Quantic Dream says Star Wars Eclipse is still in production, despite planned layoffs that could affect the long-gestating game. The French studio says the project is continuing as planned even as it prepares to cut 115 jobs after the collapse of its online game Spellcasters Chronicles.
That reassurance matters because the studio has already spent years talking about Star Wars Eclipse without showing much of it, and silence tends to invite the worst assumptions. If a team is shrinking while a big licensed game is still in development, people will naturally ask who is left to actually finish it.
Quantic Dream says Star Wars Eclipse is unaffected
In a statement to IGN, Quantic Dream repeated its earlier line that the closure of Spellcasters Chronicles has not affected Star Wars Eclipse. The studio said production continues ”in accordance with the plan” and claimed the team still has the resources needed to finish the job.
That is the official version, at least. Workers at the Paris office see it differently, arguing that layoffs will strip the project of specialists and make the current setup impossible to complete. This is the kind of internal mismatch that usually tells you more than any polished corporate statement does.
Layoffs, protests, and a very patient game
The STJV union staged a strike outside Quantic Dream’s Paris office after the studio moved to let go of 115 employees. The trigger was the failure of Spellcasters Chronicles, a project that had been expected to help diversify the studio beyond its narrative-heavy single-player work.
Quantic Dream has long argued that Star Wars Eclipse is something different from Detroit: Become Human, despite the easy temptation to label it another cinematic branching adventure with lightsabers. The game was announced in 2021 and is set during the High Republic era, centuries before Anakin Skywalker, which gives the studio room to do something fresh – if it can get the game out of development purgatory.
NetEase still has the final say
Behind the scenes, the bigger question is whether NetEase remains willing to keep funding the project after Spellcasters Chronicles flopped. The Chinese tech giant owns Quantic Dream, and reports have suggested it may rethink investment in the studio after that setback. That makes the company’s public confidence in Star Wars Eclipse sound less like a roadmap and more like a pitch for patience.
For now, the game is still alive. The real test is whether Quantic Dream can keep enough people on board to prove that ”still in production” means more than just ”not cancelled yet.”