Respawn Entertainment

Respawn Entertainment is an Electronic Arts video game development studio. They created Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Jedi: Survivor and are currently working on Star Wars Zero Company in collaboration with Bit Reactor and an untitled sequel to Jedi Survivor.

History

Respawn Entertainment was founded on April 12, 2010, as part of EA Partners,[3] by Jason West and Vince Zampella, the co-founders of Infinity Ward (a studio well known for the Call of Duty series), after they were fired by Infinity Ward's parent company, Activision.[1] In November 2017, the studio was bought by Electronic Arts.[2] The studio created the games Titanfall (2014) and Apex Legends (2019).

In 2016, it was announced that the studio was working on a third-person Star Wars game.[4] Its title, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, was revealed during E3 2018.[5] It was released on November 15, 2019.[6]

On January 25, 2022, it was announced that Respawn was working on three different video games: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor the sequel to Jedi: Fallen Order, a strategy game in collaboration with Bit Reactor, and a first-person shooter game.[7] On February 28, 2024, it was announced that the first-person shooter project was canceled.[8] On April 14, 2025,[9] the strategy game was first revealed as Star Wars Zero Company, which is to be released in 2026.[10]

An untitled sequel to Jedi Survivor is also currently in development.[11]

Games

Year Title
2019 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order[6]
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor[12]
2026 Star Wars Zero Company[10]
TBA Untitled Star Wars Jedi video game[11]
Canceled[8] Untitled first-person shooter game[7]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Premium-Era-real Jason West and Vincent Zampella's new call of duty by Alex Pham & Ben Fritz on the Los Angeles Times (April 12, 2010) (backup link archived on March 11, 2020)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 GameSpot EA Now Owns Titanfall Developer Respawn by Makuch, Eddie on GameSpot.com (December 5, 2017) (backup link)
  3. ↑ Premium-Era-real Respawn Entertainment announced by ex-IW heads, partnering with EA by Grant, Christopher on www.engadget.com (April 12, 2010) (backup link archived on April 2, 2020)
  4. ↑ Premium-Era-real Titanfall developer Respawn is making a third-person Star Wars game by Yin-Poole, Wesley on www.eurogamer.net (May 4, 2016) (backup link archived on June 13, 2019)
  5. ↑ YouTube EA Play Live Press Conference 2018. Featuring Anthem, Battlefield 5, EA SPORTS and more… on the Electronic Arts YouTube channel (backup link)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 StarWars.com Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm Games Announce New Star Wars Titles in Development from Respawn Entertainment on StarWars.com (backup link)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Premium-Era-real Respawn's Star Wars FPS Is Canceled, But Work on Next Jedi Game, Black Panther and Iron Man Will Continue by Rebekah Valentine on IGN (February 28, 2024) (backup link archived on February 28, 2024)
  9. ↑ StarWars.com Join the Ranks of Star Wars Zero Company on StarWars.com (content not present on current version)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 StarWars.com Join the Ranks of Star Wars Zero Company - Update on StarWars.com (backup link)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Premium-Era-real Respawn is developing ‘the final chapter’ of the Star Wars Jedi story, EA says on www.videogameschronicle.com (backup link archived on September 20, 2024)
  12. ↑ EA-StarWars-Logo Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - Official Teaser on the official Electronic Arts Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)

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