Announced back in June at E3, Rise of the Tomb Raider looked to be a bold sequel to the emotional events of Tomb Raider (2013). But as fans began to get excited for the new title, some were let down when it was revealed at Gamescom in August that it would be an Xbox exclusive.
Furthermore, Tomb Raider fans on PC and PlayStation were angry, especially as Tomb Raider debuted on PC and PlayStation in 1996. It also didn’t help that there was a huge amount of confusion around the announcement due to the wording (Microsoft called the game a ‘holiday exclusive’ and not just an exclusive through and through) as well as mixed messages from the Microsoft PR team.
Following the backlash, all three parties then confirmed that Rise of the Tomb Raider would be a ‘timed’ exclusive, meaning that the game would likely come to PC and PlayStation sometime after the Xbox release. However, after yesterday’s reveal that Microsoft would be publishing the game on Xbox platforms, Square Enix has been forced to clarify Rise of the Tomb Raider‘s exclusivity once more.
Speaking to Game Informer, Square Enix said the following:
“Yes, Microsoft will be publishing ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider’ on Xbox, Microsoft has always seen huge potential in ‘Tomb Raider’ and they will get behind this game with more support across development, marketing and retail than ever before, which we believe will be a step in continuing to build the ‘Tomb Raider’ franchise as one of the biggest in gaming.”
While it’s unclear as to what that development and marketing support entails, it does add fuel to the rumors that Square Enix couldn’t afford to finance Rise of the Tomb Raider’s development on their own. The idea was speculated after Square Enix sad that Tomb Raider (2013)‘s sales led to an “extraordinary loss” and it wasn’t until the release of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (the 2013 game but with better graphics and all of the DLC) on PS4 and Xbox One earlier this year that the game became profitable.
Square Enix also added:
“Our partnership with Microsoft on ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider’ does have a duration, but we aren’t discussing those details at this time and are focused on collaborating to deliver a great game on Xbox One and Xbox 360.”
While that is incredibly vague (which seems to be a running theme with these statements), it does offer Tomb Raider fans on PC and PlayStation a bit of hope. So although it’s unclear who will be publishing Rise of the Tomb Raider to PC and PlayStation, when that release will happen or even if the PC and PlayStation versions of Rise of the Tomb Raider will suffer without Microsoft support, this can be considered as good news. Maybe it’s better to wait for Rise of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on all platforms anyway…
Source: Game Informer
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Good. Now I can have my uncharted, and Tomb Raider all on the best console on the market right now. Arguably.
“Xbox can keep this garbage because we got uncharted” “doesn’t matter the last game sucked, uncharted will always better” “Who cares im more of a uncharted guy” “xbots had to buy tomb raider since they have nothing good against us” yea you Sony fanboys like to run your moth alot when it comes to getting you babies mad
Uncharted 3 did suck, but 2 and 1 were fantastic. Tomb Raider was great too. But uncharted 4 will be great. Built from the ground up for ps4. Not a cross platform game. So its going to be a AAA quality title. Don’t be mad that sony is dumping tons of effort into their exclusives while Microsoft tries to hold it’s head above water in the software department.
Have to agree about Uncharted 3. I played about 15 minutes and just stopped. Awful game.
I personally thought it was pretty good, but no where near as good as U2.
How funny that Microsoft would not be publishing the game for the PC, which runs WINDOWS… “Dedication to PC gaming”
And yes, I did read that it will eventually be released on the PC, but it was also said that they do not know who will be publishing it for the PC…
It still won’t come to PS4 bc it is published by Microsoft. It will only come to PC after the timed exclusive rights are up just like Dead Rising 3 and Ryse.
Let me know when “The Order, Deep Down, Bloodborne and The Last of Us release on PC. Basically what you are saying is, Microsoft has a poor excuse for an “exclusive” line up. There is virtually no reason to go out and buy an Xbox one right now. Which is a shame as I was a huge fan of the 360. The only driving force they have is the Master Chief Collection, which is just rehashed crap from 2 generations ago to now.
I know it’s a racing game, and that’s not the most popular genre, but I’d buy an Xbone exlusively for Forza Horizon 2, just seeing how gimped 360 version and how amzing One version were, I’m gonna get an Xbone when it’s discounted after getting a good mid-range PC.
Yeah I have never spent 60 dollars or bought a console just for a racing game. They are trying to package it with Assassins Creed Unity now. Which is like trying to sell me dog crap by giving me a free bag of cat crap. Assassins Creed is nothing but a cash cow, poor excuse for a game since they started releasing it annually.
I bought my friend’s broken Xbox 360 for $60 and fixed it (needed a $5 part, lol) JUST so I can play Forza 4. But stupid consoles, I have to pay $35 – $40 a year to play online, and I already pay for my internet. How are people ok with having to pay twice? I play online for free on my PC and have for years…
Let me know when “The Order, Deep Down, Bloodborne and The Last of Us release on PC.
This will never happen.
Ok, and?
I don’t know, I might be in the minority, but I’m not really interested in any of those games. I’m personally just getting myself ready for The Witcher 3 (multi-platform), Star Citizen (PC only), Forza (Xbox only *cries*), Project CARS (multi-platform), and currently playing Dishonored, since it went on sale for like $4 on Steam, and thinking about buying the early access for DayZ (not sure where this will be when it comes out, right now it’s PC only in alpha form…), and maybe just a handful of other games. I don’t really care for playing through a ton of games that are super easy to beat, so my wishlist for games is not that crazy…
I was replying to a quote from Mike. But yes, to me Witcher 3 is the only game worth much on deck for 2015. Hopefully that changes.
That was my point.. lol. Playstation exclusives are just that, EXCLUSIVE. Most Xbox “Exclusives” worth playing will eventually always make it to PC. Making Xbox Moot to some extent.
Rehashed crap?
Name one FPS on PS4 that is better than Halo.
That wasn’t my point. I’m not talking about FPS games exclusively. I am talking about games in all genres. The point is, Microsoft’s most talked about “Exclusive” is a re-re-release of games that everyone has already played. Which says a lot about their line up.
Whats the point? Halo was crap, and the fastest dying Halo in the series. It couldn’t ven keep a steady 30k players within only a few months after release lol
Halo 4 I meant.
Sony fanboys can do the same thing, though.
Name one adventure game on Xbox better than Uncharted? name one survival horror on Xbox better than Siren and Last of Us? name one exclusive RPG on 360 better than Demon Souls or Bloodborne? name one hacker on Xbox better than God of War? name one vehicular combat game on Xbox better than Twisted Metal…name one platformer better than LittleBigPlanet. No matter how you spin, Sony has the more diverse games that aren’t just shooters.
RotTR will be on the PS4 and PC. Square Enix is not going to say that out right and ruin sales for the X1. SE and Cd took MS’s help so they could make the game. Once the game is made and about 6 months later it will be released on the PS4 and PC. MS just wants a game to go up against Uncharted 4. CD and SE know that Tomb Raider started on the PS and PC. Plus, most of the sales for the last TR were on PS3, PS4, and PC. The 360 and X1 versions didn’t sell well at all. I think that is another reason for MS giving all that money to CD and SE for the game. A big name title selling poorly on the 360 and X1 is not good.
Anyone see the Uncharted 4 demo? The framerates stutters quite often and the gameplay looks like the same old repetitive and endless wall-climbing of the other games, not sure how people thought those games were so awesome… I got bored of them quite quickly. And then now they have a spike that he uses to climb “rough” looking walls… Hm, kind of reminds me of using the climbing axe in Tomb Raider… And all of this crap talk about how Tomb Raider copies from Uncharted, while Uncharted actually took inspiration from the original Tomb Raider games. And the whole using the spike thing makes no sense at all, the axe does since the swing and the leverage makes it seem believable that you can drive it into rock, but to be able to just push a spike into a rock wall? I mean, is Nathan Drake super-human? And if the wall is soft enough for a person to just drive into it with one hand like that without needing to swing it or anything, is it hard enough to support your weight? Come on now… Cheese gameplay mechanic that makes absolute no sense… smh
Oh, and jaggies, jaggies everywhere…
You do realize the game is a year away from release. The demo could have been made just to show you new parts of the game. Not many devs will show actual gameplay for a game that is going to be released for another year.
By the time its released for the PS4 I wont want it. It’ll be a poor watered down game of the Microcrap game.
im glad its exclusive for xbox one thats where it should be i have pc gaming rig as well but i rather play it on my xbox one, lol ps4 sucks an im glad i didnt buy that failure console everyone bought it for the specs which is a gimmick they cared more about the specs then the games and xbox one wins ps4 only did good in sales but to me its about games sony ponies can keep their indiestation 4 with movie games the order they always hype up their exclusives like driveclub and the order and they both flopped hahaha the same thing is going to happen to uncharted an i never liked that game anyway its a movie game nothing special its for simpletons, im enjoying forza horizon 2 and sunset overdrive atm an their the best games i ever played so far sony ponies need to wake up they got scammed by sony as usual lol they already got their money for the console sales and playstation plus now they just sit back and relax an watch their customers cry they dont give a F*K about them lol xbox one gets updates and new features monthly an we get to keep our gold games not rent them hahah like ps3.5