Square Enix brings multiplayer to Tomb Raider

January 26, 2013

Square Enix took advantage of CES 2013 to introduce a brand new kind of gameplay to the Tomb Raider franchise. When the reboot launches March 5 for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, up to eight players will be able to engage in multiplayer gameplay for the first time ever in a Tomb Raider game. While Crystal Dynamics developed the single-player experience starring the new, and younger, Lara Croft on her first adventure, Eidos Montreal created the multiplayer modes. Karl Stewart, global brand director for the Tomb Raider franchise at Crystal Dynamics, sat down to talk with us about what’s in store for gamers when they dive into a Tomb Raider multiplayer match. Game On: Why has it taken so long for multiplayer to be added to the Tomb Raider universe? Karl Stewart: It was probably about two years ago when we started developing this. One of the early projects that we did with Tomb Raider was look at how, using the island from the single-player game as a backdrop, we could find unique and innovative ways to be able to break off and try and do something new. As people may remember, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light was a very exciting project for us because it was our first digital project. As a studio we’re constantly looking at ways to be able to be innovative, and so in the early stages of this Tomb Raider game multiplayer seemed like a really cool thing to do. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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