Knights of the Old Republic (KotOR), the most popular game in the Star Wars game universe, will appear again with a remake version. In fact, a new trailer for the game was recently released and the players were very excited. However, the trailer was suddenly removed silently by Sony. Therefore people were worried about a possible cancellation.
The incident was clarified by Sony: The music in the KotOR remake trailer was removed because its license has expired
This week, fans noticed that the post announcing the KotOR remake in 2021 from the PlayStation Twitter account was deleted and the game’s promotional trailer was also hidden and removed from publication.
This, combined with media reports of the game’s troubled development, has led to speculation that the game may be the latest victim of restructuring efforts by Aspyr’s parent company, Embracer Group.
Now, Sony has released a statement in response to the removal of social media posts about the KotOR remake, stating that this is due to the expiration of music licenses.
Asked Disney what was up and they sent me to Sony.
Asked Sony what was up and they said: "As part of normal business, we delist assets with licensed music when the licenses expire."
Of course, now I'm asking why the music license would expire for an upcoming game https://t.co/m9xjQQpWSc
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) September 29, 2023
“As part of our normal business, we delist assets containing licensed music when the license expires,” a Sony spokesperson said.
As journalist Stephen Totilo points out, it’s a bit confusing why an upcoming game’s soundtrack has expired. Especially since the music in the trailer is from the Star Wars movies and has not been licensed externally.
A search of PlayStation’s YouTube account shows that many Star Wars game trailers from at least a decade ago are still listed as publicly available.
The Star Wars: KotOR remake has reportedly been plagued with problems for the past few years. Bloomberg claimed last summer that Aspyr had stopped working on the game and that its future was uncertain.
Embracer had previously confirmed that Saber Interactive was also working on the game, and some of Bloomberg’s sources said they believed Saber may have taken over development of the project entirely. What are you thinking? Please don’t forget to share your thoughts with us in the comments.
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