Loads can occur to video games that get caught in growth limbo. They’ll get handed round like a scorching potato, stopped and restarted a number of occasions, and even canceled. Saber Interactive’s Knights of the Outdated Republic remake has skilled many of those trials and tribulations, however has eluded the worst of them: cancellation. In keeping with studio CEO Matthew Karch, the challenge continues to be “alive and properly” regardless of the myriad challenges it’s confronted after six years within the oven.
Talking to IGN on April 2, Karch clarified that the ever-elusive Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic – Remake’s coronary heart continues to be beating within the growth infirmary. He didn’t elaborate any additional about how far alongside the challenge is, after we can count on it to launch, the character of its PlayStation 5 timed exclusivity—nothing. Karch merely informed IGN that, yep, the Knights of the Outdated Republic remake ain’t useless but.
“It’s clear and it’s [obvious] that we’re engaged on this,” Karch stated. “It’s been within the press quite a few occasions. What I’ll say is that the sport is alive and properly, and we’re devoted to creating certain we exceed client expectations.”
Saber Interactive lately escaped the clutches of Embracer Group, with the latter promoting the previous to a non-public investor group for $500 million simply this previous March. Given its lengthy growth interval and the truth that it has modified arms previously, some followers have speculated that the KotOR remake could by no means see the sunshine of day, so Saber’s current change of possession could have appeared like a superb purpose to reassure people who it’s nonetheless within the works.
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Formally introduced throughout the PlayStation Showcase in 2021, Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic is a full-fledged remake of the beloved 2003 role-playing sport. The challenge was initially spearheaded by Aspyr, the Texas-based developer behind the remastered ports for Star Wars: Battlefront, OG Tomb Raider, and Star Wars: Jedi Knight. Nevertheless, the highway bought tough for the challenge after it was shuffled from Aspyr to Saber Interactive in 2022, with Embracer Group saying on the time that the explanation was “to make sure the standard bar is the place we want it to be for the title.” Although it was initially slotted for a 2022 launch, earlier than it bought shifted to Saber, builders at Aspyr stated that a 2025 launch was trying extra practical. Whereas Saber could have successfully began from scratch after taking on the challenge, if issues are “alive and properly” as Karch stated, then perhaps we’ll truly see the remake subsequent 12 months. Fingers crossed.
