<sturdy><em>Replace: </em></sturdy>A spokesperson for Sony despatched <em><a href=”https://kotaku.com/star-wars-knights-republic-kotor-remake-ps5-canceled-1850885369″ goal=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Kotaku</a></em> an announcement relating to the delisted Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic reveal trailer, stating it was attributable to licensing points.
Right here’s what Sony instructed Kotaku:
“As a part of regular enterprise, we delist belongings with licensed music when the licenses expire.”
Curiously, this begs the query: why have the concerned events allowed the license related to the music of the KOTOR remake reveal trailer to run out? Sport Informer will replace this story if it learns extra.
The unique story continues under…
Sony kicked off a September 2021 PlayStation Showcase by formally revealing a rumored remake of the basic RPG, Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic, for PlayStation 5. That was the final we heard of it, although, save for a Bloomberg report the next yr that acknowledged the mission was on indefinite improvement maintain because of main employees departures.
Now, it appears Sony and PlayStation are eradicating most traces of the KOTOR remake, deleting tweets and hiding the reveal trailer on its YouTube channel, as reported by Kotaku.
Yesterday, on the Gaming Leaks And Rumors subreddit, person TricolorChutoy posted that the 2021 PlayStation Showcase KOTOR remake reveal trailer had been lately delisted. That very same day, Twitter person Crusader II Elessar posted the identical factor, noting, nevertheless, that within the full 2021 PlayStation Showcase video, the KOTOR remake trailer remained. With some extra digging, Crusader II Elessar discovered that PlayStation had seemingly deleted each tweet mentioning the remake, save for the one under that additionally mentions different video games.
Keep tuned after the Showcase! We’ll have extra updates from the groups behind:
🔵 God of Battle Ragnarök🔵 Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic – Remake🔵 Updates on different new PlayStation Studios titles
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) September 9, 2021
Moreover, with some Wayback Machine tinkering, they realized {that a} 2022 snapshot of PlayStation’s Twitter confirmed {that a} totally different tweet completely in regards to the KOTOR remake nonetheless existed, that means its deletion occurred between final yr and now.
Sport Informer has reached out to Sony and PlayStation in regards to the hidden trailer and deleted tweets and can replace this story if remark or assertion is acquired.
As for hypothesis on why PlayStation could be doing this, it stems from the remake’s developer: Aspyr Media. Aspyr is owned by Embracer Group, which has been canceling video games and shutting studios in mild of a present “restructuring program.” After Embracer Group was “knowledgeable that one main strategic partnership that has been negotiated for seven months won’t materialize,” or in different phrases, the collapse of a $2 billion deal as reported by Video Video games Chronicle, it carried out this restructuring program.
Given all of that, it wouldn’t be shocking if Aspyr, which Embracer Group acquired in 2021, was affected by the restructuring and the KOTOR remake mission canceled. Nonetheless, with no official phrase on the mission, that’s hypothesis for now.
[Source: Kotaku, Video Games Chronicle]
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