Rumor: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake is No Longer in Development - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 November 2023 / 4,079 Views
The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake is no longer in development, according to Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb speaking on Friday on the Game Mess Mornings show.
"I just want to clear it up, this game is not being worked on right now," said Grubb. "Just full stop. This game is not being worked on in any way, at any studio."
The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake was first announced in September 2021 as a PlayStation 5 exclusive.
There was a report in July 2022 the remake was "delayed indefinitely," while another report claimed development on the game moved from Aspyr Media to Saber Interactive as Embracer, Sony and Disney were all displeased with the progress.
Sony Interactive Entertainment in September of this year deleted references to the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake. The PlayStation Twitter account deleted the tweet announcing the game, while the main reveal trailer from the official PlayStation YouTube account has been made private.
Thanks, Insider Gaming.
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Not really surprised. First we heard that the original developer Aspyr, had failed to deliver a satisfactory vertical slice demo, and that development had moved to Saber Interactive as a result. Then a few months ago I remember that Sony deleted all official traces of the game's existence from both Twitter and Youtube.
Considering the rumors of what they had planned for it (not a proper remake, instead a reboot combining characters and plot elements of both KOTOR 1 and 2 alongside new characters and plot elements, action RPG rather than D20 turned based, etc.) I think it is for the best that it is dead. What they should do is get Larian to remake it in the style of Baldur's Gate 3, considering BG3, like KOTOR, is a D20 based game. But they won't sadly.
Larian would do an incredible job with a remake
That would be SICK! KOTOR's combat already uses D&D's rules and Larian is supposedly wanting to make a sci-fi game. If not a remake, Larian could continue BioWare's lost legacy by making KOTOR 3. They could easily approach Lucasfilm now and show the incredible results of BG3 to give them the license.
One can hope.
lets hope this is just a rumor!
i hope it is a joke i would rather have a kotor remake at this point than half life 3
Someone please call Bluepoint Games.
Damn......this really could've been something special. Aspyr leading development should've been a major red flag, but I was wanting to give them the benefit of the doubt.
yah that's a shame, I was really looking forward for this :(
this is horrible news
There are really only two possibilities at this point.
- It's outright cancelled with no ambition to start it over or change studios.
- It's in development purgatory with some plans to switch studios and won't release until the late 2020s at least.
I'm going with possibility 1.
Ms should reach out to them and pay for the development.. since Kotor started on xbox
From " Microsoft was too smart to see this was crap drom biggining" to " microsoft should reach out to them " xD
I think it's called being "sour grape" XD
And lets not talk about some "super fans " of the game that are happy the game is cancelled just because there was sony attached to it. They prefer nothing than wait lmao
but microsoft might cancel it when it is fully developed
Can't say I'm surprised. Bummer though, if there's one amazing game that deserves an awesome remake it is this one.
i agree and kotor 2 also deserves a remake
They've put it on ice for now
