If numerous online retailers are to be believed, the Xbox 360 version of
Tomb Raider: Anniversary is set to arrive in the US next week on October 23rd. "But wait," you rudely interject, "wasn't there
another version for that console?" Indeed, you quite clearly recall that Eidos
announced its intention to digitally distribute
Lara Croft assets -- that would be the game split into five separate episodes -- on the Xbox Live marketplace. The online chunks, functioning as add-ons to
Tomb Raider: Legend, would amount to 2400 MS Points ($30) in total, a good $10 cheaper than the price retailers are currently appending to the standalone disc.
As the online episodes were initially scheduled for release in September, it inescapably follows that they've been delayed. The question is, "Until when?" While Eidos assures us that they're still in the pipeline, it's "still confirming dates for both versions and will release information on this asap." We'll keep you informed if and when we receive this mysterious
asap containing the information.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 16th 2007 11:37PM
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/1490-Zero-Punctuation-Tomb-Raider-Anniversary
I think you will find this very interesting ahem.
gir @ Oct 17th 2007 12:05AM
Wait u minute. I thought Trex is a vegetarian. Why is he running after her?
oh, OH, now I see...
gir @ Oct 17th 2007 12:07AM
*a minute
not u minute
@$#@ where's the edit button. Nooooooooooooo, Joystiq hasn't invented an edit button yet.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
gir @ Oct 17th 2007 12:08AM
oooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Skippy @ Oct 17th 2007 12:31AM
That picture made my day.
LAZoftheTamarinds @ Oct 17th 2007 12:45AM
This game came out quite a while ago. But hey better late than never. Hope it turns out great. And that Trex pic is LOL!
Intellectualdiot @ Oct 17th 2007 1:03AM
I can't believe that I laughed at that image.
In fact, I can't believe that I'm still laughing about it as I type this... having seen it for the fourth time today.
LunarAura @ Oct 17th 2007 2:31AM
Pterrible pun.
plyx @ Oct 17th 2007 2:50AM
Hey Joystiq staff! I've got an idea! How about you adopt a policy of zero tolerance dealing with system wars? Specifically I mean that when one of your bloggers posts a story that pertains to a particular system, if someone feels the urge to make a negative comment in that post about the topic system they receive an instant ban (or at least a suspension). I'm so god-damned sick of coming to this site to read stories about the games and systems I'm actually interested in knowing that if I left-click on the Read or Comments I can be sure that there will be more negative comments than positive. Apparently it's become a pissing game in and of itself to make these kinds of posts. Well the novelty has worn off. I just want to be able to read your articles and decide that if I'm interested enough in the subject I can feel comfortable in reading the comments knowing that I will be free of any douchebag comments that take me from happy to disgusted. It's time to stop the moronic fanboy wars. Will you step up to the plate before your competition does and be the bigger men/women? Or is there too much money in the retarded fanboy wars to rise above it?
Psaakyrn @ Oct 17th 2007 5:29AM
lol wut?
(Wall of text = bad. Complaining about complaints = pointless. Any comment can be intepreted as negative/positive thanks to the wonders of sarcasm. Sysyem is too abusable. Etc.)
And there's already a system for reducing the visibility of trollish comments. If a comment is not affected by the system, it means that sufficient people actually appreciate said comments.
Boss Tempo @ Oct 17th 2007 8:49AM
Speaking as a fanboy war douchebag representative, I would like to clarify that there are plenty of other websites on the intertubes hopelessly devoted to video game news if that's what you're looking for. Some of us enjoy flaming back and fourth and its usually all in good fun.
Don't get yourself all worked up!
NintendoFanbot @ Oct 17th 2007 10:58AM
@Plyx
Damn dude, it's called the Report button. Though I guess most posters, no matter how flustered they are with each other, would rather flame than help with the moderation.
As a moderately-reputed NDFer, I [for the most part] take exception to your proposition of banning the console wars. In fact, I'm still considering reporting some NDFers because they, along with blatent trolls, ruin every thread with their idiotic exchanges, not because of "console wars".
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That said, I can't wait to try out the Wii version. Between this and Legend, they've done a pretty good job of reviving Tomb Raider.
And that image is awesome. :)
Phranctoast @ Oct 17th 2007 8:33AM
I really enjoyed the ps2 version. Im sure this will be awesome. The puzzles might as well be all new sinmce the games mechanics are so different than the ps1 version.
The digital distribution method of this title seems strange. With the way they make it appear, you can buy one level and choose to skip a couple if you want. Makes the story seem non existant in this way. Sir Francis Folley rocks.