Editor’s word: If you’ve already learn the unique story, scroll down to seek out the up to date a part of the piece. We’ve stored the article structured following the order of occasions for these of our readers who might have missed the story when it was first posted. Since Embracer has nonetheless not mentioned something on the file about it, we don’t actually know what’s going on with Knights of the Old Republic Remake.
On the Game Mess Mornings podcast, Jeff Grubb of Giant Bomb mentioned that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake is “not being labored on proper now.” This follows a number of studies of Embracer Group’s CEO Lars Wingefors remaining tight-lipped concerning the mission, not offering any replace when requested about how growth was going.
The mission was initially introduced in September 2021 after months of rumors, with a CGI trailer of Darth Revan (which has since additionally been pulled, allegedly as a result of expired music licenses). Since then, no further trailers, gameplay, or official updates have been given.
Jeff Grubb sat down with Tamoor Hussain on the Game Mess Mornings podcast (linked under) to debate latest remarks relating to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) Remake. Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors has not been sharing any particulars relating to the standing of the sport every time requested. Grubb then went additional and shared what he’s heard concerning the sport, which is lower than constructive:
“I simply need to clear it up. This sport just isn’t being labored on proper now. Full cease. This sport just isn’t being labored on in any approach at any studio.”
Embracer didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors’ latest feedback haven’t been encouraging both. When requested on May 24 of this yr concerning the KOTOR remake, Wingefors merely mentioned, “Favorite query. I’ve no additional feedback.” Then, on November 16, Wingefors was requested once more concerning the KOTOR Remake however mentioned, “I discover that something I say to this turns into a headline, so that is my solely remark.”
This follows many latest studies of holdings firm Embracer Group going through many monetary points over the previous few months. Just lately, the corporate introduced it has laid off 904 workers members. This all comes within the wake of a reported enterprise cope with a potential Saudi leisure firm, valued at over 2 billion {dollars}, that instantly fell by means of on the final minute. Embracer Group at the moment presides over many distinguished online game studios, together with Gearbox, Crystal Dynamics, and Eidos Montreal.
Knights of the Old Republic celebrated its twentieth anniversary in July. Check out our deep-dive editorial on KOTOR written by Eric Lentz because it goes by means of the sport and its influence on Star Wars and video video games as a complete.
UPDATE:
Just a few days after the story was posted, whereas the customers of Resetera mentioned Grubb’s feedback above, somebody tagged Bloomberg online game journalist Jason Schreier to ask for his enter on the troubled growth cycle, and whether or not or not the sport was useless. He responded with the next message:
“Is it alive?” and “Will it ever truly come out?” are two very totally different questions. A 3rd is “If it does ever come out, what is going to it truly seem like?” That mentioned, I’ve talked to 2 individuals at Saber who each say they’re nonetheless at the moment engaged on it, so I don’t consider that the remark that it isn’t being labored on “in any approach” proper now could be true.
Overall, this isn’t essentially probably the most reassuring information, given the shortage of transparency concerning the state of the mission, however at the least one insider has said that the sport may even see life but. Embracer Group is at the moment going through monetary difficulties and is pursuing a purchaser, so maybe the mission ought to be seen as dormant however transferring ahead as an alternative of utterly useless.
With any luck, the Force should still be with the remake of Knights of the Old Republic.
Jay Goodearl’s earliest reminiscence is of his father studying out to him the opening crawl to The Phantom Menace when he was simply two years previous. He has been a Star Wars fan ever since.
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