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Lara Creator Returns To Tomb Raider Franchise

Posted by simoniker on from the laura-craft dept.

KBV writes "According to Gamesindustry.biz: 'Lara Croft creator Toby Gard has joined [Eidos-owned] US development studio Crystal Dynamics to work as a senior designer on the next Tomb Raider title - marking his return to the series after leaving Core Design following the launch of the original game. The move follows reports that Gard's own studio, Confounding Factor, was set to disband after the release of Galleon - its long-delayed Xbox adventure title, which came out in Europe and North America this summer after almost seven years in development.'"

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  1. No worse by gyrojoe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, he certainly can't make it any worse!

  2. Tasteless? by MarsDefenseMinister · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope it's not tacky of me to say that they are really milking Lara Croft for all she's worth.

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    No weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men.-Ronald Reagan
  3. Ain't it the truth. by bluemeep · · Score: 2, Funny
    I remember hearing two high school friends of mine talking about the release of the original back in keyboarding class. Nothing really about the gameplay itself, of course. It was an extended description of how to get into a secret room where you hit the keyboard buttons to a music beat, promptly followed by Lara doing a strip tease and returning to the regular game stark nekkid.

    He hadn't tried it, of course, but he knew people that pulled it off. And it was printed in all the gaming magazines, so you know it's true. Not the only one you subscribe to, no. The other ones.

  4. Idea! by Taulin · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just hope the next tomb raider game has tentacles in it.