Star Wars: KOTOR Remake Likely Dead as Embracer CEO Refuses to Talk About It

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

The rumors are fueled by Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors’ refusal to speak concerning the recreation throughout the firm’s newest monetary earnings investor name.

Star Wars: KOTOR Remake is “not being worked on right now”

The Star Wars: Knights of the Previous Republic remake is “not being worked on in any way at any studio” in line with famend business insider Jeff Grubb on the most recent Game Mess Mornings podcast. In the course of the newest Embracer Group investor name, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha, the publishing group’s CEO refused to make clear the sport’s standing, merely saying “I noticed that anything I say to this becomes a headline, so that is my only comment.”

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 recommend 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 passed on to Saber Interactive, the developer that assisted Aspyr Media with the remake. Based on Grubb, growth was then transferred once more to a different unnamed Embracer studio earlier than being halted fully.

Since then, Sony has been removing all traces of the PS5 exclusive from the internet, 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 undertaking to be canceled at Aspyr Media. Growth was additionally halted on the Restored Content material DLC for Star Wars: Knights of the Previous Republic II on Nintendo Swap. In a latest court docket case submitting, as noticed by Axios, Aspyr mentioned it “believed it would be able to release the content, but a third party objected and Aspyr was unable to do so”. The id of the third social gathering is unclear.