A teaser for a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake coming to PlayStation 5 practically stole the present at Sony’s September 2021 showcase. But experiences surfaced final yr that the mission was already in hassle. Now Star Wars followers have seen that Sony not too long ago deleted tweets concerning the recreation and has hidden the trailer from its official YouTube channel.
Word that the teaser trailer had been faraway from PlayStation’s channel first started to unfold on September 28 on the Gaming Leaks and Rumors subreddit. Twitter person Crusader3456 later shared a thread exhibiting that Sony’s tweets concerning the teaser from the unique 2021 PlayStation Showcase had additionally been deleted. The solely official point out left seems to be a single tweet selling a number of video games from the livestream.
It’s potential the extremely anticipated KOTOR remake continues to be alive and that is just a few weirdness on the a part of Sony’s social media division. It additionally is likely to be the case that the mission, which debuted as a PS5 unique, has all however been canceled amid ongoing improvement points and big finances cuts at father or mother writer Embracer. Sony and Embracer didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Bloomberg reported in July 2022 that the builders has spent a major period of time and assets on a proof-of-concept demo that did not previous muster at a overview assembly. Several senior leads had been let go from the mission, and the next month improvement on the KOTOR remake shifted to Saber Interactive in Europe (Aspyr is predicated in Texas).
Fast-forward a yr, and father or mother firm Embracer is instituting cuts throughout its sprawling portfolio, together with canceling video games and shutting down total studios like Volition, after reportedly shedding out on a $2 billion funding from Saudi Arabia. Aspyr additionally introduced in June that it will bail on delivery a promised DLC pack for its Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 remaster on Switch. A fan is now suing.
A profitable remake of KOTOR could be a lynchpin mission for any writer, particularly as new Star Wars exhibits flood Disney+ yearly. It would even be an extremely formidable and difficult endeavor for even one of the best studio. It’s not but clear if Embracer has given up hope on the mission. Fans definitely nonetheless haven’t.
