Launch Shadow Over Star Wars Zero Company as Most Staff Are Furloughed Amid Ownership Battle
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Bit Reactor furloughed roughly 80% of Star Wars: Zero Company staff weeks before launch due to funding issues, leaving a skeleton crew to patch bugs as a legal ownership dispute between co-founders Alison Kelly and Greg Foertsch unfolds. Kelly seeks damages and control, Foertsch disputes her ownership claims, but the game has still been well received and remains on track for release with hopes to bring furloughed staff back after the launch.
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