It looks like the main Tomb Raider franchise will not be appearing on PlayStation or Nintendo for quite a while as it has been revealed that Microsoft, not Square Enix, will be publishing next year’s instalment, Rise of the Tomb Raider.
@diosmekemeke Yes we are publishing Rise of the Tomb Raider.
— Aaron Greenberg (@aarongreenberg) December 8, 2014
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer had said that “Tomb Raider shipping next holiday exclusively on Xbox. It is Xbox 360 and Xbox One. I’m not trying to fake anybody out in terms of where this thing is.”
He also added “What they do with the franchise in the long run is not mine. I don’t control it. So all I can talk about is the deal I have. I don’t know where else Tomb Raider goes.Yes, the deal has a duration. I didn’t buy it. I don’t own the franchise.”
It was thought the game would be Xbox exclusive for the holidays and appear on PlayStation a short while after but with Microsoft taking publishing duties the duration will almost certainly be longer than the few months of Christmas 2015, I would guess the deal will last at least a year, possibly more. Mass Effect, an EA game originally published by Microsoft took five years to land on PlayStation.
With the news of the publishing deal Phil Spencer’s words look rather more ambiguous that they did four months ago, he refers to the Tomb Raider franchise, not Rise of the Tomb Raider specifically.
Square Enix also released a statement at the time of the reveal, saying “Yes, our deal with Microsoft has a duration. We aren’t discussing details of the deal.”
Source: Twitter
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Well the fact SE has now said “Our partnership with Microsoft on ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider’ does have a duration” & not just a duration deal with Microsoft tells me their may be a PS4 version. That’s unless the duration time is something ridiculous.