

A month later, in August 2022, Embracer announced that one of its big AAA projects had "transitioned to another studio." The general consensus at the time was that this mysterious AAA project was in fact the KOTOR remake, and the other studio was Saber Interactive.

Just a few months later, in July 2022, a Bloomberg report by Jason Schreier alleged that the KOTOR remake had been delayed indefinitely following an incredibly poor reception of an in-house vertical slice demo, which also seemingly resulted in the firing of the game's art director and design director. RELATED: Star Wars: KOTOR Remake Has an Obvious New Game Plus Cosmetic It Could Reward Toxic Commando Shows That KOTOR Isn't Saber Interactive's Sole Priorityīack in May 2022, as part of Embracer Group's end-of-year financial report, it confirmed that Saber Interactive was working alongside Aspyr Media to develop the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake. But with the recent announcement of John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, the fate of the Knights of the Old Republic remake is a little unclear. Its developer Aspyr was allegedly being replaced, swapped out for Saber Interactive, another developer under the Embracer Group banner. A few years ago, after over a decade of pleading for one, a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake was finally announced for PlayStation 5 and PC, and while no official release date was given, fans were told that it was fully in development over at Aspyr.īut disaster soon struck for the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake, as it was reported in the Summer of last year that the game was being delayed indefinitely. The original 2003 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is one of the most beloved Western RPGs of all time, and it's only natural that fans would want a remake.
