- 0-20%: Unlikely - Lacks credible sources
- 21-40%: Questionable - Some concerns remain
- 41-60%: Plausible - Reasonable evidence
- 61-80%: Probable - Strong evidence
- 81-100%: Highly Likely - Multiple reliable sources
70%
Probable
It's been a minute since we have had an update on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (simply known as KOTOR to fans) remake. The game was announced with much fanfare at The Game Awards 2021, but has since suffered from troubled development.
Originally in the works at Aspyr, the project later changed studios as Aspyr's presentation did not satisfy Lucasfilm. For a long time, we only knew the new developer was part of Embracer Group's portfolio, though that didn't narrow it down much. Eventually, it emerged that KOTOR was being developed at a Saber Interactive studio, with CEO Matthew Karch confirming in 2024 that the project was alive and well. A few months ago, the picture cleared even further when Stephen Totilo reported that Saber's subsidiary Mad Head Games (Pagan Online, Scars Above) is making the game.
When can we play it, though? Surely it's been long enough. Well, the KOTOR subreddit has now shared an image of Saber Interactive's new Chief Business Officer, Steve Allison, tentatively placing the remake among the studio's 2028 lineup. The image shows an alleged reply from Allison to a fan who was worried that Space Marine 3 would be riddled with microtransactions.
My job isn't to squeeze money from Saber’s products through tactics like that. We are preparing to do more publishing, and I'm here to organize the group in preparation for the lineup forming for 2028 (like when I came to Telltale in 2010; also, no microtransaction company). That includes Space Marine, Wick, hopefully KOTOR remake, and a few unannounced titles. As a company, Saber has never pursued microtransactions; it's not how we do our products.
We sell the main game with a free DLC plan for the community and may do paid DLC, but we can't repeat the voice-pack DLC issue on Space Marine 2—the team learned a lot from that before I started here. I didn't work on Fortnite or Rocket League, but I did fund and oversee the launch of Alan Wake Remastered and Alan Wake 2 through the traditional third-party publishing team that was part of my group (also no microtransactions). There's not much more for me to say except to assure you that's not Saber's approach or how I'm personally oriented in leading publishing. Space Marine 3 is going to be all the things you loved about 2, plus more that leans into the elements you called out and love about it.
The veracity of the screenshot is yet to be confirmed, so take this with a grain of salt. Still, with the game supposedly being in development since around 2022, 2028 sounds like a solid target, provided everything goes well. Besides KOTOR, that lineup would be excellent for Saber. Space Marine 3 is sure to draw millions of fans, and the new John Wick game could be interesting, too.
As a reminder, there's also a spiritual successor titled Fate of the Old Republic in the works at Arcanaut Studios, a development team founded by the director of the original KOTOR, Casey Hudson.
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