BioWare's Knights of the Old Republic is one of the most beloved games in the Star Wars series, and rumours that it's getting the remake treatment have predictably excited some fans. However, there's been nothing to give Switch-owning fans much hope of seeing it on their console – until now, that is.
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier has revealed that the unannounced-but-heavily-rumoured Knights of the Old Republic title is being handled by Aspyr, the same company which ported the likes of Republic Commando, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Episode 1: Racer to modern consoles – including the Switch.
Schreier let the news slip on the latest MinnMax podcast, which confirmed previous reports that the game wasn't in development at EA or BioWare, but at an external studio. Eurogamer is reporting that it has verified Schreier's findings and Aspyr is indeed in charge of the project.
If this is a full remake then there's a chance it could miss the Switch and head straight to PS5, Series X and PC, but Aspyr's involvement does at least give us some hope.
Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic originally launched on the Xbox in 2003, and was followed by Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords (coded by Obsidian Entertainment, at BioWare's request). A third title was proposed but cancelled. MMO spin-off Star Wars: The Old Republic was released in 2011, with BioWare once again at the helm.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Yeah, this will come to the Switch. SOLD!
Do Aspyr actually develop games? I thought they were a porting house similarly to Feral
Can't imagine a universe where I wouldn't buy this for Switch.
I would love to play this on switch either remake or original. I love them both.
Aspyr ported KOTOR to MacOS and iOS, so possibly they’re just remastering the old game for current gen consoles. But you never know, maybe they could do a remaster like Halo where you can switch between the old and new graphics?
After their Switch port of Republic Commando I don't have high hopes for this. But then again if this game runs at 15fps it won't be impossible to play like an FPS is...
Never played it but I heard only good things about it.
Ofc it won't come to switch
If this and Mass Effect trillogy come to switch it will offically be my favourite console ever.
@Brummieendo90 Mass effect trilogy not gonna happen on switch.
Its EA remember
I would rather a full next gen remake for KotoR than have it held back just to run on switch.
A straight port of the original on switch alongside an upgrade on more powerful hardware would be cool
Nearing the end of Republic Commando & despite the frame rate hiccups have been enjoying it.
Would be interested in seeing this hit Switch.
I love how Aspyr is releasing all of the good Star Wars games that I grew up with. All we need now is the original Rogue Squadron games.
I would buy for PC, specially if it's a full remake. If it's only a Switch port, I probably won't, I have both games on Steam
Sadly Aspyr's work on their recent Star Wars ports has been really sloppy. I bought Jedi Outcast on launch day but couldn't play it for about a month because there was no option to invert the y axis until it was patched back in (something I don't think was even mentioned in the Nintendolife review, grumble grumble).
I do like KOTOR and would normally be really happy for a remake but sadly, I don't have faith in them to get it right (not without a few post-launch updates anyway).
I'd prefer Kotor to skip the switch and get a proper remake on the new consoles combining both Kotor 1 and 2.
After Lucasfilm's treatment of Gina Carano, and their blatant hatred of free thinking people everywhere, they will never get another penny from me. There was a time I would have been excited about this. No more.
If this comes to Switch, I'm buying it for sure.
Knights of the Old Republic is a masterpiece. Some of the best storytelling in Star Wars, beautiful music, and great characters. I’d recommend it to anyone, even if you don’t care about Star Wars.
Some aspects might seem a little dated but they don’t even need to do much “remastering” just porting it would be fine. For people worried about framerate or performance issues, kotor runs cellphones, it would be fine on switch haha
Aspyr? Ill wait until at least second patch and 50% discount
Probably won't come to Switch, but if it did I'd buy it.
@JayJ
Don't forget Shadows of the Empire.
@Tontus314 Yeah that and the original two Battlefront games would be next on my list.
@E_Gadds_Garage I honestly think KOTOR was the high point for Bioware, their masterpiece IMO. They still made some great games after that but I noticed a decline after ME2 and now they are just a shadow of their former selves.
I have it on Android and, even with a controller connected, I have a hard time getting into it. Still, I know it's beloved amongst Star Wars RPG fans, so a Switch port of KOTOR would be awesome if it were true.
@JayJ If Classic Battlefront made it to the Switch, I'd definitely get it on day one. I played a TON of the original back in the day on my PS2.
The word remake gets tossed around a lot these days. We need more information if its actually going to be a from-the-ground remake or just a hi-res port. I prefer the former as there are already plenty of ways to play the original on modern devices, so a complete remake would be a day one buy for me
I certainly hope Aspyr ports or does a remake of BF2, 2005 to Switch if the reports for KOTOR are true.
Kotor already looks great on Series X just using it’s built in upscalers. No reason the Switch couldn’t handle a decent remaster but a remake would need to be next gen focused as the point in its existence is 90% audio or visual.
lovely game..seen it too many times
I've tried playing this a couple of times, but after putting a few hours in with nothing of interest happening, I gave up.
Can they fix that?
None of this is new info
https://youtu.be/M4oejItDzXw
If this is in fact true and it's the game I am thinking it is (I'm bad with names) then I'll trade my beautiful sister with anyone interested in trading
Update
Nevermind just find out I was talking about force unleashed
(Not that any of those will come to switch ever)
Not only would I love to see a KOTOR remake, I'd really love to see it come to Switch. I'm skeptical, but I'll be keeping an eye out to see what happens.
I remember watching my older brother play KOTOR all the time on his PC but I never got to try it myself. If it came to Switch I would definitely pick it up!
If this does happen, I hope they incorporate some of the features introduced in the second game. Most notably raising ( or was it removing? ) the level cap.
I always liked KOTOR2 much more than 1 though. I think the story is far more interesting. And the fact that you can potentially train almost all of your party members as Jedi was always super cool. It would be awesome if 2 got remade as well and they actually finished it themselves this time.
For those who don't know, there was a bunch of nearly complete content that they had to cut because the publisher wanted to push the game out sooner. This nearly finished content somehow got released to the public at some point and fans got together and finished most of it, releasing it as the "Restored Content Mod"
I'll be buying this on day one if it comes to the Switch. It's easily the best Star Wars videogame I've played, and I've played many!
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