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EIDOS RELEASE
NEXT GEN DETAILS
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[ June 15th 2001 ]
Eidos
Interactives' marketing vice president Paul Baldwin
talks to Gamespot UK on Paramount Pictures Tomb
Raider movie and reveals further details on Core
Designs Next Generation Lara Croft adventure:
While
console and PC gamers have been eagerly counting
down to the movie's release, longtime players
of the Tomb Raider series will no doubt notice
the lack of a new game to accompany the movie.
While Eidos has been known for pumping out derivative
sequel after derivative sequel, the company's
2001 product slate has nary a mention of Lara
Croft. "There is a new game in development," Baldwin
revealed. "It's just that the engine wasn't ready
yet--it's a new engine for the PlayStation 2 and
PC." While some early screenshots have appeared
on the Internet, Baldwin said the official announcement
of the game will be in August or September, with
the product slated for release in the second half
of 2002.
Baldwin
said the new game isn't based on the movie, and
he also said it's unlikely that Jolie will provide
Lara's voice for the game. "But you never know
what could happen," Baldwin continued, "because
there are tentative plans for a movie sequel for
summer 2003, and if that happens, we could do
another Tomb Raider game to come out day-and-date
with the sequel." Croft fanatics will have to
get their fix of Lara at the movies this year,
but Baldwin promises that the DVD release of the
movie in November will include a special trailer
for the next game. What can we expect to see in
the trailer ? "This game is going to completely
relaunch the franchise," Baldwin said after attending
the Hollywood premiere of the film. "In fact,
I'm not so sure Lara is going to be in any tombs
at all. For a while, we weren't even sure we wanted
to call it Tomb Raider." He paused to consider.
"Now, with the movie getting so much attention,
we'd probably be nuts not to keep using the name."
Moral
of the story: Keep the name, but if Angelina Jolie
has her say, it probably would be a good idea
to drop the hair braid. Tomb Raider opens in the
US and Canada this Friday.
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