Star Wars: KOTOR Remake Probably Useless as Embracer CEO Refuses to Speak About It

Improvement on Star Wars: KOTOR Remake has seemingly floor to a halt in any respect of Embracer Group’s studios. This doubtless spells cancellation, in response to the most recent stories.

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The Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic remake is “not being labored on in any means at any studio” in response to famend business insider Jeff Grubb on the most recent Sport Mess Mornings podcast. Through the newest Embracer Group investor name, as transcribed by Searching 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 point out to Lucasfilm and Sony. Whereas preliminary stories counsel each corporations have been proud of the sport’s progress, Aspyr’s design director and artwork director have 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 fully.

Since then, Sony has been eradicating all traces of the PS5 unique from the web, together with Twitter and Youtube, though the official purpose for that is expired licensing rights on the trailer’s music.

The remake wasn’t the one challenge 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 Improvement was additionally halted on the Restored Content material DLC for Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic II on Nintendo Change. In a latest court docket case submitting, as noticed by Axios, Aspyr stated it “believed it will have the ability to launch the content material, however a 3rd social gathering objected and Aspyr was unable to take action”. The id of the third social gathering is unclear.