While The Old Republic MMO has provided plenty of entertainment since its 2011 release, most Knights of the Old Republic fans were left wanting a third main game in the single player RPG series.
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They'll be happy to hear that it's an idea Obisidian--developers of KotOR 2--are still thinking about, even if there's nothing in development right now. Speaking to IGN about Pillars of Eternity, project director Josh Sawyer and lead producer Brandon Adler said it's a topic that keeps coming up at the studio, though it has yet to lead to anything.
"I think there are a lot of the people at the studio that would like to do Knights of the Old Republic 3," Sawyer says. "I think at that time LucasArts was really focused on what they considered to be extreme, extreme blockbusters and even though the Knights of the Old Republic series was pretty successful, it just never seemed like something that was going to happen at that time. Having said that, a lot of time has passed. I know there are a lot of people at the studio who are really interested in doing a project like that."
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"It's something that comes up every three to six months," Adler added. "We bring it up and talk about it. Not anything terribly serious, but we just say 'wouldn't it be cool if?' and just develop some ideas for what we'd do with that stuff."
While I'm sure fans would prefer to hear that something concrete was in development, there is hope for an eventual project in the future using some of these ideas if it's still on the minds of the developers. It's perhaps just fun to brainstorm, but coupled with the interest in the franchise from new Xbox head Phil Spencer, it's not out of the question that we will see a new KotOR eventually.
