# Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor lays off staff, a month after bringing furloughed developers back

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/star-wars-zero-company-studio-bit-reactor-lays-off-staff-a-month-after-bringing-furloughed-developers-back/
- Published: 2026-11-07T20:06:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T20:21:45+00:00
- Original publisher: Eurogamer
- Original article: https://www.eurogamer.net/star-wars-zero-company-bit-reactor-layoffs
- Topics: Business, Celebrity, Companies, Entertainment, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Bit Reactor has laid off an unknown number of staff.
- The cuts came less than a month after furloughed workers began returning.
- Zero Company is thought to have sold over a million copies in a month.

## Summary

Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor has laid off an undisclosed number of staff, less than a month after saying it was bringing more of its furloughed team back to work. The cuts highlight the studio’s continuing financial strain despite the game’s reported commercial success.

Several developers announced on LinkedIn on 6 November that they had lost their jobs, including senior environment artist Ryan Lopez, UI engineer Tyler Eichten and QA worker Ryan Mosher. Bit Reactor furloughed most staff before the game launched on 27 August, with one source estimating about 80 per cent were affected; more than half are thought to have returned, though not all on full pay. Zero Company is believed to have sold over a million copies in its first month, but it is unclear whether any returning staff were among those laid off.

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