New Embracer Group developer Crystal Dynamics has today revealed it's taken control of the Tomb Raider and Legacy of Kain IPs along with "several [other] game franchises". It sees ownership transfer from Square Enix over to the California-based team following its acquisition by the Embracer Group. This news was an inevitability following the buyout made back in May, but with a new Tomb Raider entry in development at the studio, it won't face any legal troubles anymore.
The official blog post simply reads: "As a result of this change, Crystal Dynamics (or its affiliate) is now the owner of these games and the controller of the gameplay and personal data related to them." Remasters and remakes of past Tomb Raider games could be on the cards, and the same goes for older Deus Ex instalments from the company in general.
It's unlikely Crystal Dynamics will have anything to show for a few years, but the team is working on a new Tomb Raider title using Unreal Engine 5.
[source crystald.com]
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I love Square Enix. They're probably my favourite dev/publisher outside of PlayStation and Nintendo, but these franchises deserved more love.
Saying that I thought the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy was excellent.
'New Embracer Group developer Crystal Dynamics has today revealed it's taken control of the Tomb Raider and Legacy of Kain IPs along with "several [other] game franchises" '
3 other IPs? I wonder which 3.
I would give my left little toe for a new Legacy of Kain series of games!
More Legacy of Kain... pretty please with sugar on top.
@riceNpea
Deus Ex hopefully will be one.
@riceNpea I'd guess probably Gex, Pandemonium and one other.
Or could be Soul Reaver if seen as separate to Legacy of Kain.
@Futureshark Crystal Dynamics have never worked on Deus Ex. You're probably thinking of Eidos Montreal.
Really love all the tomb raider games,fantastic adventures looking forward to new one ,great news
@themightyant hmmm Soul Reaver I'd be up for. The others, not too fussed.
Playing Tomb Raider Anniversary on Steam. Max the settings and framrate and it's a great game. Better than the new ones which turned her into Rambo and no Tombs to raid.
@ricenpea i see what you did there!
@Futureshark yes please. Hopefully it would do a better job than Cyberpunk as far as AI interaction, if they made it. Cyberpunk was great at populating the city with numerous people but they were as dumb and vacant as rocks.
@THEH4MM Probably better off playing the originals.
@stvevan I hope Crystal Dynamics make Soul Reaver Several
@riceNpea Maybe the Marvel's Avengers IP...? They still have She hulk and stuff planned for the game.
@Floki what will She Hulk the game be about? How she's a fiercely independant woman who explains how she keeps her anger in check by getting angry when explaining how she stays calm as she blames men for her rage?
Absolutely loved the LoK games when I was younger. The story and the cinematography was easily on par with games today. Would love a conclusion to the original story but I would say a reboot is probably more likely. Remasters of the original games for modern consoles would be great too
@riceNpea this made me laugh
I want legacy of kain / soul reaver remake with the unreal engine 5, including the very first psone 2D legacy of kain game 😃
@Blaze215 Soul reaver voice acting and story is still better than most games today I think, I especially love raziel voice acting.
Soul Reaver... that should be remaked (even only re-released) for newer PS.
Really wish we could’ve seen that Sam Barlow directed Legacy of Kain title. I can only imagine what that could’ve been… it’s not too late to revive it, I suppose.
Whilst Embracer/THQ's remakes haven't been stellar,they did engage in re-releasing the Destroy All Human games on the limited ps2 classics range, (& new gen remasters),Red Faction (& basic remaster),& Darksiders just to name a few old IP's.
Might be hope Blood Omen Legacy of Kain & other games might see life on the PS Classics range until they do some more "definitive" versions.
I look forward to seeing what the future of Tomb Raider holds.
So glad these IPs and studios got bought by Embracer and not Microsoft, that way they can remain multiplatform. Although, you never know when MS will throw 100 billion and buy whole Embracer Group.
While the current gen glut of remaster this and remaster that is becoming tiresome, a full rework of the first 2 Core Design Tomb Raider games would be welcome.
Thats cool.its gonna fun with those 2 ips.legacy of kane.tomb raider.we know a new tomb raider game is coming.and if we get a remake/remaster of legacy of kane it will be good.or a new one.so its all good.word up son
Legacy of Kain must return. Remaster the FIVE games, and them, continue the story!! A new Deus Ex is very welcome too. Loved HR and MD, played to death!!!
@THEH4MM I’d like a remake of soul reaver and then some sort of sequel. Such good games
@themightyant
D'oh!
You're right, oh well wishful thinking on my part.
Got to bring back Soul Reaver surely. That's ripe for a reboot.
So the budget for these games are coming out of their own pocket or their owner Embracer Group ?
Because the amount of games Embracer has make me wonder how much money will they spend on developing games ??
Their games would definitely be mediocre experiences
@riceNpea I assume you've watched the trailer and made up your mind.
Get Amy Hennig on the line and make a new Soul Reaver
I just want more Deus Ex. Hopefully one where the ending finally sticks the landing.
Fantastic news, should mean CD can what they want now with TR.
@racinggamefanatic MS are facing trouble buying Activision so i doubt they will be allowed to buy corps of that scale again. The chances of MS a US corp buying Sega a Japanese corp are slim as hell. Embracer is looking to be a big new entity in gaming so i can't see them being bought by anyone.
Stop making Tomb Raider games and do something else like a new Legacy of Kain.
@themightyant
News just in...eidos gets to keep Deus Ex too!!
https://www.eidosmontreal.com/news/updates-to-our-terms-of-service-and-privacy-notice/
Legacy of kain is way past do 2 decades and I waited along time for them to pick up we're defiance left off
@djlard Remaked? lol
@racinggamefanatic They can't even release a good game. I wish they'd worry about that before buying even more devs.
@Futureshark Very strange wording on their post. It doesn't say they own the IP only that they are "now the owner of the games it developed (past tense), like the Deus Ex and Thief games, and the controller of the data obtained from the various gameplay metrics tracked in its titles"
Hopefully it's IP too, or perhaps in a few days
Cmon... give us a remake of Soul reaver and let's go from there. 😉
Hi there fellow gamers
To all of you who also wants Legacy of Kain to come back, especialy Soul Reaver, THANK YOU!!!
I absolutely love the series and have been wainting decades for for it to make a return and, hopefully, bring the story to a conclusion.
Those games are some of the finnest storytelling ever made with a fantastic voice casting that elevates it completely.
One can only hope and dream.
Cheers, stay safe everyone and happy gaming to us all
All I want at this point are remakes of both the PS1 and PS2 Tomb Raider games...
However I'll gladly check out whatever this brand new entry is they're working on.
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