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Posted by Justin, on March 18th, 2010 “I’m a pretty firm believer in making the game right for the platform and the right controller. I believe there is a Tomb Raider out there that can be done on the Wii, or with the Sony motion controller… Those are cool tools and people really do enjoy them, because you already have an intuition of how you manipulate things and what you can do. I can see a Tomb Raider being made for either that was really good.” – creative director Daniel Neuburger
I can see it too… and play it. It was called Tomb Raider Anniversary. What wasn’t so good was Underworld on the Wii.
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-Justin
Posted by Justin, on September 16th, 2009 
“It’s always difficult doing that but you can get stuck doing the same thing over and over. The only real way that I can really effect Lara Croft is to be in charge of a project. More and more as I was working at Crystal, especially on Underworld where I was just doing cinematic work, the reality is the control of the characters is in the hands of the creative directors and the publisher. I think it’s just something you have to learn to realize that there’s no one person really in charge of what goes on with a character and they have a life of their own in the hands of the team.” – Toby Gard, Tomb Raider creator
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Posted by Justin, on September 15th, 2009 
“Obviously it’s confidential what goes on at Crystal Dynamics… but the situation is that I’m no longer working with them, and I’ve started up my own consultancy business.” – Toby Gard, Tomb Raider creator
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Posted by Justin, on June 25th, 2009 
We sometimes faced a dilemma where marketing gave us a choice in which a particular demo, at the expense of two weeks of production time, seemed like the better long term choice for the success of the product…
We also had an unusual number of weddings, honeymoons, production babies, and untimely departures on this project throughout the team, but most painfully among the discipline leads.
We lost our art director midway through production; not to another company, but to another industry, so there wasn’t much we could have done about that. We lost our lead designer toward the end of production when she had a baby; also something we couldn’t have done much about (nor would we have wanted to, as the baby is beautiful!). And most tragically, our lead level designer died suddenly during the first half of production. – Eric Lindstrom, Underworld creative director
Read the full list of what went wrong here.
-Justin
Posted by Justin, on May 22nd, 2009  
Friday 22nd May/… Eidos Interactive Ltd, creator of some of the world’s leading videogame properties, today announces Tomb Raider: UnderworldTM will be released as part of the Classics range for Xbox 360 and Platinum Hits range for PlayStation 3 on May 22nd.
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Posted by Justin, on March 14th, 2009
Posted by Justin, on March 10th, 2009
Explore Tomb Raider: Underworld as an entirely new character: The Doppelganger
Tuesday 10th March/…Eidos Interactive today announced the release of the second downloadable content pack for Tomb Raider: Underworld for Xbox 360. Exclusive to Xbox Live, Tomb Raider: Underworld – Lara’s Shadow allows gamers to experience Lara’s universe from an entirely new perspective: that of the Doppelganger.
With faster movement, shadow powers and a melee attack that decimates enemies with devastating accuracy and speed, the Doppelganger will open up all new gameplay mechanics, areas and puzzles which wouldn’t be possible while playing as Lara Croft. Tomb Raider: Underworld – Lara’s Shadow is available now for 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Marketplace.
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-Justin
Posted by Justin, on March 6th, 2009
Posted by Justin, on March 5th, 2009
Crystal Dynamics go on record about allowing gamers to play as an entirely new character for the first time in the history of the Tomb Raider franchise
Thursday 5th March/…Pushing the boundaries of the Tomb Raider franchise to its limits with the second downloadable content pack exclusive to Xbox Live, Crystal Dynamics talks openly in its latest developer diary about the challenges and triumphs of its latest endeavour.
Stepping into the shoes of the Doppleganger, a clone of Lara Croft, you’ll get to witness first hand her superier shadow powers, increased agility and use her ability to slow time to unleash devastating melee combos.
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-Justin
Posted by Justin, on February 28th, 2009 
In Eidos’ half-year financial report the company reveled some sales data for Tomb Raider: Underworld. Global sales came in at approximately 1.5 million units. This was below the company’s internal forecasts, however the title is currently outselling both Anniversary and Legend (Legend sold just over 4.5 million units during it’s lifespan).
Check after the break for the full text from Eidos’ Tomb Raider overview.
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