Tomb Raider episodes confirmed for Xbox 360 News
Xbox 360 News by Tom Bramwell
Eidos has confirmed that it plans to release Tomb Raider Anniversary on Xbox 360 as a series of downloadable episodes starting in September.
The content - Xbox Live's first ever serialisation of a full retail game - will be made available for owners of Tomb Raider Legend to purchase through Xbox Live Marketplace.
In September "Episodes 1 & 2" will be offered along with a free training mission ("Croft Manor"). The following two episodes will arrive "shortly afterwards".
Eidos then plans to release a full retail version of Tomb Raider Anniversary "later in the year" that will put it within reach of gamers who didn't buy Legend.
Tomb Raider Legend owners will have to pay 2400 Microsoft points (GBP 20.40 / EUR 27.91 / USD 29.99) for all four episodes.
Jane Cavanagh, chief executive of Eidos' parent company SCi, said the episodic approach was part of the publisher's strategy to grow its presence in online and digital distribution.
"Lara has always been at the forefront of technology and this world-first initiative with Microsoft really highlights that fact. Ultimately we also intend to make the title available at retail so that it reaches the maximum possible audience," Cavanagh said in a statement.
Tomb Raider Anniversary is out now on PlayStation 2 and PC.
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Comments: 1-42 of 42 in total
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KingOfSpain
18/06/07 @ 08:35
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Will you need the legend disc or just a old saved game? Iv bought TRL but completed traded it in. I really dont want to buy it again.
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S.J.Rogers
18/06/07 @ 08:35
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Sounds like a good deal...
Better if my 20gb hard drive was not full to the brim... |
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Der_tolle_Emil
18/06/07 @ 08:35
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Nice to see it finally being confirmed for a 360 release. I wonder though for how much the retail version will go. The DLC seems reasonably priced but I like holding something in my hand so I would really prefer to buy the disc version. Hopefully it will not be all that much more expensive than the DLC with the other versions being quite cheap also.
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asphaltcowboy
18/06/07 @ 08:42
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The question is, when they do the "full retail release" later in the year... is that gonna be £40?!
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£20 for all four episodes is fine by me although I'll wait for the retail copy as I prefer to own a boxed copy on a disc with a manual for £30 personally as HDD space on my 360 is rather limited to say the least. I'll be upgrading to the 120 GB HDD at some point anyway (when is it out by the way?) but at least Eidos aren't forcing people to buy one because of the size of the download... having the option of a disc is always a good thing in my opinion.
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Penguinzoot
18/06/07 @ 09:18
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Couldn't wait for this. Currently playing through the PC version using the 360 gamepad and the new wireless accessory thingy. Works really well too.
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SomaticSense
18/06/07 @ 09:46
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Are Eidos also going to be giving away free HDDs to go along with this offer? Or do they misguidedly think that 20gigs is still more than enough?
Why not on a disc for fucks sake!!!! edit: Oh wait..... they are doing. Heh. Note to self: Read fully before spouting off in future....
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@SomaticSense - The PC version uses 3.57 GB of HDD space when installed so the 360 version is likely to be around the same size unless it has enhanced next-gen visuals (in which case it'll use double that if the PC version of Legends is anything to go by!). Maybe the downloadable version has been put back to September to coincide with the release of the larger capacity 120GB HDD in Europe?
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mechamonkey
18/06/07 @ 10:21
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I'll wait , the current 360 hdd just isnt big enough to keep games of this size on permanently
I'm absolutely gagging to play this too but will wait for the 360 disk.
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Anyone who thinks £20 for a D/L only game like this is good value is seriously deluded. The whole point of digital distribution is to reduce overheads on disc manufacturing, packaging, manuals & shipping. I would not want to pay more than a tenner for this rehash that also requires me to own a previous Tomb Raider Game (wtf?). No way. Resist this effort and force publishers to rethink their DD strategies. If we encourage them we will all suffer in the long run.
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Sounds fantastic. Anniversary was great on the PS2. But can a Legend 360 owner clear this up for me:
Is Legend worth buying for the 360? I've heard tons praise for the PS2 version. But apparently things got taken out the 360 version and it was simply a port, no next gen features or graphics. I've seen alot of "7s" for Legend 360. |
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Jonathan_Fakenham
18/06/07 @ 16:45
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Nice.
By making it an addon to Legend, they get to use the 250 achievement points per addon rule, making it the same score for both the 4 episode downloadable version, and the boxed retail version (1000 each). |
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SleepyMagpie
18/06/07 @ 18:38
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"Sounds fantastic. Anniversary was great on the PS2. But can a Legend 360 owner clear this up for me:
Is Legend worth buying for the 360? I've heard tons praise for the PS2 version. But apparently things got taken out the 360 version and it was simply a port, no next gen features or graphics. I've seen alot of "7s" for Legend 360." Uhm, hello? Now I don't actually own a copy of the PS2 version of Legend, but I have both the PC and 360 version and I ended up playing the 360 version. The PS2 version looked and felt inferior to both of these. Both in handling and control, but mainly due to the excellent graphics you got out of the PC and 360 with NEXT GEN graphics enabled, which the PS2 cannot match at all. I ended up playing it on the 360 after I got my 40" Samsung LCD, and also because my PC's ATI X1800XT was straining under the NEXT GEN push at the time (gotta love Nvidia's 8800 series, my new rig doesn't break a sweat running LEGEND). ^^ 360's is THE VERSION of Legend. Go for it. |
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Der_tolle_Emil
18/06/07 @ 19:02
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Interestingly more than 50% of the comments here are "WHY ONLY FOR LEGENDS OWNERS!" when the article states that there will be a disc release too. Oh well.
Legends is a great game on the 360. I have no idea about parts left out that were in the PS2 version as I don't own the PS2 version but I am hearing this for the first time so it's probably not true. The graphics are also definetly enhanced. I find it looks quite nice, definetly better than any PS2 game. Remember there's a demo for the 360 version, you should try it. |
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hoathenfold
18/06/07 @ 20:03
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Lets hope its not full of the same type of bugs that prevented me from completing Legend!!
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effinwooly
18/06/07 @ 20:56
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nice and cheap...........fair dues, i bet people still bitch though, shame
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