The highly-anticipated Knights of the Old Republic remake has been scrubbed from social media. The vanishing act has caused fans of the title to fear for its future.
The Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic remake was announced all the way back at a PlayStation Showcase in 2021. The much-loved original has been hailed as one of the greatest RPGs of all time and fans were excited for the prospect of a return.
However, the Knights of the Old Republic remake has had a rocky go of it ever since. Changes in development teams and rumored delays have been the only talking points since its announcement.
Now, as of September 29, the game’s trailer has been made private on YouTube and a number of Tweets pertaining to the game have been deleted. Fans on Twitter are speculating that the Knights of the Old Republic remake is indeed “dead”.
🚨 BREAKING: The Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic Remake trailer has been made private.
Previous tweets and posts about the game have also been deleted. pic.twitter.com/7WYCUyLdMe
— Daily Star Wars Games (@Daily_SWGames) September 28, 2023
The delisting of the YouTube trailer was initially noted by u/TricolorChutoy on r/GamingLeaksAndRumours where players speculated on the game’s potential cancellation. “Sony probably gave up interest after seeing how it was coming along and that killed it,” one user said.
Following the initial thread on Reddit, internet sleuths noticed that all mentions of the game had been scrubbed from official Twitter accounts. Only one Tweet mentioning the Knights of the Old Republic remake remains.
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Fans on the platform are distraught at the news with many taking this to mean that the game’s cancellation is a foregone conclusion. Some are making attempts to communicate interest in the game with a #SaveKOTOR movement.
Others aren’t entirely certain that this is the end of the Knights of the Old Republic remake at all. “The potential cancellation is way more likely on Embracer Group than Sony,” one user explained. “I can’t really see Sony just letting a game like this go away, so they might try and ‘reboot’ it”
Stay tuned after the Showcase! We’ll have more updates from the teams behind:
🔵 God of War Ragnarök 🔵 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake🔵 Updates on other new PlayStation Studios titles
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) September 9, 2021
There’s a possibility that the content has been removed because the change in developer has been finalized and the existing material still has Aspyr branding present.
Saber Interactive who took over from Aspyr has not made any statements regarding the issue and Sony has also been silent. Any concrete details on the future of the Knights of the Old Republic remake will be reported by Dexerto.
