A tactical Star Wars strategy from former XCOM developers will soon emerge from the shadows – an insider told us when to expect the announcement

Confirmed at the beginning of 2022, the Star Wars tactical strategy from the American studio Bit Reactor, founded by former XCOM and Civilization developers, has not yet emerged from the shadows, but there is not long to wait.

Star Wars: Empire at War (image source: Petroglyph)

User X, under the pseudonym Timur222, became famous for finding little-known gaming information on the business social network LinkedIn, and this time he got some information about the Bit Reactor project.

Reliable insider Tom Henderson from the Insider Gaming publication checked the evidence of the reliability of the information provided by Timur222 and found it quite convincing.

The same illustration that accompanied the 2022 announcement (image source: Electronic Arts)

According to Timur222, the Star Wars tactical strategy from Bit Reactor will be fully presented from April 18 to 20 as part of the Star Wars Celebration festival, which will be held in Japan in 2025.

It is expected that there will be an official announcement of the game with the showing of the debut trailer. Timur222 named PC (Steam, Epic Games Store), PlayStation and Xbox consoles as target platforms for the project.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Image source: Firaxis Games)

The unannounced Star Wars tactical strategy game is being created by Bit Reactor in collaboration with Electronic Arts-owned Respawn Entertainment, which is producing the game.

Bit Reactor was founded in January 2021 by ex-Firaxis Games employees, led by its former art director Greg Foertsch. About 15 people (about a third of the studio) come from Firaxis and are XCOM veterans.