'Rise of the Tomb Raider' Set For Early 2016 PC Release, Holiday 2016 For PS4
When it was shown at the Xbox press event at E3, the company said that the next chapter in the life of young Lara Croft could only be played on the Xbox One. However, Square Enix mentioned that wasn't the actual truth. Rise of the Tomb Raider will eventually make its way to the PC in the early months of 2016, with the PlayStation 4 version arriving around the holiday season, one year after the game's initial release on the Xbox One and Xbox 360.
Even though the game will be available for current and last-gen Xbox consoles, there's no indication that Crystal Dynamics, the development team behind Rise of the Tomb Raider, will make it available for the PlayStation 3.
News of the "exclusive" partnership with Microsoft came as early as December 2014, when Aaron Greenberg, the head of marketing for first- and third-party Xbox titles for Microsoft, said on Twitter that the company would be in charge of publishing the game. For the PS4 and PC versions, it's assumed that Square Enix will regain the reins in publishing.
The idea of a limited exclusive is a bold strategy from Microsoft. The company hopes that it will attract more customers to buy the Xbox One for the upcoming holiday season. However, there is a glaring flaw with the plan: The Xbox One version comes out on November 10, the same day as Bethesda Game Studios' highly-anticipated game, Fallout 4. With all the attention focused on the nuclear wasteland RPG, it will be hard for Rise of the Tomb Raider to compete with sales, even if it was released simultaneously on multiple systems.
Then again, spreading out the release across one whole year could prove fruitful, if people manage to finish playing through the entirety of Fallout 4 in that span of time.
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alidan Reply16311486 said:"Rise of the Tomb Raider" Steam summer sale material for sure
at what, a 10% discount? games need to be out for 6-9 monhts before you hope to see 50% or 75% off sales...
that said, wow did microsoft just crap away a large chunk of money for nothing or what?
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Infinite_Reality Screw these guys, I won't bother with this title at all. I loved the last one, but this BS with MS getting it first is not ok at all with me.Reply -
clonazepam Reply16311486 said:"Rise of the Tomb Raider" Steam summer sale material for sure
at what, a 10% discount? games need to be out for 6-9 monhts before you hope to see 50% or 75% off sales...
that said, wow did microsoft just crap away a large chunk of money for nothing or what?
Whatever discount, it gives them time to fix it.
Is Tom's allowed to report any news on this game? I thought that other site had exclusive rights from the publisher. /j -
jimmysmitty ReplyScrew these guys, I won't bother with this title at all. I loved the last one, but this BS with MS getting it first is not ok at all with me.
I say as long as we get it who cares? Its not like a exclusive where only they get it which sucks.
Besides it means they will have time to improve and tweak the game for PC which is fine with me. -
RedJaron All I can say is get rid of the bloody shaky cam, or at least give us the option to turn it off.Reply -
chicofehr i loved the last one. Will play it a second time soon. I love story driven games. I wonder if it will be AMD or Nvidia sponsored this time.Reply -
Puiucs they destroyed any chances of making this tomb raider successful. why postpone the release for 1 year on the console that sells more than twice the amount of games for 3rd party developers.Reply
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Larry Litmanen Reply"Rise of the Tomb Raider" Steam summer sale material for sure
I honestly do not get why this Steam Summer sale myth still exists. Yes they do have it, but they offer TRASH. There are few good games, but 99% is not good games that you do not want, but simply TRASH.
Just because you can buy 10 games for $10 that does not mean you will enjoy any of them. Much like everything else is in life, you get what you pay for.
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Larry Litmanen Replythey destroyed any chances of making this tomb raider successful. why postpone the release for 1 year on the console that sells more than twice the amount of games for 3rd party developers.
it's one the most stupid deals square could have done
MS paid them, that's what console companies do, they want games that make their consoles more desirable.
I love Forza series, that's why i got XBONE.