Sony hides trailer for Star Wars: KoTOR remake and deletes announcement tweet

videogameschronicle.com:

References to the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake have been taken offline by some of PlayStation’s primary social media accounts, amid a report of troubled development.

Billed as a collaboration between developer Aspyr Media and production partners Lucasfilm Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment, the game was announced as a timed PS5 console exclusive during a PlayStation Showcase event in September 2021.

However, it was recently noticed that the tweet from the main PlayStation Twitter account announcing the game has been deleted, while the title’s reveal trailer has been made private.

This has caused speculation that the game, which was also announced for PC and expected to be released on Xbox Series X/S at some point too, could be the latest casualty of restructuring efforts at Aspyr’s parent company, Embracer Group.

Using the Wayback Machine, you can see the tweet did exist. last snapshot taken was in 2022. https://t.co/QuZ0Zavuch

— Crusader II Elessar (@Crusader3456) <a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/Crusader3456/status/1707515381479358864?ref_src=» https:>September 28, 2023

Embracer, which acquired Aspyr in 2021 and placed it under the Saber Interactive label, said in June that it was implementing a “restructuring program” which would see some game studios closed and some projects cancelled.

The announcement followed what the company said was the unexpected collapse of a $2 billion deal with a mystery partner, which was later reported to be the Saudi government-funded Savvy Games Group.

The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake has reportedly been beset by problems over the last couple of years. Bloomberg claimed last summer that Aspyr had stopped