Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Announced From Former KOTOR and Mass Effect Director Casey Hudson | The Game Awards 2025

The Game Awards 2025 kicked disconnected with a immense announcement: Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic.

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is led by Casey Hudson, erstwhile manager of the much-loved Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the Mass Effect trilogy. The improvement workplace is Edmonton, Alberta-based Arcanaut Studios.

It's described arsenic a narrative-driven, single-player RPG and spiritual successor to Knights of the Old Republic. Lucasfilm insisted Fate of the Old Republic is not a nonstop sequel oregon continuation of KOTOR, and volition present caller characters for an all-new story. It's said to beryllium successful the aboriginal stages of development. The teaser trailer is below.

Here's the authoritative blurb:

Players measurement into the relation of a Force idiosyncratic successful a postulation connected the borderline of rebirth. Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic volition blend innovative storytelling, memorable characters, and heart-pounding combat for an unforgettable acquisition wherever each determination deepens the player’s travel toward airy oregon darkness.

“Working connected Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was 1 of the defining experiences of my career,” Hudson said. “With Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, we’re telling a wholly caller and antithetic communicative with everything we’ve learned since - crafting an escapade astir choice, destiny, and the timeless conflict betwixt airy and dark. It’s a imagination travel existent to erstwhile again collaborate with Lucasfilm Games.”

“We look for partners who person the thrust and the enactment to physique thing groundbreaking, and that’s what we spot successful Casey,” said Jay Ong, President of Disney Games Group. “Under Casey’s direction, Arcanaut Studios is assembling a squad with a heavy passionateness for storytelling and gathering immersive worlds. Their imaginativeness for Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is precisely the benignant of ambitious, high-quality acquisition we privation to present for our players.”

"The Old Republic epoch is simply a affluent and beloved portion of the Star Wars™ galaxy, and we are thrilled to beryllium exploring a caller communicative that we’ve ne'er seen earlier successful Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic,” added Douglas Reilly, VP and GM of Lucasfilm Games. “Arcanaut Studios shares our enthusiasm for the postulation far, acold away, and their program for this caller communicative is inspiring. We judge fans volition beryllium delighted by the travel that awaits them, and we can't hold to stock more."

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is successful aboriginal improvement for PC and consoles.

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