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The decision to make Rise of the Tomb Raider a timed Xbox One exclusive was a tough one, Square Enix has admitted, but one that it believes will bring long-term benefits to the series. "I hope fans know that it wasn’t an easy decision,” CEO Phil Rogers told Examiner. I …
Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider coming to PS4 in Q4 2016
Microsoft has one full year’s exclusivity on the upcoming Rise of the Tomb Raider. The official Tomb Raider blog has revealed that the title would be coming to PlayStation 4 in ‘holiday 2016′. That’s Q4 2016 for us Brits. That’s also one year after the title’s release on Xbox consoles …
Read More »MICROSOFT: First Rise of the Tomb Raider gameplay shown, date revealed
Crystal Dynamics took to the stage at the E3 Xbox media briefing to show off the first gameplay from the upcoming Rise of the Tomb Raider. The footage featured Lara and a friend climbing a perilous icy mountain in a quest to find a lost city. Other locations include a …
Read More »Casey Lynch joins Square Enix as editorial director
Former Midnight City vice president Casey Lynch has announced his appointment at Square Enix as editorial director. Lynch revealed his new job in a post on Twitter, which includes an image of the new hire in front of the logo of Square Enix studio and Rise of the Tomb Raider …
Read More »Crystal Dynamics is not making 360 version of Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider will be developed by Netherlands-based Nixxes Software on Xbox 360. The Xbox One edition is, of course, currently in the works at Crystal Dynamics but the latest issue ofGame Informer– as spotted byGameSpot– says Nixxes is handling the last-gen version. In the Game Informer interview, …
Read More »Nixxes Software handling Rise of the Tomb Raider on Xbox 360
Crystal Dynamics hands over the reigns to experienced Dutch studio for last-gen version
Read More »Tomb Raider mini-series will serve as prequel to Rise of the Tomb Raider
A Tomb Raider mini-series is currently in the works for release next year. The project is being led by writer, director and actor Stephen Lunsford, who is known to American audiences as Matt from the MTV show Teen Wolf. Lunsford posted a picture on Instagram detailing the series as a …
Read More »Microsoft is publishing Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider will be published by Microsoft, presumably on both Xbox One and Xbox 360. That’s according to Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg. Square Enix’s game rocked Gamescom in 2014 after it was unveiled as an Xbox exclusive. In the hours and days that followed non-Xbox owners …
Read More »Crystal Dynamics hires The Last of Us art director
Former Naughty Dog and Irrational artist Nate Wells joins Tomb Raider studio
Read More »Square Enix ‘didn’t intend to cause confusion’ with Rise of the Tomb Raider announcement
While Gamescom was a good platform to announce Rise of the Tomb Raider’s exclusivity, it was not the place to go into detail. That’s according to Square Enix, which has published a Q&A apologising for the confusion surrounding the confirmation of the game’s Xbox exclusivity but claiming that misleading gamers …
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