Lara’s Exclusive 360 Release ‘Incomplete’
DLC also on the way.
Published: 9:00, 08/08/2010 by jimmy-google.
8Xbox 360 owners may get to play The Guardian of Light earlier than their PS3 and PC counterparts but the release may not be all they were hoping for. Online co-op, leaderboard support and voice chat features are going to arrive with a free update on September 28, over a whole month after release.
This also happens to be the day that The Guardian of Light is released on the PlayStation Network and Steam.
Karl Stewart, Crystal Dynamics global brand director, has explained the decision. ”We made a decision recently because we were focusing on how we can deliver the best possible experience to the players. If we had launched with online co-op, we wouldn’t feel comfortable that it was the best possible experience for the player.”
Digital Spy is also reporting that there will be 5 DLC packs released between October and December. The first three will include new puzzles, exploration and combat and the remaining two are character packs, allowing users to play as “well-known videogame characters”.
Source: Action Trip & Digital Spy
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08/08/2010 at 09:05
Member since: Sep 2009
Tee Hee Hee… oh wait. That was childish.
08/08/2010 at 09:06
Member since: Forever
Interesting.
So, MS were pushing for it before it was ready, or the devs have belatedly found a problem with the online component.
I suppose we’ll never find out
08/08/2010 at 13:51
Member since: Jan 2010
I thought it was to get in that summer of arcade thing?
apologies if i’m wrong cc.
08/08/2010 at 15:29
Member since: Feb 2009
so that would be the former rather than the latter then.
08/08/2010 at 19:19
Member since: Forever
@beeje13
Yeah, exactly.
Summer of arcade is very important, so perhaps its deadline for that means other parts of the game aren’t complete, or perhaps the emphasis of blame leaning towards the devs finding out the online is borked late in the game so pulled it
08/08/2010 at 11:22
Member since: Jul 2009
I’m surprised that they just don’t push both release dates back a month
08/08/2010 at 11:41
Member since: Oct 2009
‘Guardian of light’ is one of the titles in the Summer of Arcade promotion that XBLive is currently running. I guess delaying the release until autumn wouldn’t sit well with the marketing department.
08/08/2010 at 14:14
Member since: Jul 2009
I forgot all about that
08/08/2010 at 13:52
Member since: Jul 2009
Alternative title. “Gimped but still getting it”. Lucky swines. Oh wait… there’s an Xbox 360 here! Win! :-)
08/08/2010 at 15:31
Member since: Feb 2009
i’ll get the demo on the 360 and if the price is right and the game is good enough, i may get it on ps3 when i get one.
08/08/2010 at 18:31
Member since: May 2010
or maybe the whole game wont fit on a single DVD so they need to release the extra content later on as DLC……and it will get people to buy HDD’s of microsoft if they bought the 4gb (hahahah 4???) version
09/08/2010 at 11:09
Member since: Oct 2009
It’s a arcade/psn game.
09/08/2010 at 11:35
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Shows what happens when you’re in a rush to make a fanboy comment
*egg on face*
09/08/2010 at 12:15
Member since: May 2010
how am i supposed to know that what was once a big franchise turned into an arcade game.
08/08/2010 at 19:30
Member since: Aug 2009
Clearly so badly wanting to get one over Sony, I find it kind of funny to see Microsoft bitten like this, either way, I’m interested in this game a lot and with my 360 in the midst of a sale I now look forward to September 28th.
09/08/2010 at 11:39
Member since: Forever
Not really.
MS aren’t forcing them to do anything.
The devs/pubs are obviously this desperate to be part of the Summer Of Arcade promotion
08/08/2010 at 19:50
Member since: Aug 2009
With DLC … i sense a disc next year before the TR9 release!
08/08/2010 at 21:39
Member since: May 2010
ms have sunk lower. forcing them to release an incomplete game just to get one over that pathetic
09/08/2010 at 11:37
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Ridiculous. MS aren’t forcing anything.
Its a condition that if you want to feature in the Summer Of Arcade promotion that you are exclusive.
It’s the devs/pubs that are forcing it to get in on the promotion.
09/08/2010 at 20:56
Member since: Aug 2009
Oooh… ouch. That’s going to be a bit of a bitter sting at the tail end of their big summer push.
No skin off my nose of course, as I’ll have been waiting for the PS3 version anyway. Much more looking forward to Scott Pilgrim this week to be honest :)