn have not revealed the game, its title, or its timeline. But as rumours go, this one makes a lot of sense. Cal’s Story Has Always Used Time Jumps The Star Wars Jedi series has already used time jumps as a storytelling tool. Jedi: Fallen Order introduced Cal as a young survivor of Order 66, hiding on Bracca and trying very hard not to be noticed by the Empire. Jedi: Survivor then picked up five years later, showing a more worn-down, more experienced…
LEGO Star Wars: Castaways Brings Back Attack of the Clones Event
“Begun, the Clone War has.” Yes, Master Yoda is back on event-duty in LEGO Star Wars: Castaways, where the Attack of the Clones event has returned to The Island for another limited-time run. The official LEGO Star Wars: Castaways account confirmed that players can complete missions to progress through the event and earn character parts and microfighters inspired by Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones. That means more prequel-era LEGO chaos, more unlocks, and another reason to return to one of the stranger little corners of modern Star Wars gaming. The Clone War Returns to The Island LEGO Star Wars: Castaways has always been a slightly odd but charming experiment: part social hub, part action-adventure, part LEGO Star Wars toy box. Instead of simply retelling the films, it lets players build their own minifigure, explore The Island, meet other players, race microfighters, and jump into simulations inspired by…
Star Wars 1313 Was Revealed 14 Years Ago, and It Still Haunts Star Wars Gaming
Some cancelled games disappear. Star Wars 1313 did the opposite. It never came out, but somehow it still feels like one of the most famous Star Wars games of the last decade. Revealed in 2012, Star Wars 1313 promised a darker, grittier trip into the Coruscant underworld. No Jedi fantasy. No chosen-one glow. No Force powers solving every problem. Just bounty hunters, crime, vertical city danger, and the kind of Star Wars setting that looked like it had not seen sunlight in years. That is probably why people still talk about it. The Star Wars Game That Looked Different At the time, Game Developer described Star Wars 1313 as a darker and more mature take on the franchise, built around a bounty hunter investigating a criminal conspiracy beneath Coruscant. That pitch still sounds painfully good. It was not trying to retell a movie. It was not asking players to become…
Colonel Ward Joins Galaxy of Heroes as a New Republic Punisher
The New Republic squad in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is getting another very specific kind of problem-solver: Colonel Ward, a Light Side Support unit built to expose enemies, punish bad targeting, and make counterattacks much nastier. EA and Capital Games have revealed the full kit for Colonel Ward in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, confirming her as a Light Side Support character in the New Republic faction. And she is clearly not here to stand in the back and politely cheer. Colonel Ward is designed to slot into the New Republic squad led by Captain Carson Teva, where her job is to make enemies pay for hiding, attacking the wrong targets, or trying to work around Taunt. A Support Unit Built Around Punishment Ward’s kit is all about pressure through debuffs. Her basic ability, A180 Blaster Pistol, deals Physical damage and inflicts Evasion Down. If it is Ward’s turn,…
Attack of the Clones on GBA Was Peak Early-2000s Star Wars Tie-In Chaos
Not every Star Wars game becomes a classic. Some become legends. Some become cautionary tales. And some become tiny Game Boy Advance cartridges trying very hard to squeeze an entire blockbuster movie into your hands. Released during the busy 2002 wave of prequel-era Star Wars gaming, Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones for Game Boy Advance is a perfect little artifact from the wild age of movie tie-in games. Was it the definitive interactive version of Episode II? No. Was it extremely 2002? Absolutely. When Every Big Movie Needed a Handheld Game The early 2000s were a different galaxy for licensed games. If a major movie landed in theaters, a handheld tie-in was almost guaranteed to follow. Sometimes those games were surprisingly good. Sometimes they felt like a developer had been handed a poster, a deadline, and a very nervous thumbs-up from marketing. Attack of the Clones on…
Rotta the Hutt Is Coming to Galaxy of Heroes, and He’s Not a Baby Anymore
Rotta the Hutt is no longer just the kidnapped Huttlet from The Clone Wars. In Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, he has grown into a full arena bruiser, complete with axes, attitude, and a kit that looks designed to make Grand Arena players deeply uncomfortable. EA and Capital Games have officially revealed the full kit for Rotta the Hutt, confirming him as a Light Side Leader, Attacker, and Hutt Cartel unit. That combination is already unusual, but the real hook is even better: Rotta can lead the Hutt Cartel, but his kit clearly wants him to shine as a solo gladiator. This is not just Jabba’s kid all grown up. This is Rotta stepping into the arena and making the family business look almost subtle. Rotta the Hutt Is No Longer the Helpless Huttlet The official kit reveal frames Rotta as a character who has moved far beyond his Clone…
Galaxy of Heroes Turns Grogu and the Anzellans Into Tactical Chaos
Grogu is officially back on the Holotables, and this time he brought mechanics, snacks, and what appears to be a small hovercraft full of bad decisions. EA and Capital Games have revealed the kit for Grogu & Anzellans, a new Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes unit inspired by Grogu’s recent adventures alongside the tiny droidsmiths. According to the official kit reveal on the EA Forums, the unit arrives as a Light Side Healer with Mandalorian, New Republic, and Unaligned Force User tags. So yes, this is not just “cute Grogu in vehicle” content. This is “cute Grogu in vehicle who may quietly ruin your enemy’s turn plan” content. A Healer With Annoying Little Teeth Grogu & Anzellans are built around healing, durability, debuffs, and New Republic synergy. The unit’s basic ability, Good Shot, Baby!, deals only 1 True damage, which sounds hilarious until the rest of the kit starts making…
Galaxy of Heroes Disables Chat for Underage Players in Brazil
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has received a small server update with one very specific purpose: legal compliance in Brazil. According to the official EA Forums update, underage players in Brazil, meaning players under 18, will now have chat disabled in-game. When they try to interact with chat, they will temporarily see the message: “This feature unlocks at Player Level 999.” No, that does not appear to be a real new level cap. It is just a very Galaxy of Heroes way of saying the feature is unavailable. A Small Patch With a Legal Reason There are no character changes, balance tweaks, new events, or surprise kit reworks in this update. EA says the change was made to remain compliant with Brazilian law. For most players outside Brazil, nothing changes. For younger Brazilian players, however, in-game chat will now be unavailable. That could affect guild communication for some players, though…
Cal Kestis Is Getting More Star Wars Stories After Jedi 3
Cal Kestis may not be heading for the Star Wars exit door after all. According to a Disney representative speaking to GameRant, there are “more Cal stories coming,” even beyond the upcoming sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. The full line is the kind of thing Star Wars fans will immediately start dissecting like an ancient Jedi mural: “Never say never. We’ve got his lightsaber in the park. We’ve got more Cal stories coming.” That is not a live-action announcement. It is not a Disney+ series reveal. It is not Cameron Monaghan walking onstage in costume while someone plays the Jedi: Fallen Order menu theme. But it is still a very interesting signal. Because the important word there is “stories.” Plural. Cal Kestis Is No Longer Just a Video Game Hero Cal Kestis started as the lead of Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order in 2019, then returned in Star…
Star Wars (1991): The Game That Made A New Hope Weird, Hard, and Weirdly Memorable
There are Star Wars games that feel elegant. Clean. Heroic. Cinematic. And then there is Star Wars (1991), which looks at A New Hope and decides the best way to honor one of the most beloved films of all time is to make Luke Skywalker jump over bottomless pits, fight a surprising amount of hostile wildlife, and occasionally take on giant enemies that feel like they wandered in from a different genre entirely. And somehow, against all odds, that version of Star Wars stuck. Released in 1991 for the NES and later adapted for the Game Boy in 1992, this was one of the first really visible Star Wars console action games of the 1990s. It was published by JVC Musical Industries and developed by Beam Software, taking the broad story of A New Hope and reshaping it into a side-scrolling action-platformer that was much stranger, harder, and more game-y…
The Star Wars Eclipse Waiting Game Just Got More Complicated
There are red flags around Star Wars Eclipse now. Not the fun Sith kind. The labour-union, restructuring, “what exactly is happening inside this studio?” kind. Just one day after Quantic Dream reassured fans that Star Wars Eclipse is still moving forward, the situation around the studio has become much messier. The French video game workers’ union STJV has strongly criticized Quantic Dream following the cancellation of Spellcasters Chronicles, claiming that the studio’s restructuring could put 95 jobs at risk and accusing management of mishandling both the cancelled project and the wider production situation. That does not mean Star Wars Eclipse is cancelled. It does mean the calm official message now has a lot more noise behind it. The Official Line Is Still: Eclipse Continues Let’s start with the important part: Quantic Dream says Star Wars Eclipse is not affected. After announcing that Spellcasters Chronicles would be shut down, the studio…
Vader Immortal Episode I Made Darth Vader Feel Too Close for Comfort
Seven years ago today, Star Wars put Darth Vader in your personal space. Released on May 21, 2019, Vader Immortal: Episode I launched alongside the Oculus Quest and gave Star Wars gaming one of its strangest experiments: a canon VR story built less around “beating” Darth Vader and more around surviving the deeply unpleasant experience of standing near him. That sounds like a small thing. It was not. Because in VR, Vader is not just a character on a screen. He is tall. He is close. He is breathing. And suddenly, all those jokes about Imperial workplace culture feel much less funny when the office manager is eight feet of black armor and unresolved trauma. A Star Wars Story Built for Presence Developed by ILMxLAB, Vader Immortal was structured as a three-part VR adventure set on Mustafar. Episode I introduced players as a smuggler pulled into Vader’s orbit, with ancient…
Star Wars Eclipse Survives Quantic Dream’s Latest Cancellation
Star Wars Eclipse has not vanished into the Unknown Regions. Not yet, anyway. Quantic Dream has cancelled development on its multiplayer project Spellcasters Chronicles, but the studio says its long-silent High Republic Star Wars game is not affected. According to reports from GameSpot and Insider Gaming, Quantic Dream told players that Star Wars Eclipse “continues as planned,” even as the studio shuts down its other project. That is good news. It is also the kind of good news that Star Wars gaming fans should probably receive with one hand on the emergency brake. Eclipse Is Still Officially Alive The important part is simple: Quantic Dream is saying Star Wars Eclipse is still moving forward. That matters because the game has become one of the strangest open tabs in modern Star Wars gaming. Announced back in 2021 with a gorgeous cinematic trailer, Eclipse promised a branching narrative action-adventure set during the…
Galaxy of Heroes Just Made Returning to the Holotable Less Painfu
Coming back to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes after a long break can feel like opening a closet and being attacked by five years of laundry. Characters. Relics. Events. Currencies. Datacrons. Territory Battles. Quest tabs. Shops. Shards. Mods. More mods. The other mods you forgot existed. That one squad you were definitely building before life happened. Capital Games seems to know this, because the latest Galaxy of Heroes update is aimed directly at returning players. EA has announced an Improved Returning User Experience, built around a new questline designed to help lapsed players re-acclimate to the Holotable with clearer short, mid, and long-term goals. In plain Basic: if you have a friend who quit SWGOH and now panics when they see the home screen, the game is trying to make that return less terrifying. Returning Players Get a New Path Back In The headline feature is a revamped returning user…
Star Wars: Hunters Is Dead, But Its Weird Little Lore Archive Lives
Star Wars: Hunters may be gone, but apparently the Arena left behind more paperwork than a Hutt legal department. Trevor Davey, the timeline-obsessed Star Wars archivist behind The Life of a Star Wars Timeline, has collected 79 in-universe documents that were originally published on the now-defunct official Star Wars: Hunters website. You can read the full archive in his Substack bonus update, where he gathers Arena News posts, Boz Vega interviews, Hunter monologues, and other strange little scraps of official character flavor. That may sound niche. It is niche. It is also exactly the kind of thing Star Wars gaming history needs someone to save before it vanishes into the same digital pit as old launchers, dead forums, and mobile games that once had lore tabs. The Arena Had More Story Than Many Realized Star Wars: Hunters launched globally on June 4, 2024, as a free-to-play competitive arena game for…
Fate of the Old Republic Director Says AI Is “Creatively Soulless”
Casey Hudson is building a new Old Republic RPG, but apparently he is not asking a chatbot to write the soul of it. The Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic director has made it clear that Arcanaut Studios is not using AI to build its upcoming Star Wars RPG. In comments first reported from Bloomberg and picked up by Windows Central, Hudson said he is “really unimpressed” with AI and called it “creatively soulless.” That is a sharp line in a games industry increasingly obsessed with automation, cost-cutting, and pretending the phrase “AI pipeline efficiency” does not sound like something a villain says before building a moon-sized laser. Human-Made RPGs Still Matter Hudson’s stance matters because Fate of the Old Republic is not just any licensed game. It is being positioned as a spiritual successor to Knights of the Old Republic, one of the most beloved narrative RPGs ever…
On This Day: Star Wars Episode I: Racer Made Podracing Feel Impossible Fast
Before Star Wars racing became nostalgic, it was just fast enough to make your childhood reflexes file a formal complaint. On May 18, 1999, Star Wars: Episode I – Racer launched in North America for Nintendo 64 and Windows PC, arriving right alongside the Phantom Menace hype machine. It took one of the most kinetic sequences in the movie — the Boonta Eve Classic podrace — and turned it into a full racing game that somehow felt faster than the film itself. That was the magic trick. A lot of movie tie-in games in the late ‘90s felt like merchandise with a health bar. Episode I: Racer felt like LucasArts had looked at the podrace scene and said: “What if this was the whole game, but louder, faster, and more likely to make your palms sweat?” Podracing Finally Had Its Game The concept was wonderfully simple: choose a podracer, survive…
Hidden Empire: The Free Star Wars Browser Strategy Game More Fans Should Try
Some Star Wars games chase cinematic spectacle. Others ask you to download 120GB, update three launchers, and sacrifice a weekend to the patch gods. Then there is Hidden Empire – Galaxy Adventures, a fan-made browser strategy game that simply says: pick a side, build your planets, command your forces, and see how long your galactic ambitions survive contact with other players. And honestly? That sounds extremely Star Wars. You can check it out on the official site here: Hidden Empire – Galaxy Adventures A Fan-Made Strategy Game With Real Galactic Scale Hidden Empire – Galaxy Adventures is a strategy-based browser game where players take on the role of either a Republic commander or a Separatist warlord, building economic and military infrastructure across multiple planets while competing or cooperating with hundreds of other players in the same galaxy. The official site describes the game as a mix of planetary development, military…
On This Day: Star Wars Outlaws Let Hondo Ohnaka Steal the Show
One year ago today, Star Wars Outlaws remembered an important truth: every underworld story gets better the moment Hondo Ohnaka walks in and starts smiling like a crime is already happening. Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune released on May 15, 2025, as the game’s second story pack, bringing Kay Vess and Nix into a new pirate-flavored adventure with the galaxy’s most charmingly untrustworthy Weequay. Steam lists the DLC with a May 15, 2025 release date, while Ubisoft described it as a new story expansion centered on Hondo, hidden treasure, and the dangerous Khepi system. (Steam, Ubisoft) Hondo Was Built for Outlaws The base game already had the right ingredients: syndicates, smuggling, betrayal, blaster trouble, and Kay Vess trying very hard to survive people with better funding and worse morals. Then A Pirate’s Fortune added Hondo Ohnaka, which is basically Star Wars turning the scoundrel dial until it breaks. According…