According to industry insider Liam Robertson, Bioware Austin, the studio originally created to work on Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO is working on a new Knights of the Old Republic game.
The information is based on Robertson’s anonymous sources, as he revealed in his Patreon-exclusive podcast last week, the details of which was then shared by The Star Wars Game Outpost. Here’s what Robertson said, “I’ve learned now that BioWare Austin is pretty much now exclusively working on Star Wars games and they’re going to be doing that for the indefinite future. What they’re currently working on right now—and I have this on good authority—is a sort of remake/revival of Knights of the Old Republic. I don’t know when this is set to come out, but it has been in development for a little while now.”
Apparently, the game began as a remake of KOTOR, but then went on to become its own thing. What that thing exactly is, that’s something which still needs to be figured out. “I don’t really know how that game will end up,” Robertson said. “I’ve heard that it isn’t exactly a remake anymore, but it started as a remake/revival. Now it’s kind of going from that blueprint in sort of its own original thing. I guess we’ll see what that turns out to be, but they are prototyping it right now.”
The rumour is pretty thin, but let’s not forget that Drew Karpyshyn, who was originally the senior writer for KOTOR left Bioware in 2012, but returned in 2015. And considering that he did not work on Mass Effect: Andromeda, it’s hard not to wonder what he’s up to.
,@jenjen1936 Yes, but that’s all I can say. Hell, I might already have said too much. 🙂
— Drew Karpyshyn (@DrewKarpyshyn) March 29, 2017
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