As if finding out BioShock Infinite, XCOM, and Darksiders II getting delayed wasn’t enough, now Crystal Dynamics and Eidos are pushing the release of the anticipated Tomb Raider reboot to early 2013.
Crystal Dynamics studio head Darrell Gallagher released a statement about the recent decision. “Our priority now is to make sure we fully deliver the very highest quality game,” he said. “In order to do this, we have decided to move the game’s release date by a few months, from Fall 2012 to the first quarter of 2013.” Gallagher also guaranteed the wait would be worth it.
Unlike BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider will still be at this year’s E3, and Crystal released a teaser image of what they’re planning to show off at the June event. As you can see in the screenshot above, Lara will be forced to touch dead people in order to find items to help her survive in the wilderness. Gross.
As disappointing as it is to hear yet another of 2012’s big games is getting moved to 2013, we’ll gladly wait as long at it takes for someone to make a great Tomb Raider game. What do you think of the delay?
SOURCE: Tomb Raider release date shifts to 2013 [Eidos]
Jim Fox
May 15, 2012 at 9:47am
It may just be me, but I see a real problem developing because of all these major games being delayed into 2013. The Xbox 360 will be at the end-of-life stage then. I've been an Xbox fan since the first one came out and I've bought lots of games for the two consoles. However, when I upgraded my computer's video card to a GX560i it came with a free copy of Batman Arkum City. I installed it on my Core i7 PC and I was blown away at the DirectX-11 graphics and the general speed of the game experience. It made me acutely aware of the dated stuttering graphics on the 360 and even more of the SLOW boot up and scene changing speeds. The contrast between my computer and the old 360 really opened my eyes to how outdated and slow the 360 is. Add to that the fact that Microsoft is turning the 360 into a cash cow with all of the paid content and I'm afraid that with Skyrim I've purchased my last 360 game.
Do you remember when the 360 was a game machine that you could set up to boot directly into the game that was in the DVD drive as soon as you turned it on? Now you have to slog through videos, music and advertising to search for any games.
I feed my 62” HD TV directly from the computer through HDMI and use an Xbox controller plugged into the PC for gaming. Can anybody give me a reason not to switch back to the PC for all of the games that come out between now and the Xbox 720?
macoz
May 14, 2012 at 12:11pm
When Tomb Raider: Legends came out, it was awesome! When Tomb Raider Underworld came out it was meh... Take the time to make it awesome again, and we have a deal! :)
