Embracer Group has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the development studios Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix Montréal, and a catalogue of IPs including Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, Legacy of Kain and more than 50 back-catalogue games. Continue reading Embracer Group to acquire EIDOS, Crystal Dynamics & Square Enix Montreal
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Tomb Raider’s original composer on TR4: “the whole of the original Core team had practically left”
It’s always great to dig up the past and uncover things that never crossed your mind. Tomb Raider is a franchise that was introduced with Playstation 1 and was developed by Core Team. However, that team was merely a shadow of its former self by the time it was developing the fourth part of this IP. As Nathan McCree – Tomb Raider’s original composer – revealed in an interview with Platform-Online, the whole original team had practically left by then. Continue reading Tomb Raider’s original composer on TR4: “the whole of the original Core team had practically left”
The game that would make us John Romero’s bitches is now available on Steam
Back in 1999, most PC gamers were looking forward to a game that was being created by one of Doom’s developers. A game that promised to be better than both Doom and Half Life. A game that would make us John Romero’s bitches. Daikatana was its name, and is now considered one of the worst FPS titles ever released on the PC. Daikatana was released in 2000, was powered by the Quake II engine, was featuring awful graphics for its time, was plagued with all sorts of technical issues, and was simply a booooooring, unimpressive, generic title that was hyped to death by the media. So, if you’re a newcomer to the wonderful world of PC gaming, it’s time to find out why most die-hard PC fans hate it. Continue reading The game that would make us John Romero’s bitches is now available on Steam