A teaser for a Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic remake coming to PlayStation 5 almost stole the present at Sony’s September 2021 showcase. However reviews surfaced final yr that the undertaking was already in bother. Now Star Wars followers have seen that Sony lately deleted tweets concerning the recreation and has hidden the trailer from its official YouTube channel.
Phrase that the teaser trailer had been faraway from PlayStation’s channel first started to unfold on September 28 on the Gaming Leaks and Rumors subreddit. Twitter consumer Crusader3456 later shared a thread exhibiting that Sony’s tweets concerning the teaser from the unique 2021 PlayStation Showcase had additionally been deleted. The one official point out left seems to be a single tweet selling a number of video games from the livestream.
It’s potential the extremely anticipated KOTOR remake continues to be alive and that is just a few weirdness on the a part of Sony’s social media division. It additionally is perhaps the case that the undertaking, which debuted as a PS5 unique, has all however been canceled amid ongoing improvement points and large price range cuts at guardian writer Embracer. Sony and Embracer didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Bloomberg reported in July 2022 that the builders has spent a major period of time and sources on a proof-of-concept demo that did not previous muster at a evaluate assembly. A number of senior leads have been let go from the undertaking, and the next month improvement on the KOTOR remake shifted to Saber Interactive in Europe (Aspyr relies in Texas).
Quick-forward a yr, and guardian firm Embracer is instituting cuts throughout its sprawling portfolio, together with canceling video games and shutting down complete studios like Volition, after reportedly shedding out on a $2 billion funding from Saudi Arabia. Aspyr additionally introduced in June that it could bail on delivery a promised DLC pack for its Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic 2 remaster on Change. A fan is now suing.
A profitable remake of KOTOR can be a lynchpin undertaking for any writer, particularly as new Star Wars exhibits flood Disney+ yearly. It might even be an extremely bold and difficult endeavor for even the very best studio. It’s not but clear if Embracer has given up hope on the undertaking. Followers definitely nonetheless haven’t.
