Lara Underworld pushed back to Q4
For six platforms now.
Eidos parent SCi has decided to hold the new Tomb Raider game back until the fourth calendar quarter of 2008.
But when Underworld does come out it will be on six platforms instead of three, adding Wii, DS, and PS2 offerings to the existing PC, PS3 and 360 versions.
Three other undisclosed titles will follow it into Q4, prompting SCi to warn its investors they might see some red numbers for this financial year that ends in June.
Still, SCi has also revealed it is no longer selling itself to the highest bidder, because apparently no one made a formal offer within a "timeframe requested".
Perhaps this has alleviated pressure to present a healthy financial report to potential buyers and rush games to launch, but the publisher admits it might need a little more pocket money to help it through this now barren patch of releases.
Titles like Conflict: Denied Ops and casual outings Looney Toons and Wacky Races should help limit the damage, plus strong performances from Kane & Lynch - apparently selling over a million copies - and its casual games like Pony Friends has made board members crack a smile.
Tomb Raider: Underworld is one of our picks for 2008 in the action adventure genre. To find out the others, keep your eyes peeled on Eurogamer "going forward".
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They have to make it "for" the 360 > PS3
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Really?! Proof, if it were ever needed, that no marketing is bad marketing.
To be honest I'm kinda glad there'll be a PS2 version; the way my money is right now I'm not sure I'll have a 360/PS3 by the end of the year (*sob*).
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I dont think that at all.
Take halo 3, bioshock, etc.. all of them would've worked on the "last gen" if you cut the graphics back.
I'm more worried that the wii version will be a port of the ps2 version.. as opposed to a port back from 360/ps3.. then to wii.. then to ps2.