Star Wars Zero Firm was initially pitched as a sport within the Titanfall universe.
As half of a bigger report on Star Wars Zero Firm, Recreation File’s Stephen Totilo uncovered plenty of attention-grabbing particulars concerning the sport’s growth. The massive headline was that the majority of the studio was furloughed simply weeks earlier than launch as Bit Reactor ran out of cash, however there’s hope that these workers can be introduced again following the sport’s success. Nonetheless, there may be one different bit that caught some eyes: Zero Firm wasn’t initially imagined as a Star Wars sport.
Recreation File dug up authorized paperwork pertaining to a lawsuit between Bit Reactor management which paints an image of Zero Firm’s growth. Director Greg Foertsch labored with studio co-founder Alison Kelly to develop pitches for a techniques sport, which finally landed a gathering with Respawn Leisure co-founder Vince Zampella. The late gaming government requested Foertsch to make a pitch based mostly on Respawn’s personal IP, which might’ve meant the sport could be related to the Titanfall universe.
Recreation File notes the pitch was instantly linked to Apex Legends, which is about within the Titanfall universe, nevertheless it’s unclear if the signature mechs would’ve returned or if it will’ve been rooted within the hero characters from Apex Legends, just like the upcoming Rainbow Six Ways sport. Zampella in the end rejected the pitch for the Titanfall universe techniques sport and as an alternative informed the group to strive once more, this time with the Star Wars IP, which Respawn has a heavy hand in.
Respawn are the creators of the Star Wars Jedi video games and in addition labored on a scrapped FPS Star Wars sport, so it is no shock that they’d be fascinated about increasing that IP with different genres. And as destiny would have it, Star Wars Zero Firm was born. The sport has been one of many greatest surprises of 2026, garnering rave opinions and a powerful concurrent participant rely on Steam. Over the weekend, the sport peaked at 77,889 on Steam and has had robust phrase of mouth throughout social media.
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