Star Wars Zero Company will not include official mod support when it launches later this month. Bit Reactor confirmed the decision during a recent community Q&A, saying that the studio has “a lot of respect for the modding community,” but currently has no plans to provide official modding tools for the game. For an ordinary Star Wars release, that might pass without much attention. For a turn-based tactics game made by a studio filled with former XCOM developers, it is a little more surprising. Why Mod Support Mattered to XCOM Mods played an enormous role in keeping XCOM 2 alive long after its original release. Players created new classes, enemies, weapons, maps, cosmetic options, balance changes, and eventually enormous overhauls that could make the entire campaign feel like a different game. That history naturally created expectations around Zero Company. Bit Reactor has never promised that its Star Wars tactics game…
