Nearly five years after the game was first revealed with a flashy trailer at The Game Awards in December 2021, the future of “Star Wars: Eclipse” looks to be on shaky ground.
GameKult (via VGC) reports that protesting workers at French developer Quantic Dream claim the studio will not be able to complete ‘Eclipse’ planned layoffs go ahead.
Employees staged a strike this week over alleged plans to lay off around 115 workers in the wake of the failed multiplayer game launch “Spellcasters Chronicles” which was closed earlier this month.
Speaking with the outlet, protesting workers say the strike is an attempt to save “Star Wars Eclipse” because without those workers, it can’t be done. One employee says:
“It’s far from being an act of sabotage. On the contrary, we’re trying to save Star Wars Eclipse. We could manage to release it with 115 additional people, and that wouldn’t be ‘overstaffed’: it’s what’s needed. We’re understaffed, like in many other companies in the sector, because bosses know very well that passion will lead people to crunch time and that games will eventually be released. But it’s impossible to run a sustainable industry like that.”
Another developer says: “We believe that, as things stand, the game literally cannot be finished if the redundancy plan is implemented as currently scheduled.”
The protest, called by the French labor union STJV, allegedly coincided with a visit by a Lucasfilm Games delegation to review Eclipse’s progress.
Like “Heavy Rain” or “Detroit: Become Human,” the game is expected to be a narrative-focused adventure with an emphasis on player choice.
