Star Wars Zero Company launched on PS5 and other platforms last week, and it appears the turn-based strategy game has been a success for publisher EA and developer Bit Reactor.
Certainly, the critical reception has been very good, players rate it highly, and it's currently one of Steam's top sellers — all good signs.
Unfortunately, it seems Bit Reactor itself has had quite a tumultuous time of it in the weeks leading up to the game's release.
In a report from Game File, it's revealed the studio furloughed most of its staff in the lead-up to launch.
A furlough is basically a temporary, unpaid period of leave. Your job is not lost, but you do not receive payment until the furlough is over.
According to one source, around 80 per cent of the staff at Bit Reactor are currently in this position. Another source said the studio has retained a "skeleton crew" to continue ironing out bugs in Zero Company.
It seems the studio essentially ran out of money weeks ahead of the game's launch, which led to the call to furlough much of its staff.
The report says the decision came from Bit Reactor itself — it seems EA or any other party were not involved in that regard.
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