{"id":64622,"date":"2026-06-29T09:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=64622"},"modified":"2026-06-29T09:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:01:02","slug":"new-star-wars-game-at-risk-as-studio-issues-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=64622","title":{"rendered":"New Star Wars game at risk as studio issues escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/star-wars-eclipse.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Developers at Quantic Dream have gone on strike to oppose impending layoffs, stating that the narrative-driven <em>Star Wars Eclipse<\/em> &#8220;cannot be finished&#8221; if the layoffs proceed.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>The studio behind <em>Heavy Rain<\/em> and <em>Detroit: Become Human<\/em> announced <em>Star Wars Eclipse<\/em> at The Game Awards 2021, but has not discussed the game much since. In Feb. 2026, it launched a MOBA called <em>Spellcasters Chronicles<\/em>, which flopped and was subsequently taken offline earlier this month. In the wake of <em>Spellcasters Chronicles<\/em>&#8216; shuttering, Quantic Dream reportedly plans to carry out a round of layoffs affecting 115 workers. <\/p>\n<p>In response, several Quantic Dream workers went on strike this past week when Lucasfilm representatives visited to check on the progress of <em>Star Wars Eclipse<\/em>. Those on strike told Gamekult (with comments translated by Kotaku) that development of the Star Wars game can&#8217;t be completed if over 100 developers are let go from Quantic Dream.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe that, as things stand, the game literally cannot be finished if the redundancy plan is implemented as currently scheduled,&#8221; a developer named Theo said to Gamekult. Another developer named Jules argued that the strikes are &#8220;far from being an act of sabotage,&#8221; stating, &#8220;We could manage to release it with 115 additional people, and that wouldn\u2019t be \u2018overstaffed\u2019: it\u2019s what\u2019s needed. We\u2019re understaffed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The striking Quantic Dream developers ultimately believe that integrating the 115 developers into the Star Wars team, rather than laying them off, could bolster <em>Star Wars Eclipse&#8217;s<\/em> development. It could also prevent a smaller team from having to crunch under pressure and harsh deadlines. These comments suggest the game is also far from being complete, even though it was announced over four-and-a-half years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Quantic Dream and Lucasfilm have not commented on the strike. The studio last mentioned <em>Star Wars Eclipse<\/em> when announcing the discontinuation of <em>Spellcasters Chronicles<\/em> and the impending layoffs, stating, &#8220;The development of <em>Star Wars Eclipse<\/em> is not affected by this decision and continues as planned.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/quantic-dream-star-wars-eclipse-cannot-be-finished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developers at Quantic Dream have gone on strike to oppose impending layoffs, stating that the narrative-driven Star Wars Eclipse &#8220;cannot be finished&#8221; if the layoffs&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[25613,258,3952,1567,297,2770,5852],"class_list":["post-64622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-escalate","tag-game","tag-issues","tag-risk","tag-star","tag-studio","tag-wars","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}