Crystal Dynamics Have Released The Forth Final Hours Episode For Tomb Raider, Reveal It's Multiplayer Mode

Crystal Dynamics have revealed Tomb Raider has multiplayer. this VS Multiplayer addition to the game was developed at Eidos-Montréal.Multiplayer was developed with Survival in mind so it sees the crew of the ship wreck fighting against the island locals. you'll be fighting in locations from the single player as well as using techniques like hunting and trapping. Crystal Dynamics have released the forth part of The Final Hours and this behind the scenes look focuses on the games multiplayer.



Press Release

LONDON (8th January, 2013) – While Crystal Dynamics is putting the finishing touches to its re-imagining of Lara Croft™ in the new Tomb Raider®, a dedicated team at sister studio Eidos-Montréal has been working on the game’s first versus multiplayer mode: breaking new ground for the franchise and an experience that has only been made possible through close collaboration between the two Square Enix studios.

“It’s something we talked about when creating the initial design for Tomb Raider, but it was very important that there weren't any distractions from our focus on delivering a great single player experience, so we parked the idea of creating multiplayer at Crystal Dynamics and looked to our sister studio, Eidos-Montréal” said Darrell Gallagher, Head of Studio at Crystal Dynamics.

Stephane D’Astous, General Manager at Eidos-Montréal, added, “It’s been a privilege for the team at Eidos-Montréal to be a part of Tomb Raider. We built multiplayer from the ground-up, around the core theme of survival, using some of the key elements of the single player campaign and re-purposing them for a fast and exciting experience. It’s been an amazing project, one we’re immensely proud of and one which we really think gamers will have a lot of fun with.” 

Multiplayer in Tomb Raider sees the island’s indigenous Scavengers pitted against the crew members from the shipwrecked Endurance. Set in some of the island’s hostile landscapes, players will use traversal and hunting skills from single player, plus trap setting to create fast-paced combat in a selection of versus gaming modes.

Darrell Gallagher concluded, “For me, the multi-player has to fit and it has to be fun, so we’ve worked hard to make multiplayer fit seamlessly with the single player game and its key themes and we’ve play-tested the hell out of the multiplayer game, it’s working well and gamers are enjoying it. Now we’re all just eager to get Tomb Raider into gamers’ hands in March so they can experience the entire game for themselves.” 

THE FINAL HOURS OF TOMB RAIDER: MULTIPLAYER EDITION

In the 4th episode of The Final Hours of Tomb Raider, Zachary Levi goes behind the scenes on one of the most radical additions to the Tomb Raider franchise, the addition of Multiplayer.

Zac travels to Montreal to sit and chat with some of the key team members from Crystal Dynamics about the rationale and direction for this new feature, and introduces you to the team from Eidos-Montréal.

The team talk about the core focus to ensure they injected attributes from the single player with a multiplayer twist, such as team survival, verticality and the inclusion of environmental threats.

Tomb Raider will be released worldwide on March 5th 2013

(except in Japan where a release date will be announced soon).

Visit TombRaider.com for more details

About TOMB RAIDER

The TOMB RAIDER franchise has sold over 35 million copies worldwide and inspired one of the most successful video game film adaptations in history, grossing over $300 million at the global box office with protagonist Lara Croft becoming a contemporary global icon. TOMB RAIDER is in development for a multi-platform release, and is slated to launch March 5, 2013.

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