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logicalsanity t1_itw8r9r wrote

Reply to comment by TheOldDarkSoul in In the age of remakes here are two games that 100% deserve a remake by TheOldDarkSoul

Last I heard it got suspended indef

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AffectionateBox8178 t1_itwt9mb wrote

Yeah. It sounds like it is in development hell. 2025 minimum, but it's indefinitely paused.

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blasterkief t1_itwuew3 wrote

It was suspended and then IIRC the next day it was moved to a new studio, who presumably are already working on it.

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deeseearr t1_itxgqeu wrote

Development was originally with Aspyr, who had made the mobile ports or KotOR 1 and 2, along with some help from Saber Interactive. Both are owned by Embracer Group, with Saber being a direct subsidiary of Embracer while Aspyr was bought by Embracer and placed within Saber in 2021.

A few months ago several key people within Aspyr... um... decided that they wanted to spend more time with their families and moved on to pursue new and exciting opportunities as far away as possible from the Embracer Group, which wishes them well in their future endeavors. That's the source of the "KotOR Remake Is Doomed" headlines.

Embracer then announced that Aspyr's parent company Saber Interactive would be taking over development. They had previously been working with Aspyr so it shouldn't be too huge of a shock. The ownership of the game hasn't changed, just the people working on it.

Now, I have no inside information on how these two studios operate or what their culture is like, but at least there won't be battles over ownership of IP, licenses, or any of that which has doomed other games in the past.

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