There is a widescreen mode available for KOTOR 2 (I have used it in the past)

[url=http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic_II_%E2%80%93_The_Sith_Lords#Widescreen_resolution]http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic_II_%E2%80%93_The_Sith_Lords#Widescreen_resolution[/url]

It isn't compatible with the Restored Content Mod, as it replaces the exe and thus introduces old bugs.

Hm alright, well hopefully it'll come after they are finished with KOTOR2 then.

I read the top comment in that article and laughed so hard. Imbecile.

OK what the hell is going on here. I am surpried they are giving KOTOR 2 the update treatement at all.

And curious that they are doing this the KOTOR 2 instead of the more popular 1.

Is this a sign? Is Obsidian going to make a KOTOR 3?

it's a sign they're making KOTOR 29,348

Doubtful. It's not Obsidian, after all, that's updating KotOR 2, but a different company and with EA still releasing expansions for the Old Republic, the chances for a KotOR 3 are currently unrealistic. Maybe when EA stops with The Old Republic or when their exclusive rights to make Star Wars games expire, there might be chances again.

Disney doesn't seem to be very forgiving with anyone that might frag their precious SW. My guess is that EA might not get a second chance to s..w things again, if SW; Battlefront reboot turns out to be unsatisfactory (and so far the new game looks way worse in terms of gameplay than SW: Battlefront 2)

Well, if EA screws up, then Disney has also screwed up for trusting EA to do the job, as they granted EA a 10-years exclusive Star Wars license in 2013 for PC and console games.

KotOR on mobile happened. When Aspyr ported both games to mobile, they sold unexpectedly well, prompting renewed interest in the PC version. Since much of the functional work to improve the game experience had already been done, Aspyr brought that work, plus enhancements to support TSLRCM to the Steam version which caused an even more unexpected spike in PC sales (hugely unexpected). Whether that might translate to interest in KotOR 3 remains to be seen, but at the moment, all it indicates is an interest in capitalizing on a dormant IP. It didn't cost EA or Disney much to patch the game, so the profits were likely significant.

Yep, there's a few games that are on GOG but have been "updated" in some way on Steam:

Earth 2140 HD
The Last Express Gold Edition
Little Big Adventure - Enhanced Edition

he ain't that much different from an average GOG poster these days.

Source: http://deadlystream.com/forum/blog/39/entry-106-an-aspyring-talk/

Widescreen is 16:10 or 16:9, 4:3 and 5:4 are not wide. A game has widescreen support if it fills the screen of the first two of those aspect ratios regardless of how it handles the latter two, or even 21:9 for that matter (that isn't "wide", it's "ultra wide"). Though I agree that games should ideally support various screen aspect ratios, there are several today that actually don't support anything other than widescreen resolutions. Also 4:3 and 5:4 monitors not at all "outdated" as there isn't necessarily a technological advantage of a wider aspect ratio, but is mostly a matter or preference.

Yes, newer screens - especially ones with high pixel density such as the fairly recent advance to "4k" monitors - are likely easier to read on as pixels get harder and harder to notice as they get placed closer together and as panel technology advances for better colour reproduction and contrast - such as the step-up from TN to IPS - but neither of those have anything to do with a widescreen aspect ratio in and of itself.

Humans generally prefer not having too long lines of text while still seeing the rest of the text in the periphery, and using fullscreen on a widescreen monitor either makes lines too long for comfort for many (compare 1600x1200 to 1920x1200), or lowers the numbers of visible lines on the screen (1280x960 or 1280x1024 to 1280x720 or 1280x800) and thus not letting the reader see as much of the text around what they're focussing on as they could otherwise and brings more work in scrolling down and up to continue reading or refer to something earlier. Studies have shown that people generally find it more comfortable to read longer pieces of text on portrait-mode screens.