“I don’t know why derivative is always necessarily bad,” says Matthew Karch of Halo Anniversary dev team Saber Interactive – who feels that familiar franchises such as Gears of War automatically get higher review scores than original IP which might share similar mechanics.
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake is one of gaming's most elusive projects. But we finally have a real, concrete update on what's going on.
Saber Interactive is still working on it, and according to the CEO, it's "alive and well."
It was announced in 2021 and there hasn’t been so much as a screen shot. Hopefully it is alive but i dunno if it’s actually well
As long as it's not AssPyre doing this, there's still some hope.
*Takes a look at the games Saber Interactive have developed...
Oh, fu...
What's the point of this comment from the CEO without a screenshot of the game in progress or announcement of a trailer? It's been a long time since the announcement and absolutely nothing to show for it which is not a good sign.
I was beyond hyped when this was announced, but I've long accepted the reality that it's not going to happen, unless something concrete is shown.
Compare this to Delta Snake Eater which has more than shown its existence off.
Showing a screenshot doesn't prove or disprove it's development status. With everything that's happened with Aspyr, the last thing they want to do right now is show a product that isn't ready for public viewing. The reason the CEO spoke up is because of the game being in the news recently. Metal Gear is an entirely different situation and has no correlation other than being a remake.
Embracer Group has officially confirmed that Saber Interactive has been sold for $247 million, following news yesterday that the studio has removed all references to the mega-publisher from its official website.
Speaking in a statement to investors today, Embracer Group confirmed that the sale has resulted in the company ceasing all operations in Russia, with Saber Interactive being sold to a group of private investors at Beacon Interactive, which is helmed by Matthew Karch, the co-founder of Saber Interactive.
As a result of the sale, Saber Interactive will retain a number of studios including Nimble Giant, 3D Realms, Sandbox Strategies, New World Interactive, and Slippage Ironworks. Embracer, meanwhile, keeps Zen Studios, 4A Games, Tripwire, Beamdog, and Tuxedo Labs among others.
That's great, at least Saber won't die in the embrace. I really enjoy Snowrunner, and Dakar Desert Rally is pretty fun w a wheel.
Embracer paid 525 mil just a bit over 4 years ago for Saber and now sells it back for less than half... And for a company with heavy presence (and possibly investors looking to move their money around the embargo) in Russia and even Belarus... Suspicious don't even begin to describe it.
Better then being pawned off to Tencent. I think Beacon Interactive is a better fit for them.
From VGC: "Embracer Group may have confirmed that the upcoming Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake has switched developers.
Bloomberg claimed last month that developer Aspyr Media had stopped working on the game and that the future of the title was up in the air.
Embracer had confirmed in May that Aspyr parent company Saber 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."
Another remake RPG changed developer, that of FFVII Remake. The game was well-received so hopefully this shift to Saber Interactive leading development signals a desire at the highest level of Embracer Group & Sony to make the Star Wars KOTOR Remake be of superior quality.
I never understand how people botch rereleases and remasters/remakes.
It's like being an editor. Virtually all the work was done for you. All you need to do is clean it up and make it more digestible.
That's Remastering.
But for Re-'make'-ing ... only the story and design concepts can be used/referred ... everything else needs to be 'made' again.
To an extent.
I won't even pretend to know the ins and outs of game development. I have amateur coding experience at best.
But even on the coding side, as long as it's written in the same language, which virtually every marketed game is, the code can be dumped and used as a reference point for a remake in a new engine. You just need to know the pros and cons of both engines, and adjust accordingly. That's a lot of work taken off of the needs of the coders.
As far as I've seen they're looking to keep the gameplay similar to the original, so a lot of the code made for the original can be reused and adjusted to whatever standards they want for the remake.
It's different in situations such as FF7 Remake, where virtually everything was fundamentally changed; from gameplay to being fully 3D.
But I guess my point is if you're a "games studio" whose talent can't handle a remake/remaster properly, maybe you should question if your team actually has the talent to be a games studio.
I’m not trying to take a dig at you or make you feel dumb, but do you know the difference between a Remake and Remaster? Because it doesn’t sound like you do at all.
A remake is when they literally remake the game from the ground up.
A remaster is what you're talking about, where they use existing assets and code and make the original version "better".
Wasn't Saber running the Witcher 3 current gen port and was taken off of that abruptly? Doesn't seem very wise to give it to them.
That was a smaller studio under Saber's Russian division. The Russo invasion caused CDPR to sieze any business with Saber's Russian division.
And Saber is a pretty big company and is headquarted in Florida. And their offices are spead out all over NA and EU.
originality is what makes games unique and not generic
i agree that sometimes a good game dosent need any original idea's(ahem rage)but sometimes its the only thing that makes a game so good
All stories have to come to an end while others (originality) have to begin.
I love Master Chief
Infact i'm gonna boot up halo 3 right now and put on my master cheef helmet and have a few rounds
Maker of game with no originality thinks originality is over rated. Hardly surprising is it.
Most developers lack the talent to come up with new "good" ideas.
Personally, the anniversary editoin is refreshing in a holiday season so concerned with military shooters. Sci-fi shooters like gears, resistance, killozone, and halo have their own personalities, where as most military shooters now are just blending together.
This game isn't just a port it's a re-imagining of the game, that's what makes me so excited.