Saber Interactive is taking up for Aspyr Media on Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic, in line with a Bloomberg report. Embracer Group, which owns each studios, hinted on the transition to a brand new developer in its monetary earnings report final week.
“One of many Group’s AAA tasks has transitioned to a different studio inside the Group,” it wrote. “This was executed to make sure the standard bar is the place we want it to be for the title. We’re not anticipating any materials delays for the title based mostly on this transition.”
In July, Bloomberg reported that Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic was “delayed indefinitely” after two administrators have been fired. Saber Interactive was beforehand named as serving to Aspyr with growth on the Star Wars title.
Embracer has not responded to Polygon concerning a request for touch upon the studio changeover.
Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic remake was introduced final yr, after Embracer Group introduced months earlier that it had acquired the remake’s authentic developer for $100 million. Embracer additionally owns Saber Interactive, which it acquired in 2020 for $150 million. Saber Interactive has a number of core studios throughout Europe. Embracer itself has been buying studios at a speedy fee for years; most lately, Embracer introduced it had purchased Restricted Run Video games, Tripwire Interactive, Singtrix, and Tuxedo Labs. That day, it additionally introduced it has additionally bought the rights to make video games, motion pictures, and extra based mostly on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Star Wars: The Knights of the Outdated Republic, the beloved, authentic recreation, was launched by BioWare in 2003. The role-playing recreation lets gamers themselves enter the Star Wars universe as authentic, player-made characters assigned to the Galactic Republic or Sith Empire.
