Saber Interactive’s long-running growth of its Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake is confirmed to nonetheless be underway.
In a latest interview with IGN, the chief inventive officer of Saber, Tim Willits, answered our query concerning the venture’s future with a brief however easy: “Sure, it’s nonetheless in growth. That’s all I can say.”
The information might be of reduction to the hordes of loyal followers of the now-classic RPG initially developed by Mass Impact and Dragon Age studio, BioWare. The trendy reimagining was first revealed way back in 2021, however nothing has been formally seen or heard of it in the 5 years since.
A report in December 2025 from Game File revealed that Aspyr was now not main growth on the remake, however that the reins had reportedly been handed over to Mad Head Video games, the staff behind the upcoming Hellraiser: Revival.
That very same article additionally claimed that plans usually are not solely in movement for the KOTOR reimagining, however a remake of its sequel, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2, had additionally been mentioned.
“Juliet was the codename for a venture the place we have been going to do a full remake of KOTOR II with trendy artwork, trendy gameplay, , maintain the story and the characters and the basic — the basic content material of KOTOR II, however remake it for contemporary {hardware} and trendy machines with up to date graphics and all these variety of issues,” mentioned Douglas Reilly, Lucasfilm Video games vice chairman. “It was one thing we have been discussing with Aspyr.”
Whether or not these full plans for remakes of the Knights of the Old Republic sequence ever come to fruition is but to be seen; nevertheless, it seems to be like growth continues to be urgent on in the case of Saber’s work on the authentic.
This all comes after the reveal of Star Wars: Destiny of the Old Republic at the 2025 Sport Awards, a model new single-player RPG set in a galaxy far, distant, led by former KOTOR director, Casey Hudson. Do you assume we’ll be taking part in this new sport earlier than the Knights of the Old Republic arrives? Tell us in the feedback beneath!
For extra from our interview with Saber’s Tim Willits, you could find some new particulars about the upcoming John Wick sport, and the information that excessive horror sport Hellraiser: Revival has secured its ESRB score.
Simon Cardy is a Senior Editor at IGN who can primarily be discovered skulking round open world video games, indulging in Korean cinema, or despairing at the state of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Observe him on Bluesky at @cardy.bsky.social.