Star Wars: Zero Company Creators Are Laying Off Employees Again

Bit Reactor, the studio behind Star Wars: Zero Company, is laying off employees again. The cuts come a month after some developers who had previously been placed on unpaid leave returned to work.

Bit Reactor employees reported several layoffs on LinkedIn on Friday, November 6. Bespin Bulletin was the first to report the news. The exact number of employees affected is not yet known.

Those laid off include senior environment artist Ryan Lopez, who worked on Zero Company for three and a half years, from the start of production through release. His layoff came after a three-month forced leave. UI engineer Tyler Eichten, who worked on the tactical missions interface, and QA employee Ryan Mosher also reported being laid off.

Lopez wrote:

Although this is unpleasant, I’m genuinely proud of what we created together. It was an honor to ship a game with you.

A few weeks before Zero Company launched on August 27, 2026, Bit Reactor placed most of its team on unpaid leave. Some reports put the figure at about 80% of employees. The studio appeared to have run out of money shortly before release. The game performed well and reportedly sold more than one million copies in its first month. On October 7, studio head Greg Furch said some of the team had returned. Estimates suggest more than half of the employees had resumed work, though not everyone was back on full pay.

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