Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | |
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Genre(s) | Action role-playing, Massively multiplayer online role-playing |
Developer(s) | BioWare Obsidian Entertainment Saber Interactive Broadsword Online Studios |
Publisher(s) | LucasArts Electronic Arts, Disney Interactive Studios[1] Sony Interactive Entertainment[2] |
Creator(s) | Drew Karpyshyn, James Ohlen |
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First release | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic July 15, 2003 |
Latest release | Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legacy of the Sith February 15, 2022 |
Parent series | Star Wars video games |
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) is a media franchise of space opera role-playing video games created and developed by BioWare, which have seen releases on the original Xbox, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, IOS and Android. The franchise takes place in the fictional universe of Star Wars by George Lucas.
The first title, and subsequent massively multiplayer online role-playing game series, was developed by BioWare while the second was done by Obsidian Entertainment per LucasArts' request.[3] All were published by LucasArts. The video game series is based on an earlier comic book series; the franchise includes a subsequent new comic book series. Both comic series were published by Dark Horse Comics and act as prequels to the video games.