2026-07-12 02:35 UTC · PC Gamer · Jody Macgregor
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced "the most significant restructure in Xbox history", which is what you call it when you lay off thousands of people and cut four game studios loose. Double Fine and Compulsion Games returned to their indie roots; Ninja Theory and Undead Labs were sold off. While it seemed at first like Obsidian Entertainment had avoided the headsman's axe, we soon found out they were also hit with plenty of layoffs of their own... Read more.
2026-04-11 20:39 UTC · PC Gamer · Ted Litchfield
s reported by The Toyark, Hasbro recently opened preorders for an Amazon-exclusive action figure two-pack in its primo Black Series line, one that revisits the all-timer Star Wars RPG and perennial PC Gamer favorite, Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords. Unfortunately, the dang thing's already sold out... Read more.
2025-12-23 11:38 UTC · PC Gamer · Rick Lane
The strange case of the gamer's lawsuit against Aspyr was resolved earlier this month. The suit, which saw a fan upset at the studio's "false advertising" after DLC based on KOTOR 2's Restored Content Mod failed to materialise as part of its Nintendo Switch port, culminated in a settlement between Aspyr and the gamers who brought the suit to bear... Read more.
2025-04-13 02:00 UTC · PC Gamer · Jody Macgregor
s reported by AV Club, actor Nicky Katt has died at age 54 of an unspecified cause. While he's better-known to most for a portfolio full of character actor roles, often as a jerk or bully or outright villain in movies like Dazed and Confused, Strange Days, SubUrbia, Boiler Room, School of Rock, The Limey, and Way of the Gun, Katt will probably be known to readers of PC Gamer as Atton Rand in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2... Read more.
2024-07-12 11:38 UTC · PC Gamer · Joshua Wolens
They have, by my count, made approximately 600 Star Wars games over the last few decades. That's pretty weird, because you only need, like, three or four. Those would be TIE Fighter, Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR), KOTOR 2, and—I don't know—probably Empire At War... Read more.
2024-06-27 18:26 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
Baldur's Gate 3 unquestionably led the conversation in 2023. The standout Larian Studios RPG masterfully weaves the classes and settings of Dungeons and Dragons into a gripping, choice-driven story packed with memorable characters. But Larian's appointment for the role was long-considered, given the reputation of the franchise as some of the best PC games ever made, and now you can get the definitive release of the first, BioWare-developed, game in the series as a free game if you subscribe to Prime Gaming in July. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: If you love Baldur's Gate 3, the o
2024-05-06 22:14 UTC · PC Gamer · Ted Litchfield
I try not to be a Funko Pop hater guy⁠. It's always struck me as one of those "edgy" opinions that's actually quite pedestrian⁠—"Oh please, tell me more about which nontraditional picks you actually consider to be Christmas Movies." Most of the time, I endeavor to have no opinion either way on the ubiquitous vinyl tchotchkes. But now it's personal: they brought Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords into it... Read more.
2023-11-18 21:48 UTC · PC Gamer · Ted Litchfield
s reported by Axios, developer Aspyr has argued that a class action lawsuit brought against it over the cancellation of a Restored Content DLC for the Nintendo Switch version of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 - The Sith Lords should be dismissed. The DLC was announced in June of 2022 before getting canceled after a year of radio silence, with Aspyr offering customers a free game to make amends... Read more.
2023-01-05 22:36 UTC · PC Gamer · Luke Winkie
Cut content is an inevitability in the business of making videogames. A studio might generate a million ideas over the course of a five-year development cycle, but as the release date looms, the casualties start piling up. Storylines get scrapped, concept art never migrates into the code, narratives are truncated, mechanics are abstracted and simplified, and years later, creative leads conduct interviews about their lingering white whales—the grand ambitions that were negotiated down in order to meet a deadline, or good ideas that just got iterated out because they didn't make sens
2021-09-20 11:00 UTC · Eurogamer
With the recent news of a Knights of the Old Republic remake, we thought it'd be fun to return to this look behind the curtains of BioWare's groundbreaking original. This piece was originally published in December 2017. There are spoilers ahead for Knights of the Old Republic. How do you follow a game like Knights of the Old Republic, the most famous original Star Wars tale a video game has ever told? Forget about Obsidian's sequel for a moment and imagine it was BioWare staring at a piece of paper wondering how to follow a twist like Revan's. Because once upon a time BioWare was - and it came
2021-05-20 13:00 UTC · Eurogamer
In my mind, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic has loads of memorable planets, but I don't know whether it's because they were brilliant, or because this was simply the first time BioWare had done this: take me from one planet and land me on another. Mass Effect wasn't a thing then, remember. It was still a whole Jade Empire development away. But 18 years later I can still remember Manaan. And by Manaan, I don't mean my nan, but the water planet in KOTOR you dived under the surface of, in search of secrets, only to be chased by huge alien sharks. And there was Kashyyyk, with three 'y's, th
2021-04-21 12:05 UTC · Eurogamer
The unannounced Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake will be developed by renowned port studio Aspyr. Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier revealed the detail while a guest on the MinnMax podcast. It follows earlier whispers of a KOTOR remake which have swirled for some time, and which also suggested the project wasn't being handled internally by EA or original studio BioWare. Eurogamer has separately heard of Aspyr's involvement, and that while the developer is known for often releasing straight ports, work is currently underway to make the project more of a remake instead. Read more
2021-01-26 11:40 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
So, it looks like we're getting a KOTOR remake. Ever since Disney announced the revival of LucasArts via Lucasfilm Games earlier this year, rumours and speculation have been circulating over which new Star Wars games we're going to see. EA has confirmed it's still making Star Wars games, and we know a Ubisoft Massive open-world game is in the works too. We'd also heard that something KOTOR related was in the works at Aspyr. I had my doubts it was a 'new' KOTOR game, but neither was I expecting a full-blown remake of BioWare's classic either. This feels like we're on the cusp of a new golden ag
2020-05-22 11:03 UTC · Eurogamer
Five of the Best is a weekly series about the small details we rush past when we're playing but which shape a game in our memory for years to come. Details like the way a character jumps or the title screen you load into, or the potions you use and maps you refer back to. We've talked about so many in our Five of the Best series so far. But there are always more. Five of the Best works like this. Various Eurogamer writers will share their memories in the article and then you - probably outraged we didn't include the thing you're thinking of - can share the thing you're thinking of in the comme
2020-05-04 16:15 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Lauren Morton)
Oh look, it’s Star Wars Day and to celebrate of course an entire galaxy of Star Wars games are on sale. There are discounts to be had on all yer old favorites from back in the day and some of the newer laser sword adventures of the decade as well. (more…)
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