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[Draugoth]

Kotaku managed to contact Sony, which responded as to why the trailer was private on the channel, citing "licensing issues."

Update 9/29/2023 11:54 a.m. ET: A spokesperson for Sony said the KOTOR remake trailer was delisted over licensing issues. “As part of normal business, we delist assets with licensed music when the licenses expire,” they told Kotaku in an email. The only music in the trailer seems to be the main Star Wars theme which is owned by Disney.

It's likely that the title is indeed cancelled or in development limbo.

Also Stephen Totilo reached out to both Disney and Sony for clarification



Sony is barely even trying smh...

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Also Stephen Totilo reached out to both Disney and Sony for clarification



Sony is barely even trying smh...

 

[Buggy Loop]

I just wanted a remake just to relive the best companion in an RPG of all time :

 

[Punished Miku]

I think Kotaku just actually investigated something.

 

[BennyBlanco]

This was always a bad idea. Developer with very little pedigree that wanted to remake KOTOR into an action adventure game. Get Larian to make KOTOR 3.

 

[Pelta88]

So you're saying the insiders on twitter got it wrong again?

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I just wanted a remake just to relive the best companion in an RPG of all time :

 

[nowhat]

Get Larian to make KOTOR 3.

You honestly believe after BG3 (or even before) they'd be guns for hire?

 

[SEGAvangelist]

This was always a bad idea. Developer with very little pedigree that wanted to remake KOTOR into an action adventure game. Get Larian to make KOTOR 3.

Just imagining smutty KotOR...

 

[Buggy Loop]

Whomever wrote his lines should have gotten an award.

Just compare how fucking trash most modern game writing is.

 

[Roufianos]

You honestly believe after BG3 (or even before) they'd be guns for hire?

Surely they're already guns for hire by leaving Divinity, their own product, to work on Dungeons and Dragons?

 

[Madflavor]

If it's true that Sam Maggs is involved, then I hope this thing really does get cancelled if it hasn't already.

 

[nowhat]

Surely they're already guns for hire by leaving Divinity, their own product, to work on Dungeons and Dragons?

They themselves wanted to do a Baldur's Gate sequel while making Divinity 2. Wizards of the Coast said no. Divinity 2 was released and was a success, WotC said yes.

 

[DrFigs]

i think we should jump to conclusions personally

 

[DeepEnigma]

If it's true that Sam Maggs is involved, then I hope this thing really does get cancelled if it hasn't already.

Social Justice Activist Sam Maggs Announced She Quit Knights Of The Old Republic Remake

Social justice activist Sam Maggs, a former writer at The Mary Sue, announced she quit working on the Knights of the Old Republic Remake.

boundingintocomics.com

 

[graywolf323]

Social Justice Activist Sam Maggs Announced She Quit Knights Of The Old Republic Remake

Social justice activist Sam Maggs, a former writer at The Mary Sue, announced she quit working on the Knights of the Old Republic Remake.

boundingintocomics.com

I thought so, people kept acting like she was heavily involved but I could have sworn she wasn’t really on the project all that long (and it sure doesn’t sound like she likely had much influence on whatever the final product ends up being)

 

[Heisenberg007]

I thought so, people kept acting like she was heavily involved but I could have sworn she wasn’t really on the project all that long (and it sure doesn’t sound like she likely had much influence on whatever the final product ends up being)

She wasn't even the lead. She was just one of the many writers and would probably be working on some dialogues and side-quests.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I thought so, people kept acting like she was heavily involved but I could have sworn she wasn’t really on the project all that long (and it sure doesn’t sound like she likely had much influence on whatever the final product ends up being)

She wasn't even the lead. She was just one of the many writers and would probably be working on some dialogues and side-quests.

And she is been long gone for over 2 years now, but it keeps getting repeated like it never happened.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Is this a bad time to bring up my Switch Kotor II DLC I was promised?

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Balls.

 

[ManaByte]

Aspyr hasn't deleted their Tweet. The announcement Tweet doesn't include video or audio.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Heisenberg007]

It seems like either the game has been canceled or moved out of Embracer and rebooted. Canceled seems more likely at this point, unfortunately.

Hopefully, we will get more information during Embracer's quarterly earnings call.

Does anybody know when that will be?

Edit: Google Bards says it'll be on Nov. 16, 2023.

 

[Filben]

We let expire licensed music for our upcoming game so its videos get delisted, which is totally normal business. Yeah, when you game is development hell, maybe.

 

[StueyDuck]

Wasn't that nutjob super woke feminist rewriting most of the game (I know she was fired or left the company but that script would still be there)

I imagine what we would have got would have been hot shit. Forspoken like dialog with added wokeness.

 

[Gambit2483]

Here's hoping Quantic Dream's Star Wars project isn't next. It sounded like it might be too big in scope for a studio that makes highly narrative driven games