Rise of the Tomb Raider is Still an Xbox Timed Exclusive
The official Facebook page for Xbox Australia said back in January that the follow-up to the rebooted Lara Croft series would be a full exclusive – "not timed exclusive but exclusive" – but that has since been rubbished by Spencer.
"There has been no change to our deal on Tomb Raider," he said in a tweet to a fan sharing the Facebook post. "Same as before when I answered. Timed."
In another tweet Spencer said: "We are working with Crystal Dynamics on Tomb Raider to make it great on Xbox this Holiday, that's our goal and 100% of our focus."
This opens up the likelihood that the game will eventually head to PS4 and PC down the line.
Rise Of The Tomb Raider was announced as a timed Xbox exclusive at Microsoft's E3 press conference in 2014 – much to the surprise of the video game world. Crystal Dynamics successfully rebooted the series in 2013.
Given reports that publisher Square Enix was not entirely satisfied with the game's sales, it is entirely possible that Microsoft's exclusivity and publishing offer gave the sequel a lifeline. For Microsoft the game represents competition for full PS4 exclusive Uncharted 4 – which was once scheduled to go head-to-head with the new Tomb Raider before its delay.
Naughty Dog's Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is now coming in early 2016, which will benefit Rise Of The Tomb Raider when it is released. More information regarding the game will be revealed in June at Microsoft and Square Enix's E3 press conferences.
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KatsumiChanPosted:
1989Miss Hope to see it released on the One, haven't played a Tomb Raider game since early 2000s on PC.
It will be released on the XB1. It might be released on the PS4 soon not at the moment though.
Looks like they're holding off on PC as well. Hopefully they let us mod it so we can have SweetFX in it.
lilrichard22Posted:
Cancerous Glad it's not always going to be an Xbox exclusive, pretty desperate measures by MS buying timed exclusivity if you ask me.
Sony is doing that to.
Street Fighter.
Exclusive content for Batman: AK, Watch_Dogs, and previous Assassin's Creed titles (talk about "avoiding debates and stuff" why don't you).
Year long exclusive content with Destiny.
Xbox does this as well with getting DLC early for Call of Duty. It's all bull crap.
EthicsPosted:
Reptrain I cant wait to get a new Tomb Raider game.
I Loved all of the other ones.
They were pretty cool, i wonder what they will do in this one though?:D
CancerousPosted:
Glad it's not always going to be an Xbox exclusive, pretty desperate measures by MS buying timed exclusivity if you ask me.
RepBanditPosted:
who would of thought angelina jolie would still be having a gaming series still. Tomb raider is old school for sure.
1989Posted:
Miss Hope to see it released on the One, haven't played a Tomb Raider game since early 2000s on PC.
It will be released on the XB1. It might be released on the PS4 soon not at the moment though.
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