Saber Interactive is taking up for Aspyr Media on Star Wars: Knights of the Previous Republic, in accordance with a Bloomberg report. Embracer Group, which owns each studios, hinted on the transition to a brand new developer in its monetary earnings report final week.
“One of many Group’s AAA initiatives has transitioned to a different studio inside the Group,” it wrote. “This was accomplished to make sure the standard bar is the place we’d like it to be for the title. We’re not anticipating any materials delays for the title primarily based on this transition.”
In July, Bloomberg reported that Star Wars: Knights of the Previous Republic was “delayed indefinitely” after two administrators have been fired. Saber Interactive was beforehand named as serving to Aspyr with growth on the Star Wars title.
Embracer has not responded to Polygon concerning a request for touch upon the studio changeover.
Star Wars: Knights of the Previous Republic remake was introduced final 12 months, after Embracer Group introduced months earlier that it had acquired the remake’s unique developer for $100 million. Embracer additionally owns Saber Interactive, which it acquired in 2020 for $150 million. Saber Interactive has just a few core studios throughout Europe. Embracer itself has been buying studios at a speedy charge for years; most just lately, Embracer introduced it had purchased Restricted Run Video games, Tripwire Interactive, Singtrix, and Tuxedo Labs. That day, it additionally introduced it has additionally bought the rights to make video games, films, and extra primarily based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Star Wars: The Knights of the Previous Republic, the beloved, unique sport, was launched by BioWare in 2003. The role-playing sport lets gamers themselves enter the Star Wars universe as unique, player-made characters assigned to the Galactic Republic or Sith Empire.