Tomb Raider Delayed Until 2013

Tomb Raider Delayed Until 2013

Leaving us hanging

Written by N0T PENNYS B0AT on 14 May 12 at 05:31

Joining the unfortunate news that BioShock Infinite was being pushed out of its fall release window and into next February, Crystal Dynamics' reboot of Tomb Raider has now also been delayed until an unspecified time next year. Eerily mirroring the letter Ken Levine wrote to fans concerning the BioShock Infinite delay, Crystal Dynamics' Head of Studio, Darrell Gallagher, addressed fans directly with the following unedited message:

A Message to the Tomb Raider Community

When Crystal Dynamics first set out to reboot the Tomb Raider franchise, there were two goals that we were extremely passionate about. The first was to create a modern Tomb Raider game that would surprise and excite gamers. The second was to make this the best game of our careers, something we would be really proud to be a part of. We truly believe that we have something very special on our hands and we can’t wait to share it with you.

Our priority now is to make sure we fully deliver the very highest quality game. In order to do this, we have decided to move the game’s release date by a few months, from Fall 2012 to the first quarter of 2013.

We’re doing things that are completely new to Tomb Raider in this game and the additional development time will allow us to put the finishing touches into the game and polish it to a level that you deserve. We believe this is the right choice and I guarantee it will be worth the wait. The game is looking amazing and we can't wait to show it to everyone at E3 in a few weeks.


Darrell Gallagher
Let the multiplayer speculation begin! Personally, I was looking forward to this game more than any other this year, so the news is bittersweet. As always, if their intent is to make a better game, we fans should be rewarded in the long run. We'll just have to accept the news and trust them.

Unlike Irrational's upcoming game, Tomb Raider will still be presented at E3 as planned. For more news on the promising title, check out our previous coverage and look for more coverage in a few weeks from gaming's biggest event.
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Keeper76 - Game on
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 05:51
That's tough man. Was looking forward to this new style of Laura. Plus, I just love animated boobs and ass. Man how I love to watch her strut.
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 05:57
Keeper76 said:That's tough man. Was looking forward to this new style of Laura. Plus, I just love animated boobs and ass. Man how I love to watch her strut.*Facepalm* for calling her LAURA
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 05:58
The more games delayed, the better. There's still plenty of upcoming games to play. Just glad to hear that these devs like Irrational think games make the release dates, not vice versa (did you hear that Bored Ops 2?)
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 05:59
Oh well, more time for all the games collecting dust on my shelf, which ironically includes Bioshock 2 and Tomb Raider Underworld.
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 06:05
I look forward so much for that game.That time makes it even better than it seems.
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 06:08
GOD DAMN IT!!!
lunchbox1112
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 06:12
Inflamez80 said:Keeper76 said:That's tough man. Was looking forward to this new style of Laura. Plus, I just love animated boobs and ass. Man how I love to watch her strut.*Facepalm* for calling her LAURAhahaha
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Dhyphoon
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 06:26
More time to refine the product anyways, im glad.
N0T PENNYS B0AT
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 06:48
Honestly, I saw this coming. I also thought Hitman was going to be delayed as we seemed to not hear much about either compared to some other fall titles. Luckily, Hitman is out this November now, and I guess thinking optimistically, early next year will look great too.

BioShock and Tomb Raider were numbers 4 and 1 respectively on my most anticipated list of games due this year. Tomb Raider seems like it could be my favorite game next year, and I have no doubt that BioShock will deliver. This fall, I'll just be playing Hitman, Dishonored, and Assassin's Creed III, I guess.
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 07:14
Shame.
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Keeper76 - Game on
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 07:45
lunchbox1112 said:Inflamez80 said:Keeper76 said:That's tough man. Was looking forward to this new style of Laura. Plus, I just love animated boobs and ass. Man how I love to watch her strut.*Facepalm* for calling her LAURAhahahaFreaking auto complete on the phone keyboard. Oh well, you know who she is no matter the spelling. Hell, she even had a guest appearance on Grandma's Boy!
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N0T PENNYS B0AT
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 07:53
Keeper76 said:lunchbox1112 said:Inflamez80 said:Keeper76 said:That's tough man. Was looking forward to this new style of Laura. Plus, I just love animated boobs and ass. Man how I love to watch her strut.*Facepalm* for calling her LAURAhahahaFreaking auto complete on the phone keyboard. Oh well, you know who she is no matter the spelling. Hell, she even had a guest appearance on Grandma's Boy!And Dexter.
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 08:28, Edited on 14 May 12 at 08:29 by Watty8883
You are all letting them get off too easy.What other projects are they working on ?Look what happened to Duke Nukem .They kept delaying it and the technology moved on , making the finished project look dated. Which reminds me : Gearbox will probably delay Aliens Colonial Marines (yet again)Meanwhile we will all be playing COD 26 and Assassins Creed 10.
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 08:43
Fixing stuff is okay as long as they don't pull that freaking DLC thing in Underworld again.
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HODDER 135
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 08:55
can i still lock the butler in the fridge
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 09:20, Edited on 14 May 12 at 09:21 by RadiantViper
Watty8883 said:You are all letting them get off too easy.What other projects are they working on ?Look what happened to Duke Nukem .They kept delaying it and the technology moved on , making the finished project look dated. Which reminds me : Gearbox will probably delay Aliens Colonial Marines (yet again)Meanwhile we will all be playing COD 26 and Assassins Creed 10.You do know that a lot of games get delayed, right? Getting delayed does not automatically mean it will stagnate and turn out mediocre like DNF. DNF is on the very end of the scale, it shouldn't be held up every time a game gets delayed.
Herr Karamell
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 09:33
too bad
matdan12
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 09:41
This is inevitable most release date are a best case scenario guess a few games will get delayed, GRFS got delayed into this year.
LightHordy
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Posted on 14 May 12 at 09:42, Edited on 14 May 12 at 09:43 by LightHordy
That's third one of the "big releases" that gets delayed untill 2013. Curious to see which will be the next one.

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