Crystal Dynamics Working on AAA Game

SKOAR! writes "Although no new projects have been announced by the developer, a recent job post by shows that the company is back working on a game and is on the hunt for a senior art director for a prestigious AAA franchise."

[Bob Dole]

Wonder what it is...

[morganfell]

I don't know either but the story of Raziel was certainly wrapped up. Best voice acting in a game series ever.

Skoar though is another one of these pop up sites that doesn't understand a game can't be a AAA title before it is released. A game may have AAA production values but you don't get that after laying off over a third of your company.

[xabmol]

Ya, that really annoys me.

How the F do they know it's a "AAA" game?

[Xi]

They're working on a game in an AAA franchise.

This is usually a well known, high selling franchise, like halo, gta, mgs, mario.

[82211986]

I seriously wonder

[10000]

Kain is inbound I hear...

[callahan09]

God I hope so.

I also REALLY hope for a PSone Classics release of the original Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen and Soul Reaver games on PSN. I loved those games. The most important for me, though, is Blood Omen. I feel like I was one of the lucky few who got to appreciate and love that game before the Soul Reaver half of the franchise even existed. I got Blood Omen when it first released and thought it was the greatest thing since A Link To The Past. It's still my favorite in the series. Wonderful voice acting, great story, amazing game design. Such a great game. It could really benefit from being re-released so that it doesn't rely on the disc-read for loading everything. The one flaw in that game was the ridiculous long load times. The PC version was great because it eliminated the load times, but my Vista won't run it :(

Aaah, memories. I remember writing a letter in to PSM back when their first issue came out with Final Fantasy VII on the cover. It was the first time I ever wrote in to a magazine, and I wrote to say how much I wanted a Legacy of Kain sequel! I never thought I'd get one, and then Soul Reaver was announced a while after that, and I was as happy as could be.

I'd love it if someone would make a PSN / XBLA sequel to Kain's story, or perhaps even a full-on HD remake, and retaining the hand-drawn 2D top-down graphics. Oh yes. I can dream.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

I wouldn't complain about a Legacy of Kain new game. Actually I'm hoping for it since E3 2006 to meet the once-next-gen systems... I know Defience wraped up Raziel for good, but we can always upgrade that sword through "mini-worlds" like battles inside the sword playing raziel to get the sword upgraded and the "real world" we would play Kain as usual.

A Gex game could be good, but it have to be as fun as first and have gameplay and graphics quality on par with Ratchet to get my interest raised.

[SpoonyRedMage]

That's kind of how I imagined it. I thought inside the Reaver would be a form of the Spectral Realm and there's certainly enough souls in it already. Could be a good adventure. It'd also lead to some fun stuff where you kill a boss as Kain and then have to fight it as Raziel using a different tactic.

I doubt it'll be LoK though.:(

[skatezero246]

I wonder what it could be?

[MajestieBeast]

wow i thought crystal dynamics was no more loved the gex games from these guys. I wish them goodluck with everything.

[DecoyOctopus]

GEX 4!!!!

[Chubear]

Continuation of the Legacy of Kain Series PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

These guys were outstanding developers last gen and I'm hoping they prove they can be just as great or better with a current gen system. This is indeed good news.

[Topshelfcheese]

Just announced in the news room: Crystal Dynamics plans to make a crappy overhyped game!!!

Talk to any developer anywhere, and they will tell you that every game they work on is AAA.

[Dannehkins]

Well Eric Lindstrom did confirm - I think if I remember - that they are working on Tomb Raider 9.

Whether this has any connection to Crystal Dynamics then I don't know.

[ticklechamp]

imo,an hd version of blood omen would be great,but only if they were to use the original voice-tracks or narration,untouched of course. crystal dynamics would also need to stay true to the story. more wishful thinking. it's time for me to dust off leacy of kain:blood omen. veigh victus !

[ticklechamp]

veigh victus. suffering to the conquered. now i was the one who was suffering........

[Cajun Chicken]

Akuji the Heartless reboot! YEAH!

[Marcus Fenix]

plz let it be, let it be, let it be.

[SpoonyRedMage]

Hmm, it could be a lot of stuff. I'm too hoping for a new LoK but it might possibly be the Eidos/Square Enix collab that was discussed recently.

[sarshelyam]

Would love to see a new Kain title...heck, I'd take a fully re-imagined retelling of the first title. I still play that and love every moment. It always felt like a darker more mature Zelda title in its presentation. Certainly some may think that's a disservice to one of the franchises but I only meant it kept me entertained similarly and had some similar design choices.

[Tewi-Inaba]

a Remastered version of the Original Legacy of Kain would blow me away!
but a new one wouldn't hurt either.

[Freak of Nature]

Legacy Of Kain or GEX....

Gex would be a real outside shot,but something I would love to see with this new gen hardware...Oh the possibilities....