Improvement on Star Wars: KOTOR Remake has seemingly floor to a halt in any respect of Embracer Group’s studios. This possible spells cancellation, in response to the newest reviews.
The rumors are fueled by Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors’ refusal to speak concerning the recreation through 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The Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic remake is “not being labored on in any method at any studio” in response to famend trade insider Jeff Grubb on the newest Recreation Mess Mornings podcast. In the course of the newest Embracer Group investor name, as transcribed by Looking for 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 indicate to Lucasfilm and Sony. Whereas preliminary reviews counsel each corporations had been proud of the sport’s progress, Aspyr’s design director and artwork director had 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 response to Grubb, improvement was then transferred once more to a different unnamed Embracer studio earlier than being halted utterly.
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 mission to be canceled at Aspyr Media. Improvement was additionally halted on the Restored Content material DLC for Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic II on Nintendo Swap. In a current court docket case submitting, as noticed by Axios, Aspyr mentioned it “believed it will be capable of launch the content material, however a 3rd occasion objected and Aspyr was unable to take action”. The identification of the third occasion is unclear.