Star Wars Knights of the Outdated Republic 2: The Sith Lords is heading to Nintendo Switch, with a “Restored Content” growth deliberate to comply with.
The traditional Obsidian RPG shall be making its method to Nintendo Switch on June 8, as announced (opens in new tab) throughout this 12 months’s Star Wars Celebration day. Developed by skilled porting studio Aspyr, it would function decision upgrades and efficiency optimizations for Nintendo’s handheld console.The promise of an official Restored Content material DLC, nevertheless, is more tantalizing to series followers. When the unique recreation was launched in 2004 after solely a 12 months of improvement, a few of its content material was rapidly faraway from the principle recreation and left inside its recordsdata. That lacking content material has since been tweaked, polished, and picked up by followers into the much-loved Restored Content mod (opens in new tab), including the lacking options again into the sport.
The upcoming Switch Restored Content material DLC will presumably bundle all of that lacking content material into an official growth. It’ll be the primary time the content material has obtained an official launch, in addition to the primary time it’s been made accessible on console.
Some questions do stay, nevertheless. It’s unclear whether or not the DLC will embrace all of Star Wars Knights of the Outdated Republic 2’s lacking content material, how that content material shall be built-in into the port, and the way it compares to the fan-made mod. We are able to count on more particulars when the growth launches someday after the principle change port.
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The previous few years have seen a bevy of traditional Star Wars video games come to the Nintendo Switch. Aspyr launched a port of the primary Star Wars Knights of the Outdated Republic in November final 12 months, after porting Republic Commando to Switch a couple of months earlier than. On high of that, it introduced Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy to Switch and PS4 in 2020, and most just lately ported The Pressure Unleashed to Nintendo’s handheld in April this 12 months. More Star Wars ports are possible within the works, too. Aspyr has beforehand stated it’s taken with bringing starfighter shooter Rogue Squadron to fashionable {hardware}, suggesting it's going to achieve this if there’s sufficient demand. It’s already creating the upcoming Knights of the Outdated Republic remake, and is publishing Beamdog’s D&D-inspired roguelike MythForce. However this upcoming Knights of the Outdated Republic Switch port is totally different. Not solely will it make a traditional RPG accessible on a current-generation system, however may current the very best model of the sport to this point. If the Restored Content material DLC is as substantial because the fan-made mod, and has all of the finesse of an official improvement, then it may present The Sith Lords prefer it’s by no means been proven earlier than.
