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Report: New Tomb Raider title leaks, not being developed by Crystal Dynamics

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PlayStation 4 players have just started realising how incredible Rise of the Tomb Raider is with the title finally reaching the end of its year-long exclusivity deal with Microsoft, and the response so far has been pretty much identical to the unanimous praise the game received last November. It’s good news though, because it means Square Enix feel confident in their decision to continue the winning streak, and perhaps sooner rather than later.

It might seem premature, but the title for the next instalment in this rebooted line of Tomb Raider titles might have already been leaked – in the most obscure way too. Reddit user Tripleh280 was on a train to work in Montreal, when he noticed something tantalising on the laptop of a person next to him. He took a quick photo and lo and behold, Shadow of the Tomb Raider exists.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider leaks

Now it seems far fetched, but let’s not forget that Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag was initially leaked in a similar way during a flight. Kotaku corroborated the leak, saying that it’s a name they’ve been given from a trusted source too. That doesn’t mean it can’t change over time, but it shows that Square Enix is already putting the third entry in the series into production.

But wait, Tomb Raider developers Crystal Dynamic are in San Francisco, not Montreal. According to Kotaku, Shadow of the Tomb Raider is going to see a shake up in development team too, with Deus Ex developers Eidos Montreal taking over the helm from Crystal. Considering the stellar job Crystal Dynamics did with the first two titles, I can’t imagine why – and can only guess it means they’re already working on something else.

It’s a big shift then for the franchise, and it’s likely we won’t hear anything more on it for a long time. But for now, it’s a reminder that you should probably not be working on anything like this on public transport.

Last Updated: November 1, 2016

14 Comments

  1. They should have kept Crystal Dynamics as the devs, why the hell would they go BACK to Eidos?

    NEW NAME! Death of the Tomb Raider again.

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    • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

      November 1, 2016 at 08:40

      Because with Eidos they only need to sell 1 million copies to make a profit instead of 5 million?

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      • VampyreSquirrel

        November 1, 2016 at 08:57

        lol! But Eidos is gonna fook this up so bad.

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        • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

          November 1, 2016 at 09:06

          Probably, at least we got two good TR games to fall back on

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    • Darren Peach

      November 1, 2016 at 08:53

      I detect a mistake here as well.

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    • Dungeon of JJ

      November 1, 2016 at 09:34

      Yea, I’d be a bit careful also with that. Eidos didn’t exactly do a stellar job with Deux Ex MD

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  2. Darren Peach

    November 1, 2016 at 08:53

    Yeah, I reckon I wasn’t fair with the second installment of the Tomb Raider renaissance. Yeah, It was one few titles I played on the Xbox one and it was actually a good game if you compare it to a broad spectrum of releases. I would definitely give it another go but the price on games at the moment are a touch excessive.

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  3. Dungeon of JJ

    November 1, 2016 at 09:34

    If it’s going to be another timed exclusive. FU

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  4. Fox1 - Retro

    November 1, 2016 at 09:40

    Hope MS grabbed this one as a timed exclusive. They’ve helped pushed the bar on TR right up their with Nathan Drake’s meanderings. RotTR is twice the game that TR was.

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    • Dungeon of JJ

      November 1, 2016 at 09:45

      DEATH TO TIMED EXCLUSIVES

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      • Fox1 - Retro

        November 1, 2016 at 09:52

        You get NMS 2.0 and SFVI as a trade 😛

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        • Dungeon of JJ

          November 1, 2016 at 10:00

          Oh hell no! XD

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  5. Dane

    November 1, 2016 at 10:40

    Here are some fun-facts / passive-aggressive-cynicisms

    Tomb Raider was originally released in 1996 for Sega Saturn, PlayStation and MS-DOS(PC)….Sales topped British charts a record three times, and contributed much to the success of the PlayStation….As a top selling game, it was one of the first to be released on PlayStation’s Platinum series….Tomb Raider: Anniversary – PlayStation 2, PSP and PC versions were released in June 2007, the Xbox 360 version was released in October….Tomb Raider: Anniversary was released and remastered in HD for the PlayStation 3.

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  6. Andre Fourie

    November 1, 2016 at 13:01

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