A report has claimed that Aspyr Media‘s Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic remake has been placed on maintain, following the abrupt firing of two senior builders.
According to a report printed by Bloomberg final evening (July 26), Aspyr Media has positioned improvement for Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic on indefinite maintain.
Bloomberg provides that earlier within the month, studio heads at Aspyr instructed staff that the venture had been paused whereas the studio appeared for “new contracts and development opportunities.”
Along with the indefinite delay, Aspyr additionally reportedly fired the artwork director and design director for the remake.
The report additionally alleges that Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic has suffered an unsustainable improvement cycle. An nameless supply acquainted with the venture instructed Bloomberg that an excessive amount of money and time had been put into making a demo of the sport for Lucasfilm and Sony, whereas a number of builders mentioned the sport was extra prone to launch in 2025, fairly than Aspyr’s projected 2022 launch.
Some workers at Aspyr declare that Saber Interactive, which joined the venture in May 2022, may take over improvement utterly.
When Saber Interactive’s participation was introduced, Embracer board member Matthew Karch mentioned that whereas the group was “fully confident that the game is going to be fantastic,” the scope of the venture means it’ll take time to finish.
“It’s a massive, massive product and massive products require a lot of effort and a lot of time to make good. And especially when you’re talking about a game already old – very old – we’ve basically had to remake that game from scratch,” added Karch.
NME has reached out to Aspyr for an announcement, and can replace this story if one is supplied.
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