KOTOR remake targeting 2028, Saber Interactive CBO says

Saber Interactive's newly appointed chief business officer Steve Allison has dropped the most concrete timeline yet for the long-troubled Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake — a hopeful 2028 release window. The comment surfaced not in a press release or investor call, but in a post on the Space Marine subreddit, where Allison was fielding questions about monetization in Space Marine 2.

Allison wrote that Saber is "preparing to do more self publishing" and organizing its lineup for 2028, listing Space Marine, a John Wick game, "hopefully [the] KOTOR remake," and several unannounced titles. A Saber rep confirmed to PC Gamer that the message is genuine and that Allison is "incredibly excited" about the company's upcoming slate — but stressed it is not an official statement on release targets. Allison also used the post to push back on monetization concerns, saying aggressive microtransactions are "not how we do our products" and acknowledging that Saber "can't repeat the voice pack DLC issue on SM2," a reference to Space Marine 2 DLC that landed badly with players earlier this year.

The KOTOR remake has had a rough road since its announcement in 2021. Originally developed at Aspyr, the project was handed off to Saber Interactive, which then got caught up in the Embracer Group implosion before spinning out as an independent studio. The last official word before this came in March 2026, when Saber CEO Tim Willits offered the bare minimum reassurance that the game "is still in development." The original Knights of the Old Republic, released in 2003 by BioWare, is widely regarded as one of the best Star Wars games ever made, which is exactly why the remake's troubled development has kept fans on edge for years.

Allison's "hopefully 2028" phrasing is doing a lot of heavy lifting — it signals there's still significant work ahead and leaves plenty of room for further slippage. Still, it's the first time a specific year has been attached to the project by anyone at Saber, and that alone is enough to keep the conversation going. Don't clear your calendar just yet, but at least the thing is still breathing.