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Jason Graves tells Develop what it was like to compose Tomb Raider's score
Read More »Square Enix reveals extent of missed sales forecasts
Tomb Raider expected to shift up to six million units
Read More »Tomb Raider holds PSN No.1
The No.1 selling game on the European PlayStation Network is Tomb Raider. The game has been No.1 since it launched on March 5th. With PSN allowing day-and-date releases of physical games on its digital store, its chart is often filled with retail games. And that’s certainly the case this week, …
Read More »Rising dev costs concern as 3.4m Tomb Raider sales are not enough
Ever-increasing development budgets rear ugly head in latest Square Enix financials
Read More »Tomb Raider misses sales targets; Rogers in contention for board election
Square Enix’s big console releases are not performing as desired in the West. As part of the publisher’s latest financial report, the company described sales of Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution and Sleeping Dogs as weak” in both North America and Europe. Specifically, Tomb Raider has shifted 3.4m copies in three …
Read More »Tomb Raider still tops charts despite three-way challenge
Square Enix has retained the top spot in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 listings despite a 72 per cent week-on-week dip in sales for adventure outing Tomb Raider. In doing so it successfully fended off the advances of three new releases – God of War: Ascension, Starcraft …
Read More »Saving retail: Supermarkets, GAME and Tomb Raider in the latest MCV
This latest MCV– which isnow available to view online– reveals the latest changes happening to games on the High Street. We discuss new shops, the rise of indies, the power of the supermarkets and consumer spending. The issue also features an interview with Paramount and we reveal Konami’s new European …
Read More »Tomb Raider takes UK No.1 and is the biggest launch of 2013 so far
The rebooted Tomb Raider is the new UK No.1. Square Enix’s revamp of the long-running franchise has debuted at the top of the charts, and is also the biggest game launch of 2013 so far. It has comfortably doubled the week one sales of previous best seller Aliens: Colonial Marines. …
Read More »Tomb Raider DLC is timed exclusive on Xbox Live
DLC for Square Enix’s new adventure outing Tomb Raider will arrive first on Xbox Live thanks to a timed exclusivity agreement with Microsoft. The premium download will take the form of the Caves and Cliffs Multiplayer Map Pack, which will include three new multiplayer levels – Scavenger Caverns, Cliff Shantytown …
Read More »Lara Croft film reboot in the works
Developer Crystal Dynamics is working with GK Films on a film reboot of the Lara Croft franchise. The news, of course, follows today’s release of Lara Croft’s gaming reboot Tomb Raider. To date two Tomb Raider films have been made, but the weak commercial and critical performance of the second …
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