TOMB RAIDER DEVS NOD SONY NETWORK
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[ January 3rd 2008 ]

Crystal Dynamics' Riley Cooper has endorsed Sony's Playstation Network as a more viable method of video-game distribution during an interview with GamesIndustry.biz. Eidos previously used Xbox Live to distribute Tomb Raider Legend and Tomb Raider Anniversary, and Cooper believes PSN could be a better service for developers looking to bypass retail.

"I'm very, very interested in digital distribution and the potential it has," said Cooper, speaking during GDC Lyon last month. "PlayStation Network is extremely interesting because it's a more flexible space.

"We made an in-road with Anniversary on 360, and it was a full game essentially, but Microsoft is only slowly increasing requirements and opening up the constraints of Xbox Live. It's been a slow process, whereas PSN hasn't been restricted by size, they've just done Warhawk for example."

Crystal Dynamics are currently working on Tomb Raider Underworld for Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3 and Games For Windows. Eidos' acquisition of BlueFish Media in 2007 compounds the company's commitment for online distribution of video-games.