Growth on Star Wars: KOTOR Remake has seemingly floor to a halt in any respect of Embracer Group’s studios. This possible spells cancellation, in accordance with the newest studies.
The rumors are fueled by Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors’ refusal to speak concerning the sport 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 Previous Republic remake is “not being labored on in any method at any studio” in accordance with famend business insider Jeff Grubb on the newest Sport Mess Mornings podcast. Through 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 observed 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 studies counsel each corporations had been pleased with 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 line with 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 motive for that is expired licensing rights on the trailer’s music.
The remake wasn’t the one mission 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 Change. In a latest courtroom case submitting, as noticed by Axios, Aspyr stated it “believed it could have the ability to launch the content material, however a 3rd get together objected and Aspyr was unable to take action”. The identification of the third get together is unclear.