A teaser for a Star Wars: Knights of the Previous Republic remake coming to PlayStation 5 practically stole the present at Sony’s September 2021 showcase. However studies surfaced final 12 months that the challenge was already in bother. Now Star Wars followers have observed that Sony lately deleted tweets in regards to the sport and has hidden the trailer from its official YouTube channel.
Phrase 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 displaying that Sony’s tweets in regards to the teaser from the unique 2021 PlayStation Showcase had additionally been deleted. The one official point out left seems to be a single tweet selling a number of video games from the livestream.
It’s attainable 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 may be the case that the challenge, which debuted as a PS5 unique, has all however been canceled amid ongoing growth points and big funds 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 big period of time and sources on a proof-of-concept demo that did not previous muster at a evaluation assembly. A number of senior leads have been let go from the challenge, and the next month growth on the KOTOR remake shifted to Saber Interactive in Europe (Aspyr is predicated in Texas).
Quick-forward a 12 months, and father or mother firm Embracer is instituting cuts throughout its sprawling portfolio, together with canceling video games and shutting down whole studios like Volition, after reportedly shedding out on a $2 billion funding from Saudi Arabia. Aspyr additionally introduced in June that it could bail on transport a promised DLC pack for its Star Wars: Knights of the Previous Republic 2 remaster on Change. A fan is now suing.
A profitable remake of KOTOR can be a lynchpin challenge for any writer, particularly as new Star Wars exhibits flood Disney+ yearly. It might even be an extremely bold and difficult endeavor for even the very best studio. It’s not but clear if Embracer has given up hope on the challenge. Followers actually nonetheless haven’t.