First reported by Insider Gaming, quiet mega-publisher the Embracer Group not too long ago launched its full 12 months report for April 2022-March 2023, and that report lists the now legendarily fraught Star Wars: Knight of the Outdated Republic Remake as a challenge below lively growth within the subhead “Introduced PC/Console Releases as of Might 24, 2023.”
The knowledge within the report is sparse, however telling sufficient in its personal manner. The KotOR Remake is listed as coming to each PS5 and PC, hopefully which means no console exclusivity, timed or in any other case. The sport’s “exterior” publishing associate is sort of assuredly Sony Interactive Leisure, which has a credit score within the recreation’s sole trailer and explains why the sport just isn’t slated for Xbox consoles.
The sport’s developer stays an as-of-yet unspecified “inside” studio, which means it might be any one of many Embracer Group’s numerous subsidiaries, however prior reporting from Bloomberg means that growth has moved to Saber Interactive, the mother or father firm of the challenge’s unique developer, Aspyr.
Aspyr had made a reputation for itself lately by porting varied traditional Star Wars video games to Steam, cell, and fashionable consoles. Aspyr was reportedly taken off the KotOR Remake challenge final summer time, supposedly after an preliminary vertical slice demo didn’t impress studio bosses. A deliberate 2022 launch was out of the query, with 2025 trying extra sensible in response to Bloomberg’s sources. Improvement modified arms and was probably rebooted, and the final official phrase on the KotOR Remake (exterior Embracer earnings experiences) stays its September 2021 PlayStation showcase trailer.
This point out of KotOR from the Embracer Group is, at the very least, somewhat encouraging—a small signal of life from the troubled challenge. Nonetheless, like with Vampire: the Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, it is most likely greatest to undertake a “come what might” angle. If both recreation ever arrives, it’s going to most likely take awhile.
