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Crystal Dynamics takes control of its most beloved games

Crystal Dynamics : We are excited to inform you that Crystal Dynamics has taken control of several game franchises—including TOMB RAIDER and Legacy of Kain—from the games’ previous owner, Square Enix Limited.

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Abracadabra597d ago (Edited 597d ago )

Still can't believe how cheap Square sold off these developers with IP's...

If I was a Square shareholder, I would severely pissed.

Magic_Spatula597d ago

It's all being used to fund their NFT crap anyway. It's not like they needed billions to do it.

VersusDMC597d ago

They bought eidos for 121 million in 2009 and that included hitman.

https://www.wsj.com/article...

So i don't know where this narrative that they sold it for a low price comes from. People are overestimating the value of Crystal Dynamics and the rest of the Eidos IP. 300 million was probably the best offer they got.

-Foxtrot597d ago

I just really hope this knocks their plan to merge the old classic Tomb Raider timeline to the new reboot, they wanted a unified timeline and I still can't see how they would do that unless it was in a horrible forced manner, they are two completely different universes.

Hopefully that was Square Enix's idea and they can move onto a new trilogy, maybe go back to the original timeline or softboot it. However that leaked story info about Lara looking after a group of new Tomb Raiders and feeling lonely was just awful.

1Victor598d ago

Nice congrats to them and good luck they’re going to need it

Fishy Fingers597d ago

They just were by the Embracer Group, thats why 'they' have control over the franchises.

PapaBop597d ago

I'm surprised Sony didn't buy them. Tomb Raider and Soul Reaver were two of the most iconic PS1 games back in the day.

neutralgamer1992597d ago

Papa

According to the rumors Sony had square enix sell their western developers

shinoff2183597d ago

Papbop tonb raider and soul reaver werent the two most iconic. They were well known especially tomb raider. Soul reaver wasnt as well known but i remember it being a good game. You could also pick it up at alot of places on the super cheap.

Loktai597d ago

@papa
Tonb raider was on saturn and pc not any kind of exclusive and legacy of kain was very playstation at the time but soul reaver was also on other stuff but yeah I get you I guess. Tomb raider was better on saturn if you compare launch hardware. The rev c graphics chip the psx got shortly after improved banding in textures and made tomb raider equal or better on playstation, but prior to that it was better on saturn, tiny tiny bit.

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zsquaresoff597d ago

You better do something great with, the last iteration of Tomb Raider wasn't all that great.

ClayRules2012597d ago (Edited 597d ago )

I agree. While I enjoyed the first game, I didn’t much enjoy Rise or Shadow of the Tomb Raider much at all, and I was very excited for both games.

I hope they do some great and really improve on the writing and cast really likable characters (apart from Lara) in the story, her friend Jonah, I couldn’t stand him.

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zsquaresoff597d ago

Jonah was more of an annoyance than an ally.

ClayRules2012597d ago

@againx28
I’m glad you personally enjoyed Rise, and it was money well spent!

@zsquareoff
Yes, an annoyance, and just someone who I couldn’t careless if he’d been killed off, that was how much I disliked his presence in the games.

StarkR3ality597d ago

They were all really good games tbh...

ClayRules2012597d ago

I disagree. I’m glad you got your money’s worth and had a good time with the games still!

thesoftware730597d ago

Indeed, the gameplay and graphics were excellent.

The story was the weakest part, while still being good tho.

-Foxtrot597d ago

Good games

Shit Tomb Raider games

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thesoftware730597d ago

I love all 3 Tomb Raider games. Each one was better than the last IMO.

I know people didn't like Shadow but it was fantastic.

ChasterMies597d ago

The last 2 iterations of Tomb Raider weren’t all that great.

BISHOP-BRASIL597d ago (Edited 597d ago )

I can't fault 'em, they were decent modern games, they weren't the best tomb raider games, but those were classics, nostalgia obviously plays a big role in how we rate 'em, in fact, I doubt a straight remake would fare any better, if not worst, than the modern trilogy. They were clunky platformers with some of the worst shooting to ever grace Playstation, the story only seemed better because of nostalgia too, it was all over the place, from wacky dinos to all serious spy shit.

*edited because my sausage fingers hate smartphones.

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Sgt_Slaughter597d ago

Hopefully this means they have a bright future.

Since Embracer Group also opened up an entire division dedicated to game preservation, maybe we'll see Tomb Raider I, II. and III remastered or remade for the current generation

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Bloober Team Working On 2 New Games Already

Discover the latest news from Bloober Team: they are working on 2 new games, including a new IP in partnership with Private Division.

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein21h ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii17h ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo16h ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows9016h ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel19897h ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

qalpha17h ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno17h ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan16h ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno15h ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life198116h ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn6698h ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life19812h ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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Media Molecule’s Next Game is Going to be a New IP

A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.

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Inverno1d 12h ago

The only PlayStation dev I care about tbh.

Inverno16h ago

Dayum did I hit a nerve. Sorry for not liking most of this gens games coming from PS, not really doe.

Cacabunga1d 12h ago

Hopefully doesn’t take them a complete gen to release it

TheColbertinator1d 7h ago

Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.

Stopac1d 5h ago

I too like to look for things in the wrong places.