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  "id": 4847957,
  "title": "Up to 80% of the Team Behind Star Wars' Best-Reviewed Game in Years was Furloughed Before Launch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/up-to-80-of-the-team-behind-star-wars-best-reviewed-game-in-years-was",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-01T11:24:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/star-wars-zero-company-bit-reactor-furlough/"
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  "summary": "Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor, formed by XCOM veterans, appears to have run out of money amid a bitter disupte",
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        "outlet": "GamesIndustry",
        "title": "Bit Reactor furloughed \"many of its workers\" in the weeks before Star Wars Zero Company's launch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/bit-reactor-furloughed-many-of-its-workers-in-the-weeks-before-star",
        "published": "2026-09-01T08:07:34.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "The Studio Behind Hit New Star Wars Game Zero Company Quietly Furloughed 'Most' Staff Just Before Launch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/the-studio-behind-hit-new-star-wars-game-zero-company-quietly",
        "published": "2026-09-01T09:34:56.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
        "title": "Star Wars: Zero Company devs left without pay, report claims, with \"most\" staff furloughed prior to launch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/star-wars-zero-company-devs-left-without-pay-report-claims-with-most",
        "published": "2026-09-01T11:44:31.000Z"
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