Today, the Star Wars: The Old Republic team unveiled the next chapter in the story told a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Update 7.4, called Chains in the Dark, will take players back to some familiar stomping grounds.
29.09.2023 - 09:49 / wccftech.com
The official Star Knights of the Old Republic Remake trailer that Sony debuted back in 2021 has been made private and tweets about the game have seemingly been removed.
Fans from the series couldn't have been happier in September 2021 when Sony officially announced a PlayStation 5 remake of the 2003 title. Aside from being a console launch exclusive, Lucasfilm Games also confirmed that the remake would be coming to PC. Things went rather quiet after the initial announcement until last year when rumors about an indefinite delay surfaced. In addition, Embracer's financial results seemed to hint that Aspyr had been removed from the game as a developer. No official statements or announcements about the game's development have been shared since its announcement in 2021, but as spotted by various Twitter users, the official PS5 announcement trailer for the game has been made private. Also, almost all tweets from the PlayStation account have been removed recently. We've included the Twitter thread from user @Crusader3456 below. This thread includes some interesting finds about the KoToR Remake.
Playstation has officially hidden the 2021 reveal trailer for Star War: Knights of the Old Republic on YouTube. You can see the Trailer is clearly in the full 2021 Showcase Playstation Showcase but the individual Trailer has been hidden.https://t.co/2WPn4ib2C8
— Crusader II Elessar (@Crusader3456) September 28, 2023
Using the Wayback Machine, you can see the tweet did exist. last snapshot taken was in 2022. https://t.co/QuZ0Zavuch
— Crusader II Elessar (@Crusader3456) September 28, 2023
The reason for the tweet being deleted and the announcement trailer having been made private by Sony isn't clear. Of course, it could be due to the rumored developer change or a change in direction. It could also mean that more is going on with this highly-anticipated Remake. This, however, is pure speculation on our part. We'll update you as soon as more information about the Knights of the Old Republic Remake for PS5 and PC comes in.
Officially announced in 2021, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake was rumored to be released somewhere this year, and was said to offer two combat modes.
A pinnacle of Star Wars Legends storytelling, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is set over 4,000 years before the events of the original trilogy and introduced a new story of new heroes and villains in an epic struggle for the fate of the galaxy. The team here at Aspyr and Sony Interactive Entertainment have joined forces with Lucasfilm Games to bring you a remake of this classic Star Wars adventure. We’re rebuilding one of the greatest RPGs of all time for a new generation with modern tech, features, visuals and more, while maintaining the
Today, the Star Wars: The Old Republic team unveiled the next chapter in the story told a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Update 7.4, called Chains in the Dark, will take players back to some familiar stomping grounds.
Knights of the Old Republic takes us back thousands of years before the Star Wars movies, but there are a lot of similarities. You find a smuggler with a Wookie friend and the two are in trouble with a local gang, so you recruit their help to get off planet and steal a ship. That ship also happens to look suspiciously like the Millennium Falcon. Among KOTOR fans, it's just as iconic, so it's no wonder that they've brought it to life with Starfield's extensive shipbuilder.
The new voice of Mario has been officially announced.
This week, several months since Broadsword Online Games took over development of Star Wars: The Old Republic , studio president Rob Denton introduced himself and gave some details on how things are going now that SWTOR has come under its umbrella. Executive Producer Keith Kanneg also gave a progress update on upcoming patches.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic’s lead designer reckons his version of a KOTOR threequel wouldn’t be great since he’s “all Star Wars’d out.”
Prolific voice actor Troy Baker will host The Golden Joysticks 2023, with guest appearances from some of the biggest video game stars in the world.
We all knew that Ahsoka would pick up plotlines from Star Wars: Clone Wars and Rebels. But I didn’t expect its finale to reprise the most baffling piece of cinematic Star Wars media I’ve ever consumed.
Seven years ago, the internet's collective mind was blown by a Super Mario 64 speedrunning video which proposed a method to collect one particular star without ever pressing the A button - or rather, only half-pressing A. Now, the creator of that video has put together a new method that cuts out the half-press and saves a whopping 14 hours from the original version.
A few weeks after one Starfield shipright managed to build an Imperial Star Destroyer so massive that it needed a 21-page how-to guide, another Star Wars lookalike vessel has graced Bethesda's RPG with such detail that it drops its FPS right down to 15.
When there’s a new Star Wars project announced, it’s safe to approach your excitement with realistic expectations, especially given the track record of serial cancellations for this franchise. Given Lucasfilm’s recent project restructures, many fans fear that another beloved project has made its way to the chopping board.
Update: Sony says the reason the Knights of the Old Republic trailers are being removed from its YouTube and social media accounts is due to music licenses expiring. In a statement to IGN, the organisation said: “As part of normal business, we delist assets with licensed music when the licenses expire.”
There have been plenty of question marks regarding the future of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake over the last year or so, given the development issues being faced by the game behind-the-scenes, and they were recently exacerbated when its announcement trailer on the official PlayStation YouTube channel was set to private, along with PlayStation’s tweet about the game also being removed.