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Exclusive Tomb Raider episodes for 360 News
Xbox 360 News by Tom Bramwell
Microsoft has secured the exclusive rights to distribute two downloadable add-on episodes for Tomb Raider: Underworld on Xbox Live following the release of the game.
Tomb Raider: Underworld - Beneath the Ashes and Tomb Raider: Underworld - Lara's Shadow will offer "up to six hours of new gameplay and content" between them.
We asked how much the two episodes would cost, but Eidos was unable to give us an answer at the time of publication. Eidos has also said a demo of Tomb Raider: Underworld will be released on Xbox Live Marketplace this month, and Eurogamer has been told this is also exclusive to Xbox 360.
The first of the two new episodes, Beneath the Ashes, will be released this Christmas, and Eidos has said it follows events taking place after Underworld's story concludes. The publisher promises "an incredible new environment to explore, additional secrets to unlock and different enemies to fight".
Lara's Shadow, meanwhile, will be released in early 2009, and "will introduce players to a new kind of playable character and create a unique Tomb Raider experience". However, both episodes are described as "single-player gameplay experiences", so don't read too much into that just yet.
"We're thrilled that Xbox owners will be able to extend their Lara Croft adventures with exclusive Tomb Raider: Underworld episodes," said George Peckham, general manager of Microsoft's global third party publishing branch, no doubt a few quid lighter.
"We look forward to continue working closely with our great publishing partners to deliver the most robust gaming experiences, only on Xbox 360."
There's already plenty of evidence of that, of course, especially with the upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV exclusive episodes, which are due for release before the end of the year.
Elsewhere, Microsoft announced at E3 that it has sewn up a deal with Bethesda Softworks to publish exclusive downloadable content for the developer's upcoming RPG-shooter hybrid Fallout 3.
It's all part of the platform holder's push to position Xbox Live as the first choice for internet-connected console gamers. At the moment, the service has more than 12 million users (some paying, some not).
Tomb Raider: Underworld is due out on PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, DS and PC on 21st November.
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Shakey_Jake33
06/10/08 @ 16:09
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Microsoft put a lot of money into stuff like this, but it's surely only going to sway people who own both a PS3 and 360 to buy the 360 version, right? I mean, people who own a PS3 aren't going to suddenly run out and buy a 360 for this stuff.
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dazrichards
06/10/08 @ 16:25
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It doesn't smell right when DLCs appear so close after the release of the game. Sounds like MS secured the rights for 2 levels to be taken out of both versions
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beholdthelantern
06/10/08 @ 16:28
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Why's everyone whinging? This is great news! I like the idea of episodic content - get it, don't get it. If the game's any good, I'll get it.
Microsoft are going all out to make sure my decision to buy an xBox was the right one. Fable 2, GoW2, TR:Undies and more are going to keep me busy for ages! |
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I don't like exclusive content. Either have the game as a platform exclusive (and have it fully developed for the strengths of that specific platform), or have it properly multiplatform and let everyone enjoy it. None of this "you can play it on machine x, but if you want the full experience you have to buy it for machine y" crap.
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the more MS pull this shit the more i move awy from buying the 360 version of the game.. so now it's fallout 3 ps3 and now tomb raider !
find it really pissing annoying that MS even secured an 'exclusive' demo FFS! so MS must have paid big for the DLC because I'm sure Eidos are worried that the PS3 version will bomb now there's no DLC for it.. and that short fall will have to be picked up by MS... hurry up Google! time to make a console! ;) |
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Mornelithe
06/10/08 @ 16:34
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The only thing this does for me (As a PS3 owner), is remove this game from possible purchase lists. Just like Mirrors Edge (which will be getting DLC for the PS3 exclusively), and other games that follow this suit. I'm passing. All gamers should get the same game. Not just some gamers.
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Okay, some people clearly feel far more strongly about this sort of thing than I do. I said I don't like it, but I'm not going to boycott a game because of it. The thought of a 360 owner not buying TR:U because the PS3 version won't get the same DLC, or a PS3 owner not buying Mirror's Edge because the 360 version won't get DLC is bizarre.
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yeah..., I mean, with all due respect to your principles, I believe in a capitalist system, and money must be invested and competition is the genesis of our way of life - that's my principles (and I'm sorta nihilist as well, can't realy have the will to "fight the power").
Money must be invested. Abramovich kinda enterpeneurs suck... bad, imo! |
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Mornelithe
06/10/08 @ 17:00
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@ Gnort - I know, I'm a strange fellow, but I think the only way to show these developers that accepting money for exclusive content, will only hurt their sales across the board. I feel that 360 exclusive DLC, is no different than exclusive DLC for the PS3. Therefore, it is not only unfair, but hypocritical for me to purchase a game such as Mirrors Edge, because it has exclusive DLC for the PS3. Any games, that follow the exclusive DLC theme, regardless of platform, will be a pass for me.
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Why even bother making it for the PS3 if they're going to do this crap. How many PS3 owners are going to buy this or continue to support publishers & developers who treat them as second class citizens. Although I have both platforms this is not going to sway me to buy the 360 version, it's going to sway me not to buy any version - because it's a completely stupid business practice for the consumers.
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I don't think EA treats me as a 2nd class citizen because they made a deal with Sony for exclusive DLC for Mirror's Edge. Well played by Sony, as a matter of fact. This platform is the "home to game XXX" but not exclusive it's quite clever. I mean it is better than the exclusive thing, as anyone can enjoy it, and some get a special something.
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@Dizzy
Yeah but PS3 sales are good enough to support it, it's not woefullly behind Xbox 360 in software sales as say the PSP is to the DS, I can't see the difference being enough to completely support the Xbox 360 in this way. And besides announceing this way before the game is released, might lower PS3 sales while it's not going to make much difference on Xbox 360, stupid stupid move. |
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Mornelithe
06/10/08 @ 18:01
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Down with all forms of exclusive DLC. Don't buy the game, don't buy the content.
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Im not getting this game on either platform now , just cancelled PS3 pre order. If this DLC is ready for December release that means they cut a level out of the game in order to sell as DLC to 360 users because the £40 they are asking for this game was not enough already. Plus they have just pissed off near enough half the user base . Hope this greed really backfires on them and the platform exclusive demo is pathetic. I have both platforms but MS really make me despise them with the way they act like desperate little grabbing bitches.
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Ok, despite being an Xbox 360 owner, I can see why people will be annoyed. I imagine the content would have been included in both versions were it not for this deal. I don't want to have to pay extra for an epilogue level (and also, "another playable character"? That should send immediate warning signs to people. For better or worse, people play Tomb Raider expecting Lara Croft).
That said, Tomb Raider has a history of "extra levels" (TR1, 2 and 3). And thing all the way back to Tomb Raider 2, that Sony signed an exclusive contract to... for a series that originally started on the Sega Saturn! Basically, this isn't the first: just be glad it's on the PS3. I was gutted when TR2 went exclusive :) |
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Hippie movement?
Well, we know what's on the table. Buy or don't buy, everybody makes their own choice. As long as the PS3 version works as a complete, final product it shouldn't be problem, and it should do since some 360 owners will have to live with that version of the game too. I don't like how messy things have got in this generation, patches, DLC and more patches. I miss the days when the disc you held in your hand represented the full game. In the long term I forsee problems when people want to take a nostalgia trip and try and get a 10 year old favorite fully up and running. |
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richardtock
06/10/08 @ 19:42
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Does this kind of thing make any impact on sales? I don't think it will. Bit stupid to pay so much for it.
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BillyBrush
06/10/08 @ 19:43
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From The Mirrors Edge DLC thread
evilfoxhound 02-Sep-08 13:50:23 Since Sony don't pay for exclusive's, I wonder how they ended up with exclusive DLC. Maybe they are very close with the developers, the PS3 is the lead development platform for the game after all. Soo...maybe MS are just close to the developers, all snuggled up and no dollar changes hands..ahh ..I didn't say i beleive that for a second, but let's put it out there.. |
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