Tag: Crystal Dynamics
The soul remains
When you think back on the Soul Reaver games, you think about their atmosphere, their tone, and that often immaculate voice acting. What you don't necessarily think about, is how awkward and clumsy they were to actually play — and ultimately, those same ups and downs apply to Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered. To...
News Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered Goes Above and Beyond with Bonus Content, Including Lost Levels
Legacy
The soon-to-release Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered will feature a suite of extras aimed squarely at fans of the beloved PS1 and PS2 action adventures. Developer Aspyr has hinted at this bonus content before, but now we've got all the details. The headline act has to be 'Lost Levels' — a collection of areas that were cut...
News Here's a Taste of Soul Reaver's Remastered Gameplay on PS5, PS4
Got Soul
Ahead of its PS5 and PS4 release in just a few short weeks, we've been handed a quick glimpse of gameplay from Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered. As you'd expect, this reworking of the duology — which was originally split between the PS1 and PS2 — looks like a solid upgrade in the graphical department. The resolution's...
News PS Plus Premium's Legacy of Kain Classics Both Have Trophies on PS5, PS4
Have you Nosgoth the Platinum yet?
In this month's PS Plus Extra and Premium update, a pair of cult classics are being added to the retro collection. November's additions include PS1's Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and PS2 sequel Blood Omen 2 — excellently timed arrivals with the Soul Reaver titles getting the remaster treatment in just a couple of
News Legacy of Kain Fans Will Be Feasting on PS5, PS4 These Coming Weeks
Almost entire series available on modern hardware
Credit where credit’s due: this is undeniably cool, and a great example of game preservation done well. Hot on the heels of the Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered bundle – due out on both PS5 and PS4 from 10th December – Sony’s confirmed two other titles from the franchise will...
News Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered Reveals Baddies in PS5, PS4 Trailer
Raziel rising
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II Remastered is real, and it's happening, with Raziel set to return on PS5 and PS4 on 10th December. Our memories of the first game largely revolve around attempting to impale vampires in creative ways and starving to death in The Spectral Realm, but if you are particularly nostalgic for the game's...
News Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered Is Real, Reborn on PS5, PS4 in December
Got Soul
Update: Two whole leaks later, and it's finally official: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered is bringing Raziel back from the dead. It's coming to both PS5 and PS4 on the 10th December. Original Story: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered looks to be the real deal, according to a fresh PlayStation Store leak. You...
News Legacy of Kain Fans Turn Up for Soul Reaver Prequel Comic, Smashing Kickstarter Goal
Crystal Dynamics hears you loud and clear
Legacy of Kain fans have been starved of precious, life-sustaining blood for some time now, with really just the rumour of Soul Reaver remasters to subsist on in recent years, and even that was seemingly denied us. IP holder Crysta
News Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remaster Fails to Show at Comic-Con, Leak Called Into Question
Believe in your soul
In case you didn't see the stories over the weekend, a Soul Reaver statue was on display at San Diego Comic-Con, and it was accompanied by a rather exciting plaque, which credited the statue to 'Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered'. Now, obviously, this threw nostalgic onlookers into a frenzy, and it's fair to say...
Rumour Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered Leaks Ahead of Imminent Reveal
Raziel finally returns
Is it finally happening? It certainly looks that way! Classic PS1 action adventure Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, and its solid (but somewhat divisive) PS2 sequel Soul Reaver 2, are being remastered as one package. This supposed leak comes to us straight from San Diego Comic-Con, which is taking place over the weekend. At the...
News Plunder Your Wallet for Classic Era Lara Croft PVC Tomb Raider Statue
“I only play for sport”
Fans of legendary Tomb Raider Lara Croft and lovers of video-game-related statuary alike rejoice! Inspired by the original 1996 PS1 classic, this PVC statue, available through Dark Horse Direct, could grace your mantle piece for just $89.99, around £71, or your local equivalent. The statue, sculpted by BigShot Toys and...
News Live-Action Tomb Raider Series Officially Ordered by Amazon Prime Video
Written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
We kind of already knew about this, thanks to a report from last year, but now it's all official. Amazon Prime Video has greenlit a live-action Tomb Raider TV series, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge attached as writer and executive producer. Here's the official post on the Tomb Raider site. Waller-Bridge is an actor and...
Rumour Next Tomb Raider Said to Be Open World, Set in India
How far will Lara roam?
A reasonably compelling rumour is doing the rounds that suggests the next Tomb Raider game, in development at Crystal Dynamics and to be published by Amazon Games, will be an open world epic set in India. Traversal methods will be motorcycle and parachute, and it sounds like Lara's next adventure could be the most expansive...
News Tomb Raider Developer Crystal Dynamics Hit with Layoffs as Embracer Crumbling Continues
Fool me once
Crystal Dynamics, the developer behind the rebooted Tomb Raider franchise, has been hit with a round of layoffs. This follows the ongoing crumbling of Embracer Group, which announced a large-scale restructuring of its assets in June, resulting in layoffs, closures and cancellations. Back then, Crystal Dynamics stated that it would be
News Crystal Dynamics Confirms No Impact to Tomb Raider Following Embracer Restructuring
Nothing to see here
The massive and currently embattled Embracer Group announced a large-scale restructuring involving a round of layoffs, closures, and cancellations yesterday. Embracer has since tried to clarify things, with Interim executive Matthew Karch providing a rich bounty of quotes in the process, with zingers like "we need to be...
News We Promise This Is the Last Ever Marvel's Avengers PS5, PS4 Patch Now
Well, it should be, anyway
Marvel’s Avengers was supposed to receive its last ever patch earlier this week, but it’s only gone and got another one. To be fair, Crystal Dynamics has released v2.8.2 on PS5 and PS4 to clean up a handful of remaining hiccups, and it deserves credit for returning to the well one last time in order to solve any...
News Marvel's Avengers Makes Almost All PS5, PS4 Content Free Before Delisting
Final update buffs heroes before winding down
Update: After a little bit of a mix-up, the Marvel’s Avengers patch notes for v2.8 are now live, and they include a surprising number of bug fixes, improvements, and tuning considering the release is at the end of its life. We’ve included all of the updates below: NEW FEATURES: The Marketplace has...
News Marvel's Avengers Will Add War Machine for Free on PS5, PS4 Before Waving Farewell
War never changes
There’s still a little life left in Marvel’s Avengers, but the pulse is faint at this point. Crystal Dynamics is eager to celebrate the release before it’s permanently taken offline on 30th September, however, and it’s handing out a free War Machine skin for anyone that’s stuck around. The caveat here is that you’ll...
News Marvel's Avengers' Cloning Lab Has Taken Two Years to Arrive
But it's coming tomorrow
Crystal Dynamics first started talking about Marvel’s Avengers’ Omega Level Threat mission the Cloning Lab all the way back in 2020, but it’ll finally arrive alongside the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes, from tomorrow, 29th November. As part of update 2.7, the end-game challenge will see MODOK resurrected in a massive...
All in good time
It looks like the Legacy of Kain series could be set to make a comeback, some 19 years after the last entry was released. Following its purchase of the venerable vampire IP in recent months, developer Crystal Dynamics polled fans on whether or not they would like to see the series return, and what form that return should take. The...
News Crystal Dynamics Wants Your Take on the Future of the Legacy of Kain Franchise
There is no greater release than that from vengeance, sated
Crystal Dynamics, the newly-minted owners of the Legacy of Kain IP, wants to know how fans would like the series to make a comeback and has duly sent out a survey to garner feedback. The survey, which you can fill out for yourself, is surprisingly in-depth and query's your memories of the...
News Crystal Dynamics Now Owns Tomb Raider, Legacy of Kain Franchises
Bought off Square Enix
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 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...
News Uh Oh! Square Enix Demands Removal of Leaked Tomb Raider Script from Patreon
Legal action effectively confirms it's legit
A leaked script from the next Tomb Raider game, allegedly named Project Jawbreaker, has been struck with a DMCA by publisher Square Enix. PlayStation podcast Sacred Symbols obtained a document from the game, which is being used to help cast characters. The sheet, which was widely reported on, introduced a...
News Tomb Raider, Marvel's Avengers Maker Now Co-Developer on Xbox Exclusive
Really
Well, this is a bizarre and frankly unexpected announcement: Crystal Dynamics – one of the most prolific third-party developers, responsible for games like Rise of the Tomb Raider and Marvel’s Avengers – has been announced as a co-develop
News Tomb Raider Dev Crystal Dynamics Moves to New Studio
Avengers assemble
Having focused on Tomb Raider for the past ten years or so, Crystal Dynamics is about to embark on a new adventure with The Avengers – and it'll be making the journey in a new studio. The developer has announced that it moved into a fresh office last week, and it sounds like it's kitted out with some cool features. "We have some...
A pair of 2.5Determined magical hoppers
How could a developer solve a problem like a desire to build a side-scrolling platformer in a 1996 3D graphics obsessed world? The answer was to find a middle ground, which we affectionately refer to as 2.5D today. Published by Crystal Dynamics and created by Toys for Bob in Novato, California close to the...
GEX-sticulates yelling '90s pop culture quips
A game can be an interesting representation of its generation without being beautiful, timeless, and artistically ageless. Released on the EU's PSone in April 1996, GEX was loud, brash, and in-your-face, but so were films like Point Break and ska-punk bands such as Assorted Jelly Beans during the 1990s...
News Don't Worry, Crystal Dynamics Considered Your Feelings Over the Whole Tomb Raider Ordeal
What a Lara rubbish
Rise of the Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics definitely didn’t mean to upset you when it agreed to an exclusivity deal with Microsoft. In the aftermath of last week’s Gamescom 2014 backlash, the studio has posted a new message on the franchise’s
Gamescom 2014 Wait, Rise of the Tomb Raider Isn't Coming to PS4?
Them's the breaks
We were promised surprises at this year's Gamescom conference, but this isn't exactly what we had in mind. That's right, it seems that the absurdly titled Rise of the Tomb Raider won't be making its way to the PlayStation 4 after all. During Microsoft's media briefing today it was announced that Lara Croft's latest hellish holiday...
E3 2014 Co-Op Brawler Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris Is Coming To PS4
With a much more sensible name
It seems the torture never ends for Lara Croft, as the absurdly titled Rise of the Tomb Raider isn't the only game the adventurer will be suffering through in the imminent future. As a part of a Gametrailers E3 livestream, Square Enix has officially announced that Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, a multiplayer...
Rumour Crystal Dynamics Working on Soul Reaver Reboot
Something to sink your teeth into
Reports emerging this morning indicate that Crystal Dynamics is working on a full reboot of the vampire series, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. VG247 has the scoop, suggesting that the game will be a “full reworking of the vampire action classic” with a new art direction. The site notes that a reveal was previously...
News Cory Barlog Joins Crystal Dynamics
New horizons
Former God of War director, Cory Barlog, has joined Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics after exiting Just Cause studio Avalanche Games. Barlog, who left Sony Santa Monica after the completion of God of War II, was thought to be fronting a Mad Max title at the studio. It’s unclear whether Barlog will slot into the Tomb Raider team,...
News Tomb Raider Reboot Goes Alpha, Square Enix Lines Up Global Release
Crystal Dynamics' uber-awesome looking Tomb Raider reboot has hit alpha, the developer has announced
Alpha essentially means that the game is "feature complete" and will now go through a rigorous polishing and testing period in order to make it the best it possibly can be. The tid-bit was announced on the latest Crystal Dynamics podcast,...
News Crystal Dynamics To Lift The Curtain On New IP This Year
It's been a while since we heard anything from Crystal Dynamics
The developer has clearly been working hard on its uber-promising upcoming Tomb Raider reboot. But while Lara Croft's latest adventure is clearly at the heart of the studio's endeavours, Crystal Dynamics is also making plans to unveil a brand new IP in 2012 too. The New Year ushers in...
News Tomb Raider: Underworld Headlines Bumper Christmas PlayStation Plus Update
European PlayStation Plus subscribers will net a complimentary copy of Tomb Raider: Underworld this month
That's in addition to free copies of Cool Boarders, Sneezies and Orbit, as well as a slew of savings and discounts, including half-price offers on Split/Second and Burnout Crash. Subscribers will also net a free copy of Marvel Pinball later in...
News Pandemonium Titles Rated For European PlayStation Store
European ratings body PEGI has re-rated the classic PlayStation platformer Pandemonium and its sequel for release on the PlayStation Store
The original Pandemonium was developed by Toys For Bob, and launched on PlayStation back in 1996. Its sequel followed a year later courtesy of Crystal Dynamics. We have fond memories playing through the original...
News New Tomb Raider Movie To Explore Lara's Origins
Spoilers: there's a new Tomb Raider flick in the works
And much like next year's video game reboot, the movie will be an origins story of kinds. Producer Graham King spilled the beans in an interview with Coming Soon, promising that while the film will still include plenty of action, it will serve as a "character piece" above all...
News Crystal Dynamics Celebrates 15 Years Of Tomb Raider With Interactive Art Gallery
We'd rather Crystal Dynamics marked the 15th anniversary of Tomb Raider with the release of its awesome looking series reboot, but seeing as that title's still a year away we'll have to make do with a digital art exhibition instead
The developer has commissioned a variety of pieces designed to showcase Lara's look in the new game, while also...
News Crystal Dynamics: Quick Time Events Not The Core Of Tomb Raider
Lara Lara
Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider E3 demonstration was one of the high-points of the video games convention in June. Packed with stunning camera work and tons of tension, the gameplay slice showed a real white-knuckle ride as Lara desperately tried to escape from a hazardous underground cave. But the demo wasn't faultless, and it did leave...
News Crystal Dynamics: Lara Croft Was 'Losing Relevance'
Fact: we couldn't be more excited for Crystal Dynamics' upcoming Tomb Raider
The game looks phenomenal. But with Lara Croft established as a house-hold name, what pushed Crystal Dynamics to reboot the historical franchise? Brand director Karl Stewart told Rock Paper Shotgun that the character and series was "losing relevance". The problem,...
News How Do You Make The Best Trailer Of E3? Crystal Dynamics Explains...
Crystal Dynamics has released a bumper making-of documentary for its staggering Tomb Raider E3 trailer
In the 12-minute video, Tomb Raider's brand manager Karl Stewart reveals how Crystal Dynamics worked with Square Enix's internal CG team to craft the game's moody debut. It's a fascinating watch if you're into making-of videos. Man, we wished...
News Heads Up: You Can Now Buy Gex: Deep Cover Gecko From The PlayStation Store
Back in the mid-1990's, Gex was hotly associated with Panasonic's 3DO platform
The character later became tied with the PlayStation platform, with the protagonist making an appearance in Hot Shots Golf 2 on the original PlayStation. The best selling game in the Gex series was Gex 3, or Gex: Deep Cover Gecko as it was known in Europe. Now you can...
News Crystal Dynamics Teases New IP On Podcast
Crystal Dynamics might be hard at work on the fantastic looking Tomb Raider reboot, but it seems that it's not the only title the studio has in its portfolio
Speaking on the studio's podcast, gaffer Darrell Gallagher discussed the new IP for the first time, explaining that the new title is still in its "early stages". Were starting to...
E3 2011 Debut Tomb Raider Gameplay Is Stunning
The star of Microsoft's E3 press conference just so happened to be a multiplatform game
Earlier this evening Crystal Dynamics took to the stage to reveal the first gameplay footage of its upcoming Tomb Raider reboot. The demonstration showed Lara Croft trapped in a capitulating cave while being chased by a shady figure. Clearly Crystal Dynamics has...
News New Tomb Raider Reboot Trailer Will Get You Hyped As Hell... Until The Release Date Pops Up
Square Enix has released a CG trailer for the new Tomb Raider game and it looks phenomenal
We absolutely adore the tone of the game — the lone survivor theme is fascinating. We also went in expecting to hate Lara Croft's voice — how can you better Keeley Hawes? — but we actually really like the voice actor. The biggest problem with this...
News Square Enix Confirms Debut Tomb Raider Trailer Next Week
It might be bubbling under the radar a touch, but we think Square Enix's upcoming Tomb Raider reboot is going to surprise a lot of people
Crystal Dynamics has gradually been making Tomb Raider more and more relevant over recent iterations, and we fully expect this to be the game that makes everyone step back and say, "Woah, Tomb Raider is...
News Lara Looks A Little Less Rough In PlayStation 3's Tomb Raider Trilogy HD Re-Release
Spot of make-up and a touch of botox and look at that, good as new
Crystal Dynamics has released some comparison shots for their upcoming PlayStation 3 Tomb Raider Trilogy. The pack — which includes PS2 titles Tomb Raider Legends & Anniversary, in addition to PS3 game Underworld — has been remastered in HD (well the PS2 games have anyway)...
News Hey, Do You Remember Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver?
Does anybody remember Crystal Dynamics' cult third-person action adventure title, Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver? Some of you
Well as of tomorrow you'll be able to revisit the PSone classic as it launches for £7.99 on the European PlayStation Store. For those unfamiliar with the title, it's pretty moody. If moody is your cup of tea, then step right...
News Crystal Dynamics: Keeley Hawes Won't Voice Lara Croft In Tomb Raider Reboot
What a downer to start a Monday morning on
We woke flowing with energy, but Crystal Dynamics has just kicked the wind out of our sails. Tweeting about the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot, global brand director Karl Stewart has revealed that the brilliant Keeley Hawes will not be returning to voice Lara in the new game. It all started when Stewart...
News Did Someone Say "Survival Horror", Lara?
Intentional or not (we think it's probably intentional), there's a definite survival horror vibe to these first Tomb Raider shots released by Square Enix this afternoon
Lara looks beaten, bloody, and much less super-woman than we've seen her before. In the screenshot above we see her scrambling across the ground, obviously a lot less glamorous than...
