Nometet.com: The Eidos axe fell particularly hard on Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics, losing thirty members of their team following a 'disappointing' fiscal return from Tomb Raider Underworld in the USA, leaving their parent company 500,000 sales short and £20 million shy of expectations. In the wake of the staff cuts Chief Financial Officer for Eidos, Robert Brent, hinted to The Times that a more family or female friendly Lara might be on the cards, citing the Nolan-directed Batman movies as an example of a successful reboot of a popular franchise. The one thing that has struck me about this situation is the parallels to six years ago. Think about it: Tomb Raider failing to meet expectations and then aiming to have a fresh start? Eidos banking on a Tomb Raider to solve financial difficulty? Déjà vu anyone? Cue cheap, wavy visual effects, because we're going to take you on a journey to 2003 then back again to look at how Lara's latest sticky predicament could have been avoided.
It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.
Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.
A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.
