Skip to content
The team responsible for bringing Knights of the Old Republic 2 – The Sith Lords to Nintendo Switch has announced that the highly anticipated DLC for restored content is “not moving forward” for release.
In a statement shared on Twitter, Aspyr Media thanked the “immense passion and support for the Knights of the Old Republic series” and revealed that despite being “forever grateful” to the community that “allowed [Aspyr] to bring this timeless series to Nintendo Switch”, it “unfortunately” did not move forward with plans to also port the DLC.
Since the Restored Content DLC – which started life as a fan-made PC mod. – features much of the content that was removed from the original game many years ago, was eagerly awaited, with many fans citing the promise of the DLC as one of the main reasons they chose the Switch port in the first place bought.
Update on the restored content DLC pic.twitter.com/P0TQtJsgRcJune 3, 2023
“Unfortunately, we are announcing today that the Restored Content DLC for the Nintendo Switch version of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 – The Sith Lords will not be released,” the statement explains, with no further details on why the DLC has been released. cancelled.
“We would like to thank everyone for their continued support by providing a free video game key to players who purchased Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 – The Sith Lords on Nintendo Switch prior to this announcement.”
Players have not received a refund – which hasn’t gone down particularly well with some community members either – but instead received one of the seven other Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic games. However, many fans say they already have those titles on other platforms and would rather get their money back.
At the time of writing, Aspyr has not responded individually or collectively to complaints.
Yes, a remake of the original Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – long regarded as one of the greatest Star Wars titles of all time – is officially on its way.
Set 4000 years before George Lucas’s Star Wars movies, this RPG takes on the Dark Lord named Darth Malak, who is at war with the Galactic Republic and yes, rumor has it that the remake will indeed stay true to the original story.
The KOTOR Remake launches on PC and as a console exclusive in time PS5. While Aspyr was also originally involved in the development of that project, parent company Embracer decided to turn development over to Saber Interactive to “make sure the quality bar is where we need it for the title”.
