Amidst all of the hustle and bustle of bulletins this week with Gamescom ONL 2024 you’d be forgiven for not remembering what else is happening within the video games trade. For instance, did you do not forget that Crystal Dynamics continues to be engaged on a brand new Tomb Raider sport?
You may do not forget that Amazon Video games head Christoph Hartmann advised followers this previous June that we needs to be listening to information on the approaching sport quickly, together with information on a brand new Lord of the Rings title.
However now Gamescom has come and gone – the subsequent main showcase for the yr is The Recreation Awards, and whereas as writer Amazon Video games might maintain their very own occasion every time it likes, we’re left with going through the present state of affairs of no information for now.
Save for the replace that Hartmann gave IGN in a brand new interview, particularly within the case of the approaching Tomb Raider title. In line with Hartmann, “issues are going effectively, issues are transferring ahead.”
And what’s extra is that based on Hartmann, all of the awfulness that has continued to encompass Embracer Group hasn’t impacted Crystal Dynamics all an excessive amount of.
It did undergo some layoffs final yr, but it surely’s additionally price mentioning that it’s been made clear earlier than that Embracer would coddle and defend the Tomb Raider challenge, since that’s one of many greatest IP’s in its cap. Hartman additionally notes that Embracer isn’t only one massive firm, so it’s not too troublesome for a few of its entities beneath its umbrella to be siphoned off on their very own.
Followers who’ve been anxiously ready to listen to extra although can at the very least try and take solace in Hartmann’s emphasizing that everybody concerned on the challenge understands how excessive the stakes are.
“I imply, doing a brand new Tomb Raider, the bar is so excessive. The longer you go, the expectation goes increased, so it’s an enormous, large job, however issues are progressing. I imply, there’s some actually nice concepts right here,” says Hartmann.
We’ll see how nice these concepts are after we lastly begin studying extra concerning the coming title.
Supply – [IGN]
