{
  "id": 18785596,
  "title": "Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor lays off staff, a month after bringing furloughed developers back",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/star-wars-zero-company-studio-bit-reactor-lays-off-staff-a-month",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-07T20:06:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Eurogamer",
    "slug": "eurogamer",
    "url": "https://www.eurogamer.net/star-wars-zero-company-bit-reactor-layoffs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor has announced layoffs of an unspecified number of staff, one month after rehiring some of its previously furloughed developers. Several developers announced their termination on LinkedIn on November 6th, as first reported by Bespin Bulletin. Senior environment artist Ryan Lopez, who worked on Zero Company for three and a half years, and UI engineer Tyler Eichten, who contributed to the game's on-screen UI, were among those who lost their jobs after a three-month furlough. QA team member Ryan Mosher also confirmed his layoff. Lopez expressed pride in the team's work together, stating, \"It was a privilege to ship a game with you.\" The studio had furloughed most of its staff, approximately 80%, prior to the game's August 27th launch due to financial constraints. Despite the challenging situation, the game sold over a million copies within a month. CEO Greg Foertsch shared that the studio began returning staff to work in early October, a difficult decision he made to eventually bring as many people back as possible. It is unclear if any of the returned employees were among those laid off this week.",
  "summary": "Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor has laid off an unspecified number of staff, a month after bringing some of its furloughed team back to work. Read more",
  "key_points": [
    "Bit Reactor lays off unspecified number of staff",
    "80% of staff furloughed prior to August 27th launch",
    "Game sold over a million copies within a month"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}