Growth on Star Wars: KOTOR Remake has seemingly floor to a halt in any respect of Embracer Group’s studios. This doubtless spells cancellation, in accordance with the most recent reviews.
The rumors are fueled by Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors’ refusal to speak in regards to the recreation in the course of the firm’s newest monetary earnings investor name.
Star Wars: KOTOR Remake is “not being labored on proper now”
The Star Wars: Knights of the Previous Republic remake is “not being labored on in any approach at any studio” in accordance with famend trade insider Jeff Grubb on the most recent Recreation Mess Mornings podcast. In the course of the newest Embracer Group investor name, as transcribed by In search of Alpha, the publishing group’s CEO refused to make clear the sport’s standing, merely saying “I seen that something I say to this turns into a headline, so that’s my solely remark.”
The sport was delayed indefinitely in 2022. Developer Aspyr Media beforehand created a vertical slice demo of the sport to point out to Lucasfilm and Sony. Whereas preliminary reviews counsel each corporations have been proud of the sport’s progress, Aspyr’s design director and artwork director have been fired shortly after.
Star Wars: KOTOR Remake was then handed on to Saber Interactive, the developer that assisted Aspyr Media with the remake. In line with Grubb, growth was then transferred once more to a different unnamed Embracer studio earlier than being halted fully.
Since then, Sony has been eradicating all traces of the PS5 unique from the web, together with Twitter and Youtube, though the official cause for that is expired licensing rights on the trailer’s music.
The remake wasn’t the one undertaking to be canceled at Aspyr Media. Growth was additionally halted on the Restored Content material DLC for Star Wars: Knights of the Previous Republic II on Nintendo Swap. In a latest court docket case submitting, as noticed by Axios, Aspyr stated it “believed it will be capable of launch the content material, however a 3rd celebration objected and Aspyr was unable to take action”. The identification of the third celebration is unclear.
