Lay Offs Strike Crystal Dynamics

sak500 - 354 days ago

Ya go ahead milk some more tomb raider stuff. Anyway sad day for these guys hope they will get absorbed in the industry.

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Wolfie - 354 days ago

I feel sorry for the people losing their jobs. Shame on you Eidos!

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thereapersson - 353 days 17 hours ago

Well if they'd make a new Legacy of Kain game, or even an HD Soul Reaver remake, you can bet their profits would increase, even if it's just by a small margin.

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123360 - 353 days 17 hours ago

do you think there still make the dlc content for ms,come to think about would ms want the dlc now. it sold 1.5 million across all platforms with heavy discounts thats to trade not consumers.

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UltimateIdiot911 - 353 days 15 hours ago

This is why DLC exclusive is bad, gives fewer reasons for people who don't want to buy TR on 360 to buy it.

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Are_The_MaDNess - 353 days 14 hours ago

She was HOT, the game was NOT

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The Judderman - 353 days 12 hours ago

I actually thought it was a better game than Uncharted. The graphics may not have been as good but the level design and puzzles were great. Its a shame when a game sells 1.5 million copies and theres still redundancies. And before the fanboys say well serves them right just think about other games that have sold around this number in the same time frame... LBP , Resistance. Would you like those developers to loose there jobs?
Underworld was a good game and that makes the news even sadder.

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Jenzo - 353 days 12 hours ago

You should have made a new Legacy of Kain game instead of Tomb Failure.

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The Judderman - 353 days 11 hours ago

I have a ps3 so that comment isnt really true. I liked Uncharted a lot but prefered Tombraider(which i also got on PS3). Uncharted's constant gunplay got a bit boring to me and i prefered the exploring of Underworld.

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Baka-akaB - 353 days 8 hours ago

I just wish crystal dynamics went back to the legacy of Kain saga , or a new ip instead of being given the "tomb raider chores"

And lol at those Tomber raider > Uncharted posts .... even if it was true , wich i completely disagree with ... only thing those had in common were the good old archelogist/adventurer theme so dear to holywood and predated way back with titles such as well of course indiana jones games , but most of all pitfall .

Wich is probably why i enjoyed Uncharted , actually a straighforward 3rd person shooter much closer to gear of wars or John Woo's game , than Tomb raider . I think i'd have noice if they were similar since i never really enjoyed Tomb Raider .

And unlike above poster i hope , while adding new gameplay , that Uncharted 2 will never venture the "tomb raider" way and will just focus on being Uncharted as it was.

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DNAgent - 353 days 14 hours ago

"Crystal Dynamics laid off 30 people this morning in the wake of underperforming Tomb Raider Underworld sales"

I guess that's what happens when you give the 360 a demo & DLC (even though the PS3 version STILL sold better and is the only version that is in true HD and has self shadowing).

Then again, with Uncharted 2 who really needs these mediocre Tomb Raider games anymore (aside from the xbots)?

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Beg For Mercy - 353 days 14 hours ago

guess its the ps3 and sonys fault, lets be honest here uncharted put this game and series out of its misery maybe they can talk to naught dog and sony and include lara in a uncharted game, even m$ paycheck couldnt help these guys thats what they get for shafting ps3 owners with no trophies and dlc, by the i really dont care for anyway just sayin.

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Ryuk - 353 days 14 hours ago

McDonalds is always hiring >:D

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peeler fan - 353 days 13 hours ago

They should have stayed exclusive to sony or chose to make it ms exclusive, either way it would have likely been a better game and probably sold much more. Developing for multiple systems is risky and requires more time especially when the two systems are so different development wise. This undeniably compromised the game thus making it lackluster.

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The Judderman - 353 days 12 hours ago

Its a shame when a game sells 1.5million copies and still doesn't cover costs. Even worse when it was the best Tombraider since the first one and a great game in its own right. I actually prefered it to uncharted and thought it was the better game.

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