Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake is one of gaming's most elusive initiatives. Announced in 2021, the long-awaited remake has modified arms a number of occasions, seemingly stopped growth and restarted again, and after six years of growth has but to manifest. Fortunately, we lastly have a actual, concrete replace on what's occurring. Saber Interactive continues to be engaged on it, and in response to the CEO, it's "alive and well."
Speaking to IGN in an interview as we speak, Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch confirmed that the corporate took KOTOR with it during its break up from Embracer Group, and that the game continues to be in lively growth.
"It's clear and it's obivous that we're working on this," he mentioned. "It's been in the press numerous times. What I will say is that the game is alive and well, and we're dedicated to making sure we exceed consumer expectations."
Karch wouldn’t offer additional particulars, however in an investor call following the announcement of Saber's departure, Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors implied the KOTOR remake may still be a long way away. The game has undergone a long limbo, having been introduced in 2021 after three years of growth at Aspyr, paused indefinitely attributable to lack of progress, and revived again at Saber Interactive. There have been minimal official updates since.
We spoke with Karch on a quantity of different topics surrounding Saber Interactive's current departure from Embracer Group, which noticed Karch purchase it back through his own holding firm, Beacon Interactive. Included within the deal had been no less than 38 video game projects, over 3,000 staff, and studios equivalent to Nimble Giant, Mad Head Games, Slipgate, New World Interactive, 3D Realms, and all Saber-branded studios.
Check back right here at IGN tomorrow for more from our interview with Karch, together with his ideas on Saber's initial merger with Embracer and its current break up, the standing of a quantity of different Saber video games, in addition to the longer term of Saber and Beacon Interactive.
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