Sony has attempted to clarify its recent removal of social media posts related to the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake.
This week,fans noticedthat the tweet from the primaryPlayStationTwitter account announcing the game in 2021 had beendeleted, while the title’s reveal trailer had also beenmade private.
This, combined withpress reportsof the title’s allegedly troubled development, led to speculation that the game could be the latest casualty ofrestructuring efforts at Aspyr’s parent company,Embracer Group.
Now, Sony has issued a statement in response to the removal of social media posts related to Knights of the Old Republic remake, claiming that it was due to music licenses expiring.
“As part of normal business, we delist assets with licensed music when the licenses expire,” a Sony spokespersonsaid.
As noted by journalist Stephen Totilo, it’s not clear why music for an upcoming video game would expire. Especially because the music featured in the trailer was from the Star Wars movies, and not licensed externally.
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 gamehttps://t.co/m9xjQQpWSc
A search ofPlayStation’s YouTube accountshows that many Star Wars game trailers, at least as far back as ten years ago, are still publicly listed.
Billed as a collaboration between developer Aspyr Media and production partners Lucasfilm Games andSony Interactive Entertainment, the game wasannounced as a timed PS5 console exclusiveduring a PlayStation Showcase event in September 2021.
The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake has reportedly been beset by problems over the last couple of years.Bloombergclaimed last summer thatAspyr had stopped working on the gameand that the future of the title was up in the air.
Embracer had earlier confirmed thatSaber Interactive was also working on the game, and some of Bloomberg’s sources said they believed it was possible Saber had taken over the development of the project entirely.
